Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Angus> Jean-Marc has added a configure test to ascertain > Angus> whether LaTeX can understand file names containing spaces. > Angus> However, lyxrc.tex_allows_spaces seems a little arbitrary. > Angus> Perhaps a LyXRC string variable lyxrc.tex_file_special_chars > Angus> which would be set to " ~" if the TeX version was sufficiently > Angus> modern? > > I am not sure that it is arbitrary. Unless you can prove me false, I > believe that _all_ TeX implementation have the same behaviour wrt at > least ~. If we can prove that some characters are not handled > identically by various TeXs, then it will be time to adapt.
Ok. The detailed testing of what works with what compiler is at http://wiki.lyx.org/LaTeX/FilesWithSpecialChars I guess I was thinking ahead to a latex_path that handles some of the more 'difficult' characters. Let's just shelve it for now. > Angus> In fact, I think that adding the test to the file name widget > Angus> itself is a much better idea. Let's scrap the check in the > Angus> Browser and instead highlight the offending widget in > Angus> red/deactivate the Ok,Apply buttons in the dialog. > > This is definitely a good idea, especially since few files will require > it. I'll see what I can do. -- Angus
