Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Stefano Ghirlanda wrote:
> >
> > Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I am experimenting on a wrapper script around bibtex. I remember there
> > > is a way to change the name of the bibtex executable in ~/.lyx/lyxrc
> > > but I can't remember how...
> >
> > I think I was wrong, in LaTeX.C "bibtex" seems to be hard-coded.
>
> that's right, but lyx searchs first in your home-dir/bin, when your
> path is set well (otherwise you produce an endless loop).
> Therefore you can define your own ~/bin/bibtex which itself
> starts /usr/bin/bibtex, the one from tex!
Yes, but I do not consider this to be an ideal setup. For instance,
the program would need to be installed in (or linked to from) each
user's ~/bin directory. Having ~/bin before the system diretctories is
also not recommended from a securiy point of view.
Thanks for the tip anyway,
Stefano
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