Re: "open" for Unix.

2005-09-10 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roy Schestowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > _/ On Sun 11 Sep 2005 01:14:55 BST, [Mike Meyer] wrote : \_ > > > Based on discussion regarding the configuration process on lyx-devel, > > I started working on a generic "file opener" for Unix, ala "open" on > > OS X and

Re: "open" for Unix.

2005-09-10 Thread Roy Schestowitz
_/ On Sun 11 Sep 2005 01:14:55 BST, [Mike Meyer] wrote : \_ Based on discussion regarding the configuration process on lyx-devel, I started working on a generic "file opener" for Unix, ala "open" on OS X and "start" on Windows. A first release is ready. I've tested it on a number of diff

"open" for Unix.

2005-09-10 Thread Mike Meyer
Based on discussion regarding the configuration process on lyx-devel, I started working on a generic "file opener" for Unix, ala "open" on OS X and "start" on Windows. A first release is ready. I've tested it on a number of different things, including using it to launch all my viewers from LyX. Yo

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Stephen P. Harris
- Original Message - From: "Peter Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs The Windows installation is easy, We shall see. I'll be installing it under XP/SP2 on a system with the TeX Collection (MiKTeX

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Peter Flynn
Stephen P. Harris wrote: [me] Previously: No matter, all is now serene. Oh, how nice. I suppose you were able to get a good screenshot of LyX --> View --> Tex Information --> Latex classes (*.cls) which displayed a partial list of your installed classes? It displayed the whole lot, includin

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Stephen P. Harris
- Original Message - From: "Peter Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs Thanks for all your help...it's working, and all I wanted to do was screenshot it and document the installation process for my r

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Stephen P. Harris
- Original Message - From: "Peter Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs Paul Smith wrote: [me] Is anyone out there using LyX on FC4? I am using LyX on FC4 with no problem. The way I installed it w

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Peter Flynn
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Sorry, my wording was fuzzy. I don't have a working Linux box handy these days, but I assume that LyX runs with the permissions of whatever user is logged in. So if you can run latex directly, presumably when you run the LyX configure script it has the same permissions.

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Peter Flynn
Paul Smith wrote: 2. yum install lyx. Aaaaggghhh! *Never*, never, never do this if you already have TeX. Especially not if you have already carefully removed the outdated mess that is the RH kludge of tetex, and replaced it with the real tetex from the TeX Collection DVD. yum fails to

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Paul Smith
On 9/10/05, Peter Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Is anyone out there using LyX on FC4? > > > > I am using LyX on FC4 with no problem. The way I installed it was: > > > > 1. copied my own .lyx directory into my home directory; > > > > 2. yum install lyx. > > Excellent! Never used yum before,

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Peter Flynn
Paul Smith wrote: [me] Is anyone out there using LyX on FC4? I am using LyX on FC4 with no problem. The way I installed it was: 1. copied my own .lyx directory into my home directory; 2. yum install lyx. Excellent! Never used yum before, so here goes. I wonder will it work over the top of

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Stephen P. Harris
- Original Message - From: "Peter Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs Paul A. Rubin wrote: Peter Flynn wrote: I just tried to install Lyx from the 1.3.6-1 RPMs. At the moment could someone note on

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Stephen P. Harris
- Original Message - From: "Peter Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs Paul A. Rubin wrote: Peter Flynn wrote: I just tried to install Lyx from the 1.3.6-1 RPMs. At the moment could someone note on

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Peter Flynn wrote: How do I know what account the LyX postinstall script from the RPM has picked to run as? The RPM was installed as root, of course, but if LyX has picked something else to use to run its script, that is hidden from sight -- what's the best way to find out (and why on earth woul

Re: Problems installing 1.3.6-1 RPMs

2005-09-10 Thread Paul Smith
On 9/10/05, Peter Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just tried to install Lyx from the 1.3.6-1 RPMs. > >> > >> It can't find the commands kpsewhich and texhash, which is weird > >> because they are both in the global path. The TeX is a new full > >> install from the > >> TeX Collection DVD. >

Re: Simple questions.

2005-09-10 Thread Angus Leeming
Mike Meyer wrote: > 2) I know this has to have been discussed to death - probably >repeatedly - but I couldn't seem to find the right query to tickle >google or the list archives into kicking it up. Could someone >provide a pointer to a rational for going with a single window >inste