"Kayvan A. Sylvan" wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 07:54:16AM +0100, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote:
> >
> > When will the official RPM package for 1.1.2 be available? Or even
> > 1.1.3 if it will be out very soon. While making this package, is it also
> > possible to make another one optimized for i586? At present, the 1.0.4
> > package's name has i386 inside it, meaning that it's for general purpose.
I've just received the messages concerning the release of 1.1.3. Strange that
some of the messages come quite late to me.
> I maintain the latest RPMs for lyx. These RPMS are build for Redhat 6.X on a i586
> machine. Other architectures and OS combinations are contributed by other users
> and get put into my ftp area.
Oh I see. In this case, could you put i586 instead of i386 in the name,
please?
> > While we're here, allow me to suggest that LyX icon file be
> > installed too. In rpm packages, which are destinated for Linux, icon
> > file can be put in /usr/share/icons which is the system-wide icon
> > directory for KDE. I seldom use Gnome but I think its icon directory is
> > /usr/share/pixmaps
>
> These are already installed in /usr/share/lyx/images
I know that it's installed there, but that's different from having them
installed directly in those locations. Or maybe it should be written somewhere
that the icon file can be found in /usr/share/lyx/images. Suppose you're a new LyX
user (or system administrator). You have just installed LyX. Then you want to
create short-cut for LyX (especially necessary for an administrator than a single
user). If the icon file isn't installed in standard place, two possibilities could
happen:
1) you use a generic icon for LyX instead of the nice official icon. Well, a
generic icon could also mean a very ugly one. I'm sure a developper of a programme
wouldn't want this to happen.
2) you search everywhere for the icon. This is tedious especially if the location
wasn't clear at first.
Anyway, this could simplify a lot users' life. Why not do so?
Seak
