Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-15 Thread Amir Karger
On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 02:57:20PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > | However, note that we still need to write the temporary files. We > | *can* write them in /tmp, but alternatively, we can just write them > | to tmp_dir. Since they're erased anyway (unless you're running with > > One

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-14 Thread Amir Karger
On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 11:40:20PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > Anyway I think that making LyX able to read from stdin is the wrong > solution (I am not even sure that it would work). This kind of problem > should be solved with something similar to popen(3), will most likely > be most e

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Amir Karger writes: | My suggestion was copying the tex file into the current directory | where lyx is creating stuff (either the temporary directory or | `pwd` if you've got use_tempdir set to false, I guess), then | deleting the .tex file when you close LyX. This doesn't use any | "new tec

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-14 Thread Amir Karger
On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 08:55:08PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > *Asger Alstrup Nielsen writes: > | Of course we can choose not to fix the bug and document it in Bugs > | instead for 1.0.0. And then fix it in 1.0.1 (or simply not fix it > | in the 1.0.x series, but the bug report involved

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-14 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Asger Alstrup Nielsen writes: | Of course we can choose not to fix the bug and document it in Bugs | instead for 1.0.0. And then fix it in 1.0.1 (or simply not fix it | in the 1.0.x series, but the bug report involved something going | completely nuts, so that might be a bad decision.) But w

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-14 Thread Amir Karger
On Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 12:33:24PM +0100, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: [Lars said:] > > I don't think you want 1.0 released. You keep suggestin and wanting to > > implement new things all the time... > > I see. > > The problem at hand originated in a bug report, that if it was to be fixed, > wo

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-13 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
> I don't think you want 1.0 released. You keep suggestin and wanting to > implement new things all the time... I see. The problem at hand originated in a bug report, that if it was to be fixed, would require changes in the reLyX code in LyX anyway. Therefor, I judged that the amount of work to

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Asger K Alstrup Nielsen writes: | Also, it would naturally add an option for LyX to handle the | opening of a document from standard in. I don't think you want 1.0 released. You keep suggestin and wanting to implement new things all the time... Lgb PS. 1.1.x stuff

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Amir> On Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 11:02:13AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Amir> wrote: >> Hmmm, I think that reLyX should put its temporary files in /tmp >> just like any program does. What is your problem with that? Amir> I suppose I could. I

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Amir Karger
On Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 11:02:13AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Hmmm, I think that reLyX should put its temporary files in /tmp just > like any program does. What is your problem with that? I suppose I could. I assume /tmp is guarantted to exist on any architecture we're running reLyX

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
asger announced, > 3) A third one I forgot, but it was serious as well. yes, I can confirm this one :) --

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> trying to import a LaTeX-File (with included sub-LaTeX-files) as >> "normal" user from a mounted DOS (FAT16)-partition /C on which I >> don't have a write permission (read-only) crashes the ext2-fs: It >> produces a huge (I mean a really

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Asger> I'll try to find the details and forward it if I don't have Asger> time to find and squash the bugs myself. I'll try to have a look if you can't. JMarc

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> Asger> 2) Sometimes, LyX generates wrong LaTeX for something that > Asger> worked in 0.12.0. I think it involves $ signs, but I'm not > Asger> sure. Jean-Marc did you change something in the LaTeX > Asger> generation that could have caused something to break? > > Hmm, was it about using ERT i

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Asger> 1) Sometimes when the window is resized, LyX goes into an Asger> infinite loop and has to be killed by hand. Ah. Asger> 2) Sometimes, LyX generates wrong LaTeX for something that Asger> worked in 0.12.0. I think it inv

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> After that: > > one new pre > about a week to get reports and updates to po files, documentation, > last minute fixes, and then > release 1.0. Sounds good to me.. I've had three bug reports from the effective Danish Beta-Tester team at the university that I (or preferably somebody else) have

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-11 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> I think the answer is to have the Import command copy the .tex file to the > TempDir that LyX is using before running reLyX. Another option would be to add an option to reLyX to spit out the file on standard out instead of creating a file. (This is the nicer solution IMO.) So don't come tell

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-10 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
*Amir Karger writes: | I'll check in this & some other minor changes for sure before 1.0, | even if I can't get the figure stuff in. I assume Lars will give us | a "make sure to check in your last patches" warning? I am just wainting for the last linux-doc patches now... After that: one new

Re: LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-10 Thread Amir Karger
(Note to devvies: I've put a LyX feature-request below, so don't hit "d" yet) On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 02:54:38PM +0100, Sven Kopp wrote: > SuSe Linux 2.0.35 > XFree86 3.3.3 > LyX 1.0.0pre2 > SCSI-Disks > --- > Hi folks, > > trying to import a LaTeX-File (with included

LaTeX-Import crashes ext2-FS

1998-12-10 Thread Sven Kopp
SuSe Linux 2.0.35 XFree86 3.3.3 LyX 1.0.0pre2 SCSI-Disks --- Hi folks, trying to import a LaTeX-File (with included sub-LaTeX-files) as "normal" user from a mounted DOS (FAT16)-partition /C on which I don't have a write permission (read-only) crashes the ext2-fs: It