Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-23 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:06:53PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "John" == John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > John> On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 02:31:56PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes > John> wrote: > >> You could maybe show us some code? The only case where one has to > >> edit

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-23 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 02:31:56PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > You could maybe show us some code? The only case where one has to edit looks like the dependencies are rotten somewhere, I needed a make distclean to get it to work. thanks john -- "Voodoo Programming: Things programmers

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-23 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 02:08:52PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> Also, Rob, you do not need to change anything in acconfig.h. Use > >> the optional third argument of AC_DEFINE to give the description. my forthcoming patch tried this, but I still needed to alter acconfig.h directly ...

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-20 Thread R. Lahaye
"R. Lahaye" wrote: > > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > > > > Also, Rob, you do not need to change anything in acconfig.h. Use the > > optional third argument of AC_DEFINE to give the description. > > > > Done; new patch attached. > > lyx-devel/configure.in : version output added > lyx-d

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-20 Thread R. Lahaye
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > Also, Rob, you do not need to change anything in acconfig.h. Use the > optional third argument of AC_DEFINE to give the description. > Done; new patch attached. lyx-devel/configure.in : version output added lyx-devel/src/lyx_main.C : "-version flag" des

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "John" == John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 03:17:41PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: >> I then would opt for both: allow a version flag to the lyx >> executable and generate a file or script ("lyx-config") with the >> version info. >> >> Many software handles a

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-20 Thread John Levon
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 03:17:41PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: > I then would opt for both: allow a version flag to the lyx executable > and generate a file or script ("lyx-config") with the version info. > > Many software handles a "-version" (and/or "--version") flag, so I > thought it'll be usefu

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-20 Thread Angus Leeming
On Friday 20 July 2001 07:17, R. Lahaye wrote: > > Looks like an excellent idea. A simpler solution would probably be to > > generate this data in a file that would be installed along with LyX. > > This way the information would be available even when LyX cannot be > > launched. > > I then would

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-19 Thread R. Lahaye
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > > "R" == R Lahaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > R> Hi, > > R> I thought it'll be useful to have an option > > R>lyx -version (or: lyx --version ) > > R> that will tell appropriate information on the > R> system/build/compilation. This is very useful w

Re: Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "R" == R Lahaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: R> Hi, R> I thought it'll be useful to have an option R>lyx -version (or: lyx --version ) R> that will tell appropriate information on the R> system/build/compilation. This is very useful when reporting bug R> reports; once as executable, i

Patch: version build info added.

2001-07-19 Thread R. Lahaye
Hi, I thought it'll be useful to have an option lyx -version (or: lyx --version ) that will tell appropriate information on the system/build/compilation. This is very useful when reporting bug reports; once as executable, it is not so easy to find out how it was generated. Currently I hav