Angus Leeming wrote: >> I get different results from the same lyx-file when 1) opening it via >> file-open dialog, and 2) double-clicking it to be automatically opened. >> >> In case 1, everything is perfect. >> In case 2, the title bar shows the DOS-8.3-abbreviation of the file >> name. That's ok, but that (gibberish) name is also stored in the useful >> recent-files list in the "file" menu. And what's worse, exporting (tried >> to pdf and to tex) also uses that DOS-name. (Fortunately, simply saving >> the changed lyx file does not produce a new lyx-file with the dos-name >> though.) > > > Sigh. Windows and all its different flavours...
I see. Is there anything I can do in terms of research, like what function needs to be called on 2000 as opposed to xp, or similar? I'm far from being an expert or windows developer, but pretty good at skimming through documentation. otoh, if you decide to leave matters as they are, I'm also fine with that. -sven
