Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
I am resending this as it seems to have disappeared in some black hole. Sorry if this turns out as a duplicate. On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:11:12PM -0700, James Yu wrote: Hi, Enrico, Thank you for the detail usage guide. However, I haven't gotten it to fully work so far. Could you help check what is wrong in my settings: In JabRef (running in XP) Path to Lyx pipe: C:\cygwin\home\james\.lyx\ jabrefpipe In XP command line: I run C:\ LyXPipeWatcher.exe c:\\cygwin\\home\\james\\.lyx \\jabrefpipe In Cygwin, I put the lyxpipe script in /usr/local/bin (and make it executable by chmod +x lyxpipe) in Cygwin's LyX's LyXServer pipe: /home/james/.lyx/lyxpipe (of course, reconfigure and restart) With these settings, after I click Push to LyX in JabRef, I could see the flashing console window and the status bar in JabRef showed pushed However, in LyX, I didn't see anything happen. Could you give some ideas about why it didn't work? Are my settings correct? Your settings are correct, however I just discovered that the official cygwin version of LyX (the X11 version) has been built with the lyxpipe functionality disabled. Most probably the build system used did not define HAVE_MKFIFO, so stub functions were used (the lyxserver works, though). Please try installing this version: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.4/lyx-1.4.4-cygwin.tar.gz this is fully functional and you can install it in parallel with the official version. Unpack the archive and read the README file for installation instructions. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
I am resending this as it seems to have disappeared in some black hole. Sorry if this turns out as a duplicate. On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:11:12PM -0700, James Yu wrote: Hi, Enrico, Thank you for the detail usage guide. However, I haven't gotten it to fully work so far. Could you help check what is wrong in my settings: In JabRef (running in XP) Path to Lyx pipe: C:\cygwin\home\james\.lyx\ jabrefpipe In XP command line: I run C:\ LyXPipeWatcher.exe c:\\cygwin\\home\\james\\.lyx \\jabrefpipe In Cygwin, I put the lyxpipe script in /usr/local/bin (and make it executable by chmod +x lyxpipe) in Cygwin's LyX's LyXServer pipe: /home/james/.lyx/lyxpipe (of course, reconfigure and restart) With these settings, after I click Push to LyX in JabRef, I could see the flashing console window and the status bar in JabRef showed pushed However, in LyX, I didn't see anything happen. Could you give some ideas about why it didn't work? Are my settings correct? Your settings are correct, however I just discovered that the official cygwin version of LyX (the X11 version) has been built with the lyxpipe functionality disabled. Most probably the build system used did not define HAVE_MKFIFO, so stub functions were used (the lyxserver works, though). Please try installing this version: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.4/lyx-1.4.4-cygwin.tar.gz this is fully functional and you can install it in parallel with the official version. Unpack the archive and read the README file for installation instructions. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
I am resending this as it seems to have disappeared in some black hole. Sorry if this turns out as a duplicate. On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:11:12PM -0700, James Yu wrote: > Hi, Enrico, > > Thank you for the detail usage guide. However, I haven't gotten it to fully > work so far. Could you help check what is wrong in my settings: > > In JabRef (running in XP) Path to Lyx pipe: C:\cygwin\home\james\.lyx\ > jabrefpipe > In XP command line: I run C:\> LyXPipeWatcher.exe > c:\\cygwin\\home\\james\\.lyx > \\jabrefpipe > In Cygwin, I put the lyxpipe script in /usr/local/bin (and make it executable > by chmod +x lyxpipe) > in Cygwin's LyX's LyXServer pipe: /home/james/.lyx/lyxpipe (of course, > reconfigure and restart) > > With these settings, after I click "Push to LyX" in JabRef, I could see the > flashing console window and the status bar in JabRef showed "pushed ...". > However, in LyX, I didn't see anything happen. > > Could you give some ideas about why it didn't work? Are my settings correct? Your settings are correct, however I just discovered that the official cygwin version of LyX (the X11 version) has been built with the lyxpipe functionality disabled. Most probably the build system used did not define HAVE_MKFIFO, so stub functions were used (the lyxserver works, though). Please try installing this version: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.4/lyx-1.4.4-cygwin.tar.gz this is fully functional and you can install it in parallel with the official version. Unpack the archive and read the README file for installation instructions. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:08:12PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html There's QFileSystemWatcher. Andre'
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:46:26PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:08:12PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html There's QFileSystemWatcher. That's for Qt 4.2 or higher, I think. I wonder how do they accomplish that on *nix as, if I remember correctly, select() doesn't work on plain files. Maybe they use something similar to fam on linux, but on solaris, for example? -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 09:07:31PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: There's QFileSystemWatcher. That's for Qt 4.2 or higher, I think. I wonder how do they accomplish that on *nix as, if I remember correctly, select() doesn't work on plain files. Maybe they use something similar to fam on linux, but on solaris, for example? I don't know. Use the source, Luke ;-) Andre'
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:08:12PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html There's QFileSystemWatcher. Andre'
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:46:26PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:08:12PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html There's QFileSystemWatcher. That's for Qt 4.2 or higher, I think. I wonder how do they accomplish that on *nix as, if I remember correctly, select() doesn't work on plain files. Maybe they use something similar to fam on linux, but on solaris, for example? -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 09:07:31PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: There's QFileSystemWatcher. That's for Qt 4.2 or higher, I think. I wonder how do they accomplish that on *nix as, if I remember correctly, select() doesn't work on plain files. Maybe they use something similar to fam on linux, but on solaris, for example? I don't know. Use the source, Luke ;-) Andre'
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:08:12PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > Yu, James writes: > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > The solution is "just" to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer > > > with a portable one. > > > > > > It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX > > > project. If someone's interested, come us at the devel list > > > > > > Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin > > > version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? > > Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you > have to use a workaround. See below. > > > If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! > > It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about > named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change > notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the > lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app > writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was > written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash > script, for example). > > I wrote such "watcher" utility by modifying the example provided at > http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html There's QFileSystemWatcher. Andre'
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 01:46:26PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 03:08:12PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > Yu, James writes: > > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > > The solution is "just" to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer > > > > with a portable one. > > > > > > > > It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX > > > > project. If someone's interested, come us at the devel list > > > > > > > > Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin > > > > version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? > > > > Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you > > have to use a workaround. See below. > > > > > If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! > > > > It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about > > named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change > > notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the > > lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app > > writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was > > written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash > > script, for example). > > > > I wrote such "watcher" utility by modifying the example provided at > > http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html > > There's QFileSystemWatcher. That's for Qt 4.2 or higher, I think. I wonder how do they accomplish that on *nix as, if I remember correctly, select() doesn't work on plain files. Maybe they use something similar to fam on linux, but on solaris, for example? -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 09:07:31PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > There's QFileSystemWatcher. > > That's for Qt 4.2 or higher, I think. I wonder how do they accomplish > that on *nix as, if I remember correctly, select() doesn't work on > plain files. Maybe they use something similar to fam on linux, but > on solaris, for example? I don't know. Use the source, Luke ;-) Andre'
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html and it works very well. I can push citations from JabRef directly into LyX without problems. You need the cygwin version of LyX, of course. The only nuisance is that you have to remember to launch the watcher program in addition to LyX and JabRef. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Hi, Enrico, Great you have tried something and succeeded. Will you share with us the utility? Thanks, James On 4/10/07, Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html and it works very well. I can push citations from JabRef directly into LyX without problems. You need the cygwin version of LyX, of course. The only nuisance is that you have to remember to launch the watcher program in addition to LyX and JabRef. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:11:53PM -0700, James Yu wrote: Hi, Enrico, Great you have tried something and succeeded. Will you share with us the utility? No problem. Please find attached a tar archive containing an executable and a bash script. You can put LyXPipeWatcher.exe wherever you want, but it is mandatory that you copy the script to the cygwin /usr/local/bin directory. I don't know if I am allowed to redistribute modified sources from http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html so I am not including them. The sources are copyrighted but I could not find anything about redistribution. Usage is as follows. Prerequisites: - Cygwin version of LyX (either the official one using Qt3/X11 or mine own build using Qt3/Win will do). - Make sure that you have the cygwin bin directory in your system PATH. Most probably this is c:\cygwin\bin and you should add it to the Path variable in the System properties/Advanced/Environment variables panel (on Win2k I get it by choosing Properties after right clicking on the My Computer icon). You need admin privileges to do this. - Once you are in the previous panel, make sure that a variable named HOME is set, pointing to your cygwin home directory. For example, this could be c:\cygwin\home\James (use the Windows syntax here). Usage with JabRef: - Set the lyxpipe path in LyX. You should set this path in the LyXServer pipe: entry you see after Tools-Preferences-Paths. Use the cygwin syntax here. Under the hypothesis that your cygwin home directory is c:\cygwin\home\James, I suggest using something like /home/.lyx/lyxpipe. Save the preferences and restart LyX. - Set the lyxpipe path in JabRef. Use whatever path you like here but make sure that it is *different* from the previous one. - Launch LyXpipeWatcher.exe specifying on the command line (or in a shortcut) the same lyxpipe path you gave to JabRef (the bash script will figure out by itself what is the real lyxpipe path). - Once you have LyX, JabRef and LyXpipeWatcher running, try pushing a reference to LyX. You should see a console window flashing briefly and then the reference should appear in LyX. -- Enrico LyXPipeWatcher.tar.gz Description: application/tar-gz
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html and it works very well. I can push citations from JabRef directly into LyX without problems. You need the cygwin version of LyX, of course. The only nuisance is that you have to remember to launch the watcher program in addition to LyX and JabRef. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Hi, Enrico, Great you have tried something and succeeded. Will you share with us the utility? Thanks, James On 4/10/07, Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yu, James writes: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such watcher utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html and it works very well. I can push citations from JabRef directly into LyX without problems. You need the cygwin version of LyX, of course. The only nuisance is that you have to remember to launch the watcher program in addition to LyX and JabRef. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:11:53PM -0700, James Yu wrote: Hi, Enrico, Great you have tried something and succeeded. Will you share with us the utility? No problem. Please find attached a tar archive containing an executable and a bash script. You can put LyXPipeWatcher.exe wherever you want, but it is mandatory that you copy the script to the cygwin /usr/local/bin directory. I don't know if I am allowed to redistribute modified sources from http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html so I am not including them. The sources are copyrighted but I could not find anything about redistribution. Usage is as follows. Prerequisites: - Cygwin version of LyX (either the official one using Qt3/X11 or mine own build using Qt3/Win will do). - Make sure that you have the cygwin bin directory in your system PATH. Most probably this is c:\cygwin\bin and you should add it to the Path variable in the System properties/Advanced/Environment variables panel (on Win2k I get it by choosing Properties after right clicking on the My Computer icon). You need admin privileges to do this. - Once you are in the previous panel, make sure that a variable named HOME is set, pointing to your cygwin home directory. For example, this could be c:\cygwin\home\James (use the Windows syntax here). Usage with JabRef: - Set the lyxpipe path in LyX. You should set this path in the LyXServer pipe: entry you see after Tools-Preferences-Paths. Use the cygwin syntax here. Under the hypothesis that your cygwin home directory is c:\cygwin\home\James, I suggest using something like /home/.lyx/lyxpipe. Save the preferences and restart LyX. - Set the lyxpipe path in JabRef. Use whatever path you like here but make sure that it is *different* from the previous one. - Launch LyXpipeWatcher.exe specifying on the command line (or in a shortcut) the same lyxpipe path you gave to JabRef (the bash script will figure out by itself what is the real lyxpipe path). - Once you have LyX, JabRef and LyXpipeWatcher running, try pushing a reference to LyX. You should see a console window flashing briefly and then the reference should appear in LyX. -- Enrico LyXPipeWatcher.tar.gz Description: application/tar-gz
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
Yu, James writes: > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > The solution is "just" to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer > > with a portable one. > > > > It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX > > project. If someone's interested, come us at the devel list > > > > Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin > > version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. > If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such "watcher" utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html and it works very well. I can push citations from JabRef directly into LyX without problems. You need the cygwin version of LyX, of course. The only nuisance is that you have to remember to launch the watcher program in addition to LyX and JabRef. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
Hi, Enrico, Great you have tried something and succeeded. Will you share with us the "utility"? Thanks, James On 4/10/07, Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yu, James writes: > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > The solution is "just" to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer > > with a portable one. > > > > It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX > > project. If someone's interested, come us at the devel list > > > > Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin > > version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Yes, but if you want that functionality from a native Windows app you have to use a workaround. See below. > If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin! It works if you use cygwin apps. Native windows apps know nothing about named pipes. However, there's a workaround. Windows provides file change notifications, so you can tell a native app to use a given file as the lyxpipe. Then you monitor such file with a small program, and when the app writes to the file you receive a notification. So you simply copy what was written to the file to the real lyxpipe using a cygwin program (a bash script, for example). I wrote such "watcher" utility by modifying the example provided at http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html and it works very well. I can push citations from JabRef directly into LyX without problems. You need the cygwin version of LyX, of course. The only nuisance is that you have to remember to launch the watcher program in addition to LyX and JabRef. -- Enrico
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:11:53PM -0700, James Yu wrote: > Hi, Enrico, > Great you have tried something and succeeded. > Will you share with us the "utility"? No problem. Please find attached a tar archive containing an executable and a bash script. You can put LyXPipeWatcher.exe wherever you want, but it is mandatory that you copy the script to the cygwin /usr/local/bin directory. I don't know if I am allowed to redistribute modified sources from http://www.relisoft.com/win32/watcher.html so I am not including them. The sources are copyrighted but I could not find anything about redistribution. Usage is as follows. Prerequisites: - Cygwin version of LyX (either the official one using Qt3/X11 or mine own build using Qt3/Win will do). - Make sure that you have the cygwin bin directory in your system PATH. Most probably this is c:\cygwin\bin and you should add it to the Path variable in the "System properties/Advanced/Environment variables" panel (on Win2k I get it by choosing Properties after right clicking on the "My Computer" icon). You need admin privileges to do this. - Once you are in the previous panel, make sure that a variable named HOME is set, pointing to your cygwin home directory. For example, this could be c:\cygwin\home\James (use the Windows syntax here). Usage with JabRef: - Set the lyxpipe path in LyX. You should set this path in the "LyXServer pipe:" entry you see after Tools->Preferences->Paths. Use the cygwin syntax here. Under the hypothesis that your cygwin home directory is c:\cygwin\home\James, I suggest using something like /home/.lyx/lyxpipe. Save the preferences and restart LyX. - Set the lyxpipe path in JabRef. Use whatever path you like here but make sure that it is *different* from the previous one. - Launch LyXpipeWatcher.exe specifying on the command line (or in a shortcut) the same lyxpipe path you gave to JabRef (the bash script will figure out by itself what is the real lyxpipe path). - Once you have LyX, JabRef and LyXpipeWatcher running, try pushing a reference to LyX. You should see a console window flashing briefly and then the reference should appear in LyX. -- Enrico LyXPipeWatcher.tar.gz Description: application/tar-gz
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Am Donnerstag, 5. April 2007 21:20 schrieb Yu, James: What I understand about this is that JabRef simply writes out the citation entry to a file named lyxpipe.in. The code segment is like: This is no real file. It is a so called named pipe or FIFO, but since on UNIX everything is a file it can be used like a real file on those systems. My question is: How LyX goes the receiving? Any code segment example? When LyX starts it opens the FIFO for reading and listens. When a command arrives it acts accordingly. The code for this is mainly in src/support/socktools.[Ch] and src/lyxsocket.[Ch] If you look at src/support/socktools.C you'll see that only stubs of the needed functions are implemented on windows. I understand that named pipes do exist on windows, but you need different functions to deal with them, and so far nobody was interested enough to implement this. You are most welcome to fill in the missing bits, as Abdel wrote it should not be too hard. Georg
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Am Donnerstag, 5. April 2007 21:20 schrieb Yu, James: What I understand about this is that JabRef simply writes out the citation entry to a file named lyxpipe.in. The code segment is like: This is no real file. It is a so called named pipe or FIFO, but since on UNIX everything is a file it can be used like a real file on those systems. My question is: How LyX goes the receiving? Any code segment example? When LyX starts it opens the FIFO for reading and listens. When a command arrives it acts accordingly. The code for this is mainly in src/support/socktools.[Ch] and src/lyxsocket.[Ch] If you look at src/support/socktools.C you'll see that only stubs of the needed functions are implemented on windows. I understand that named pipes do exist on windows, but you need different functions to deal with them, and so far nobody was interested enough to implement this. You are most welcome to fill in the missing bits, as Abdel wrote it should not be too hard. Georg
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
Am Donnerstag, 5. April 2007 21:20 schrieb Yu, James: > What I understand about this is that JabRef simply writes out the > citation entry to a file named "lyxpipe.in". The code segment is like: This is no real file. It is a so called "named pipe" or FIFO, but since on UNIX "everything is a file" it can be used like a real file on those systems. > My question is: How LyX goes the receiving? Any code segment example? When LyX starts it opens the FIFO for reading and listens. When a command arrives it acts accordingly. The code for this is mainly in src/support/socktools.[Ch] and src/lyxsocket.[Ch] If you look at src/support/socktools.C you'll see that only stubs of the needed functions are implemented on windows. I understand that named pipes do exist on windows, but you need different functions to deal with them, and so far nobody was interested enough to implement this. You are most welcome to fill in the missing bits, as Abdel wrote it should not be too hard. Georg
Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that? Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to stick with Windows environment. Thanks, James
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Yu, James wrote: I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that? Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to stick with Windows environment. What interface does Jabref use? Pipe or Socket? The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list :-) Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Abdel.
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
Yu, James wrote:
I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function
from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation
problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using
a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that?
Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to
stick with Windows environment.
What interface does Jabref use? Pipe or Socket?
What I understand about this is that JabRef simply writes out the
citation entry to a file named lyxpipe.in. The code segment is like:
.
final File lyxpipe = new File( Globals.prefs.get(lyxpipe) +.in);
.
try {
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(lyxpipe);
BufferedWriter lyx_out = new BufferedWriter(fw);
String citeStr = ;
citeStr = LYXCMD:sampleclient:citation-insert: + keyString;
lyx_out.write(citeStr + \n);
lyx_out.close();
} catch (IOException excep) {
couldNotWrite = true;
return;
}
.
My question is: How LyX goes the receiving? Any code segment example?
The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer
with a portable one.
It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX
project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list :-)
Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin
version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico?
Abdel.
If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin!
James
Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that? Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to stick with Windows environment. Thanks, James
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Yu, James wrote: I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that? Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to stick with Windows environment. What interface does Jabref use? Pipe or Socket? The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list :-) Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Abdel.
Re: Is there any way to make JabRef push to LyX work in Windows XP?
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
Yu, James wrote:
I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function
from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation
problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using
a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that?
Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to
stick with Windows environment.
What interface does Jabref use? Pipe or Socket?
What I understand about this is that JabRef simply writes out the
citation entry to a file named lyxpipe.in. The code segment is like:
.
final File lyxpipe = new File( Globals.prefs.get(lyxpipe) +.in);
.
try {
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(lyxpipe);
BufferedWriter lyx_out = new BufferedWriter(fw);
String citeStr = ;
citeStr = LYXCMD:sampleclient:citation-insert: + keyString;
lyx_out.write(citeStr + \n);
lyx_out.close();
} catch (IOException excep) {
couldNotWrite = true;
return;
}
.
My question is: How LyX goes the receiving? Any code segment example?
The solution is just to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer
with a portable one.
It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX
project. If someone's interested, comesee us at the devel list :-)
Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin
version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico?
Abdel.
If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin!
James
Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that? Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to stick with Windows environment. Thanks, James
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
Yu, James wrote: I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that? Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to stick with Windows environment. What interface does Jabref use? Pipe or Socket? The solution is "just" to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer with a portable one. It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX project. If someone's interested, come us at the devel list :-) Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico? Abdel.
Re: Is there any way to make "JabRef push to LyX" work in Windows XP?
Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
Yu, James wrote:
I understand that in Windows environment the citation push function
from JabRef to LyX doesn't work, due to some OS-level implementation
problem. But, is there any way to get around this limit, like using
a helper program, or ...? Has anybody found a way to achieve that?
Any solution for this would be helpful to people who are forced to
stick with Windows environment.
What interface does Jabref use? Pipe or Socket?
What I understand about this is that JabRef simply writes out the
citation entry to a file named "lyxpipe.in". The code segment is like:
.
final File lyxpipe = new File( Globals.prefs.get("lyxpipe") +".in");
.
try {
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(lyxpipe);
BufferedWriter lyx_out = new BufferedWriter(fw);
String citeStr = "";
citeStr = "LYXCMD:sampleclient:citation-insert:" + keyString;
lyx_out.write(citeStr + "\n");
lyx_out.close();
} catch (IOException excep) {
couldNotWrite = true;
return;
}
.
My question is: How LyX goes the receiving? Any code segment example?
The solution is "just" to replace our handmade socket (or pipe) layer
with a portable one.
It should not be very hard to implement even for a newcomer in the LyX
project. If someone's interested, come us at the devel list :-)
Another solution for you James is to use Enrico's mixed windows/cygwin
version. Could you confirm that it works Enrico?
Abdel.
If I was not wrong, it did not work in cygwin!
James
