Re: Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Uwe StÃhr
Ruurd wrotes: - @ echo off rem Configure script for Win32 rem calls msys sh.exe rem written by Ruurd Reitsma echo %0 SET PATH=%~p0..\..\bin;%PATH% echo %PATH% %~p0..\..\bin\sh.exe --login %0 --- This doesn't work when LyX and LaTeX are in diff

Re: Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Ruurd Reitsma wrote: >> Of course, there is a third solution, to rewrite lib/configure as a >> python script. That would enable us to ditch the OS/2 (legacy and >> unmaintained) lib/configure.cmd and would move us a step closer to >> requiring only one scripting language, python, to actually run Ly

Re: Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Ruurd Reitsma
"Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of course, there is a third solution, to rewrite lib/configure as a python > script. That would enable us to ditch the OS/2 (legacy and unmaintained) > lib/configure.cmd and would move us a step closer to requiring only o

Re: Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> 2. Start the script as ::system("sh $systemdir/configure"); 2 seems to be a good solution. JMarc

Re: Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Of course, there is a third solution, to rewrite lib/configure Angus> as a python script. That would enable us to ditch the OS/2 Angus> (legacy and unmaintained) lib/configure.cmd and would move us a Angus> step closer to requiring

Re: Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus Leeming wrote: > LyX sometimes tries to run the systemdir configure script as > ::system("$systemdir/configure"); > See LyX::queryUserLyXDir() (lyx_main.C) and Reconfigure() (lyx_cb.C). > > Unfortunately, this doesn't work on Windows. Windows ascertains the type > of the file simply

Running the lib/configure script on Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Angus Leeming
LyX sometimes tries to run the systemdir configure script as ::system("$systemdir/configure"); See LyX::queryUserLyXDir() (lyx_main.C) and Reconfigure() (lyx_cb.C). Unfortunately, this doesn't work on Windows. Windows ascertains the type of the file simply from its extension, not from the