Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Further, if you're correct and /foo/bar causes problems, then why not > > transform such paths to \foo\bar form before spawning lyx.exe?
> This is what happens on win2k. According to Bo, lyx.exe is hidden on winxp > when use either '/' or '\' as a path delimiter. So why not combine all the information you've accumulated: wrapper.exe /c cmd.exe [optional path/to/]lyx.exe [options] is long-winded but apparently works. wrapper.exe [optional path/to/]lyx.exe [options] is nicer for the user does not work on Win2K. So why not allow the nice, friendly interface to wrapper.exe, but internally pass in "cmd.exe" to CreateProcess? C'mon, guys, there's no need for a general purpose, generic wrapper here. It's perfectly acceptable to use something that's more hard-coded and specific to our own needs here. Angus