Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:52:49PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > I don't think so, as it is a very particular switch. Here is the > pertinent comment in src/lyxfunc.C: > > void actOnUpdatedPrefs(LyXRC const & lyxrc_orig, LyXRC const & lyxrc_new) > { > // Why the switch you might ask. I

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-02 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bo> As I have said, this patch is strictly cygwin only, and JMarc is Bo> obviously not an active cygwin user, I (we) have to trust Enrico Bo> on his patches to move cygwin/lyx forward. >> I will review the patch tomorrow. And, yes, I prefer to hav

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Bo Peng
Bo> As I have said, this patch is strictly cygwin only, and JMarc is Bo> obviously not an active cygwin user, I (we) have to trust Enrico Bo> on his patches to move cygwin/lyx forward. I will review the patch tomorrow. And, yes, I prefer to have the time to have a look at everything that goes in

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bo> As I have said, this patch is strictly cygwin only, and JMarc is Bo> obviously not an active cygwin user, I (we) have to trust Enrico Bo> on his patches to move cygwin/lyx forward. I will review the patch tomorrow. And, yes, I prefer to have t

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:26:55PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 09:46:14PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 06:43:14PM +, Luis Rivera wrote: > > case RC_TEX_ALLOWS_SPACES: > > if (lexrc.next()) { > >

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Bo Peng
> > Since this patch is small enough, and it is strictly in your domain > > (cygwin), I have applied to both 1.4 and 1.5. > > Bo, please DO NOT apply ANYTHING to the 1.4 branch without Jean-Marc's agreement. I think I have to be blamed for this, not Bo. Do not feel bad, Enrico. At least I do n

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 09:46:14PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 06:43:14PM +, Luis Rivera wrote: > case RC_TEX_ALLOWS_SPACES: > if (lexrc.next()) { > tex_allows_spaces = lexrc.getBool(); > @@ -1342,6

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 09:09:51AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please, can you see if the attached patch can be applied to both trunk > and branch? > > >>> It seems to touch Bo's and Jean-Marc's work so I'll let them comment that. > > > Since thi

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-05-01 Thread Angus Leeming
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Please, can you see if the attached patch can be applied to both trunk and branch? >>> It seems to touch Bo's and Jean-Marc's work so I'll let them comment that. > Since this patch is small enough, and it is strictly in your domain > (cygwin), I have

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 08:50:29AM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > On 4/29/06, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Please, can you see if the attached patch can be applied to both trunk > > > > and branch? > > > > > > It seems to touch Bo's and Jean-Marc's work so I'll let them comment that. > > S

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 03:32:06PM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > And does your patch to configure.py solve the crash of the "open file" > button? No, sorry. It is an unrelated problem, only showing up because I used a cmd.exe to launch your LyX/Qt4. I did so because from a rxvt terminal I go

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Bo Peng
On 4/29/06, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please, can you see if the attached patch can be applied to both trunk > > and branch? > > It seems to touch Bo's and Jean-Marc's work so I'll let them comment that. Since this patch is small enough, and it is strictly in your domain (cygwin),

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Enrico Forestieri a écrit : On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 02:24:21PM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Enrico Forestieri a écrit : If you just copied the exe inside a 1.4.1 directory, I think there is a mismatch between configure.sh and configure.py. Please try the full package. Nope, it was the full

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 02:24:21PM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Enrico Forestieri a écrit : > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:24:09PM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > >> I have put another package which contains the exe and the needed > >> runtimes dll: > >> http://younes.a.free.fr/Lyx-15

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Bo Peng
> Please, can you see if the attached patch can be applied to both trunk > and branch? It seems to touch Bo's and Jean-Marc's work so I'll let them comment that. That is a good detective work! I will apply if JMarc does not object. I have to trust Enrico on this though, since I can not test the

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-29 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Enrico Forestieri a écrit : On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:24:09PM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: I have put another package which contains the exe and the needed runtimes dll: http://younes.a.free.fr/Lyx-15-experimental/lyx-qt4-exe-and-dlls.zip Abdel, I tried your LyX/Qt4 and got a bug report

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:24:09PM +0200, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > I have put another package which contains the exe and the needed > runtimes dll: > http://younes.a.free.fr/Lyx-15-experimental/lyx-qt4-exe-and-dlls.zip Abdel, I tried your LyX/Qt4 and got a bug report for you. After launching

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 11:15:53PM +, Luis Rivera wrote: > Having that definition in mind, then none of your exes is a "true native" > windows app. Sorry! ;-) I have never claimed they are :-) > However, I tested both on Win98, and both work pretty much as expected: > > 1/ LyX "native" (Qt

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Luis Rivera
Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 08:30:18PM +, Luis Rivera wrote: > > Enrico Forestieri ...> writes: > > > I think it "looks" native because the interface to the user doesn't go through > > the command prompt; however, it is may not a native applic

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 08:30:18PM +, Luis Rivera wrote: > Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think it "looks" native because the interface to the user doesn't go > through > the command prompt; however, it is may not a native application. To be > a "native" application it h

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Luis Rivera
Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Cygwin runs on top of Windows. It works because it is developed by > competent people **who** know how to deal with various Windows flavors. > Agree... > The path handling is not a mess in my copy of LyX, perhaps it is > in the official sources

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Luis Rivera a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Luis Rivera a écrit : > Where did you get this file? From the gnuwin32 project. I've put it in my web site (younes.a.free,fr) I could not post it to the list even after having changed the extension so it can pass the filt

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Luis Rivera
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Luis Rivera a écrit : > > > Where did you get this file? > > From the gnuwin32 project. I've put it in my web site > (younes.a.free,fr) I could not post it to the list even after having > changed the extension so it can pass the filters. >

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Enrico Forestieri
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 06:43:14PM +, Luis Rivera wrote: > AFAIK, LyX still works on Win95/Cygwin (on an Intel486!). Slow as anything > can > be, but works. On Win98 it greatly improves, thanks to the hardware. The > real > mess seems to be the path handling. On Cygwin everything is nor

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Luis Rivera a écrit : > Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >> Louis, could you please try the experimental lyx for windows described in http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX150Experimental ? >> > > I downloaded the exe only zip file. Apparently, LyX 15x needs the library zlib1.dll be

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Luis Rivera
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Louis, could you please try the experimental lyx for windows described > in http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX150Experimental ? > I downloaded the exe only zip file. Apparently, LyX 15x needs the library zlib1.dll besides the files distribute

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Luis Rivera
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Louis, could you please try the experimental lyx for windows described > in http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX150Experimental ? > Sure enough! Give me half an hour. > > So, if I understand you correctly, all the special code in this boost >

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Given that Win95 is dead as a dodo, it may well be that you don't need the >> NewAPIs.h. The only way to check, however, is to compile (on a WinXP machine, >> presumably) and then see if it'll run on Win98. That's what the stub magic in >> NewAPIs.h

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Here are the relevant logs and the diff against current svn, please tell me what I should do You should drop the stuff that's needed for Win95. LyX on Win95 is broken for other reasons. That may well mean that all you need i

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here are the relevant logs and the diff against current svn, please tell > me what I should do You should drop the stuff that's needed for Win95. LyX on Win95 is broken for other reasons. That may well mean that all you need is the ERROR_ACCESS_DENI

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Lars Gullik Bjønnes a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Angus Leeming a écrit : | > Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | >>> Yes. One of the files in boost/libs/filesystem/src (Sorry, no viewsvn...) | >>> #includes and uses NewAPIs.h. I can dig out the details if

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Angus Leeming a écrit : | > Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | >>> Yes. One of the files in boost/libs/filesystem/src (Sorry, no viewsvn...) | >>> #includes and uses NewAPIs.h. I can dig out the details if you can't track the | >>> chan

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yes. One of the files in boost/libs/filesystem/src (Sorry, no viewsvn...) #includes and uses NewAPIs.h. I can dig out the details if you can't track the change down. Well, I don't have enough disk space to get the 1.4 tree.

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Yes. One of the files in boost/libs/filesystem/src (Sorry, no viewsvn...) >> #includes and uses NewAPIs.h. I can dig out the details if you can't track >> the >> change down. > Well, I don't have enough disk space to get the 1.4 tree. Bo, Enrico,

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Angus Leeming a écrit : | > Angus> The improvement comes, of course, from the switch to Qt4. | > Angus> Note, however, that your hard work to get LyX working on | > Angus> Win98 would need a little tweaking because the changes we made | > Angus> to B

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming a écrit : Angus> The improvement comes, of course, from the switch to Qt4. Angus> Note, however, that your hard work to get LyX working on Angus> Win98 would need a little tweaking because the changes we made Angus> to Boost.Filesystem haven't been propogated formward into Angus> t

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus> The improvement comes, of course, from the switch to Qt4. Angus> Note, however, that your hard work to get LyX working on Angus> Win98 would need a little tweaking because the changes we made Angus> to Boost.Filesystem haven't been propogated formward into Angus> the version of Boost.Filesy

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: We had information that lyx-15svn/qt4 works on Win98, maybe also on Win98. There some info to try it on the Wiki. I think that Abdel meant to say, "We had information that lyx-15svn/qt4 works on WinME, ..." Yep, sorry. T

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We had information that lyx-15svn/qt4 works on Win98, maybe also on > Win98. There some info to try it on the Wiki. I think that Abdel meant to say, "We had information that lyx-15svn/qt4 works on WinME, ..." The improvement comes, of course, from

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Luis Rivera a écrit : Luis Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Consequently, and taking the opportunity open by the switch to the 1.4.x series, I recommend to sign the death certificate for LyX's support on Win95/98. Following another thread made me realize that I failed to mention that Cygw

Re: LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-27 Thread Luis Rivera
Luis Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Consequently, and taking the opportunity open by the switch to the > 1.4.x series, > I recommend to sign the death certificate for LyX's support on Win95/98. > Following another thread made me realize that I failed to mention that Cygwin (Qt|xforms)

LyX 1.4.1 doesn't work on Win98---and doesn't matter, anyway

2006-04-27 Thread Luis Rivera
Hello, I've been busy, and I'd just like to add two announcements; what follows should mean what I say. 1/ WinLyX 1.4.1 doesn't seem to work on Win98 (didn't even try on Win95). Aborts with a "Page Fault" error; doesn't go to the ugly blue screen, but it's certain that something's wrong very deep