Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-08 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: p.s. please CC answers to me Please consider reading the list via the mailing list-news interface at gmane (see http://www.gmane.org, the group name is gmane.editors.lyx.devel) if you don't want to get it by mail. You can even use a browser interface there. Gmane is very

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-08 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: But, somehow, I'm not understanding you. If no dialog pops up then sh configure ran correctly, no? Yes, if no dialog pops up the configuration runs correctly. path_prefix is stored in the configure script so that LyX can grab it from the generated lyxrc.defaults ---

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-08 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 17:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: But, somehow, I'm not understanding you. If no dialog pops up then sh configure ran correctly, no? Yes, if no dialog pops up the configuration runs correctly. That's the case now. It wasn't. The difference between today

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-08 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > p.s. please CC answers to me Please consider reading the list via the mailing list<->news interface at gmane (see http://www.gmane.org, the group name is gmane.editors.lyx.devel) if you don't want to get it by mail. You can even use a browser interface there. Gmane is very

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-08 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: But, somehow, I'm not understanding you. If no dialog pops up then "sh configure" ran correctly, no? Yes, if no dialog pops up the configuration runs correctly. path_prefix is stored in the configure script so that LyX can grab it from the generated lyxrc.defaults ---

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-08 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 17:24, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > > But, somehow, I'm not understanding you. > > If no dialog pops up then "sh configure" ran correctly, no? > > Yes, if no dialog pops up the configuration runs correctly. That's the case now. It wasn't. The difference

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 22:41, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: Why extensive testing? We know which files are needed and provide the official actual versions (the same that are used in the actual MSYS version). I'm afraid that I don't believe that this is so. Several scripts

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: Then the user chooses an install directory for LyX and the LyX-files are extracted there. The stripped versions of python etc. are included in the install package. Assuming the install directory is C:\LyX they are extracted in C:\LyX\bin (the same directory like the

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hi Angus, I've some more annotations: I mean that the folder of the stripped files have to be in the system environment variable PATH so that every script can find them. That's what happens now. LyX fires up, reads its lyxrc.defaults file and prepends its PATH environment variable with the

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Now two general annotations for LyX 1.3.6CVS's preferences: - Why is the screen DPI decreased to 72? Could you please reset its default value to 96 as it is the case in LyX 1.2.x till now? I don't touch \screen_dpi and, indeed, there is no such entry in lyxrc.defaults or in

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: I can't get the spellchecker to work altough aspell is installed. This is a regression as it works in Ruurds version. I wrote once a section in the WindowsSetup wiki page about enabling the spellchecker in LyXWin. Hopefully this helps you to enable aspell for your version.

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hi Angus, Good eening, Uwe. I've some more annotations: I mean that the folder of the stripped files have to be in the system environment variable PATH so that every script can find them. That's what happens now. LyX fires up, reads its lyxrc.defaults file and prepends

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Do you get a pop up dialog appearing Failed attempting to set 'path_prefix' in the configure script OK No because the 'path_prefix' is set correctly. As the path to the sh.exe isn't in the PATH (I haven't installed MSYS and use stripped files), Windows shows

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 00:05, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Do you get a pop up dialog appearing Failed attempting to set 'path_prefix' in the configure script OK No because the 'path_prefix' is set correctly. As the path to the sh.exe isn't in the PATH (I

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 22:41, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Why extensive testing? We know which files are needed and > >> provide the official actual versions (the same that are used in > >> the actual MSYS version). > > > > I'm afraid that I don't believe that this is so.

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: Then the user chooses an install directory for LyX and the LyX-files are extracted there. The stripped versions of python etc. are included in the install package. Assuming the install directory is C:\LyX they are extracted in C:\LyX\bin (the same directory like the

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Hi Angus, I've some more annotations: I mean that the folder of the stripped files have to be in the system environment variable "PATH" so that every script can find them. That's what happens now. LyX fires up, reads its lyxrc.defaults file and prepends its PATH environment variable with

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Now two general annotations for LyX 1.3.6CVS's preferences: - Why is the screen DPI decreased to 72? Could you please reset its default value to 96 as it is the case in LyX 1.2.x till now? I don't touch \screen_dpi and, indeed, there is no such entry in lyxrc.defaults or in

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: I can't get the spellchecker to work altough aspell is installed. This is a regression as it works in Ruurds version. I wrote once a section in the WindowsSetup wiki page about enabling the spellchecker in LyXWin. Hopefully this helps you to enable aspell for your version.

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hi Angus, Good eening, Uwe. I've some more annotations: I mean that the folder of the stripped files have to be in the system environment variable "PATH" so that every script can find them. That's what happens now. LyX fires up, reads its lyxrc.defaults file and

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> Do you get a pop up dialog appearing > Failed attempting to set 'path_prefix' in the configure script" OK No because the 'path_prefix' is set correctly. As the path to the sh.exe isn't in the PATH (I haven't installed MSYS and use stripped files), Windows

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-07 Thread Angus Leeming
On Wednesday 08 June 2005 00:05, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > Do you get a pop up dialog appearing > > > > Failed attempting to set 'path_prefix' in the configure > > script" > > OK > > No because the 'path_prefix' is set correctly. As the path to the > sh.exe isn't

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus Leeming wrote: The archive unpacks to I propose to add this tree as-is to development/Win32. OK? Angus packaging/ README clean_dvi.py package_lyxwin.sh dtl/ README Makefile dt2dv.c dt2dv.man dtl.doc dtl.h

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Angus Angus Leeming wrote: The archive unpacks to Angus I propose to add this tree as-is to development/Win32. Be careful with binary status of the files in cvs. Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. JMarc

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Angus I propose to add this tree as-is to development/Win32. Be careful with binary status of the files in cvs. OK, but that warning applies only to these files in the icons directory. lyx_32x32_16colors.png lyx_32x32.png lyx_doc_32x32_16colors.png

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. Angus I don't follow. Could you explain further? Binary file do not appear in patches. Therefore LyX 1.3.5 + patch-1.3.6 != LyX 1.3.6 JMarc

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. | Angus I don't follow. Could you explain further? | Binary file do not appear in patches. Therefore | LyX 1.3.5 + patch-1.3.6

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. Angus I don't follow. Could you explain further? Binary file do not appear in patches. Therefore LyX 1.3.5 + patch-1.3.6 != LyX 1.3.6 `diff -a` ? That's true for more than just the files I've just

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 14:38, Uwe Sthr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: Find it at http://www.devel.lyx.org/~leeming/lyx_setup_136.exe Hi Angus, first many thanks for your work. I tested it and have the following annotations: - Your installer asks for several programs. If one of these are

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - While LyX reconfigures, it doesn't recognize acrobat: +checking for acrobat... no altough it is installed on my system. The reason is that the acrobat.exe istn't in the PATH but in the registry (as most of Win programs) under

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 14:38, Uwe Sthr wrote: - At last a crash report of your LyX 1.3.6CVS version: Go to Edit - Preferences, choose Paths and press one of the Browse buttons for the working directories. Result CRASH: Fixed in 1.3.x CVS. Angus

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 14:38, you wrote: - Your installer asks for several programs. If one of these are not present, the installer opens the download/install webpage of the programs but jumps to the next step without waiting until the missing program is installed. - Is it really necessary

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Sthr
Angus Leeming wrote: Its download size is huge (23 MB for Perl + Python) for modem/ISDN users. Ruurd only used the executables perl.exe, python.exe and sh.exe. Is it possible to include them to the installer package? Just thinking out loud... Perhaps: [x] Download the official Python

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: - While LyX reconfigures, it doesn't recognize acrobat: +checking for acrobat... no altough it is installed on my system. The reason is that the acrobat.exe istn't in the PATH but in the registry (as most of Win programs) under

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Angus See development/Win32/packaging/installer/lyx_path_prefix.C Angus which adds shell code to the configure script to generate a Angus path_prefix entry in lyxrc.defaults and which goes on to use Angus start to run sh.exe configure. That's

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: - Is it really necessary to install msys, perl and phthon fully? Also, why not point the installer to the folder containing Ruurd's stripped down versions? Or something equivalent. That's a good solution. Basically, I don't want to commit myself to creating, testing

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 15:54, Uwe Sthr wrote: I can certainly adapt the installer to open up a web page pointing to the stripped down version in addition to the official version. I'll create a wiki page with all needed files. I think we need - perl.exe - perlx.dll - phython.exe -

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 15:39, Uwe Sthr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: Its download size is huge (23 MB for Perl + Python) for modem/ISDN users. Ruurd only used the executables perl.exe, python.exe and sh.exe. Is it possible to include them to the installer package? Just thinking out

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Angus I also don't think that we have to do everything this time | Angus around. Moreover, I think we're forgetting that our users are | Angus capable individuals who can do stuff themselves too... | I think you have to draw a line at some point.

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: What other files are needed? That's precisely my point. I don't know. Off the top of my head: sed, tr, cut, grep... Looking at Ruurds Version, I know what is needed. I uploaded the files as .rar to http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tools/LyXWinTest/lyxutils.rar The files

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: What other files are needed? That's precisely my point. I don't know. Off the top of my head: sed, tr, cut, grep... Looking at Ruurds Version, I know what is needed. I uploaded the files as .rar to

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: Why extensive testing? We know which files are needed and provide the official actual versions (the same that are used in the actual MSYS version). I'm afraid that I don't believe that this is so. Several scripts have changed since Ruurd released LyX/Win 1.3.5 and

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus Leeming wrote: > The archive unpacks to I propose to add this tree as-is to development/Win32. OK? Angus > packaging/ > README > clean_dvi.py > package_lyxwin.sh > dtl/ > README > Makefile > dt2dv.c > dt2dv.man > dtl.doc >

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Angus Leeming wrote: >> The archive unpacks to Angus> I propose to add this tree as-is to development/Win32. Be careful with binary status of the files in cvs. Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably.

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Angus> I propose to add this tree as-is to development/Win32. > > Be careful with binary status of the files in cvs. OK, but that warning applies only to these files in the icons directory. lyx_32x32_16colors.png lyx_32x32.png lyx_doc_32x32_16colors.png

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. Angus> I don't follow. Could you explain further? Binary file do not appear in patches. Therefore LyX 1.3.5 + patch-1.3.6 != LyX 1.3.6 JMarc

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. > | Angus> I don't follow. Could you explain further? > | Binary file do not appear in patches. Therefore | LyX

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>> Also, binary files mean that patch-1.3.6 will not work reliably. > Angus> I don't follow. Could you explain further? > Binary file do not appear in patches. Therefore > LyX 1.3.5 + patch-1.3.6 != LyX 1.3.6 `diff -a` ? That's true for more than just the files

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 14:38, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > > Find it at http://www.devel.lyx.org/~leeming/lyx_setup_136.exe > > Hi Angus, > > first many thanks for your work. I tested it and have the following > annotations: > > - Your installer asks for several programs. If one of

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> - While LyX reconfigures, it doesn't recognize acrobat: >> >> +checking for "acrobat"... no >> >> altough it is installed on my system. The reason is that the >> acrobat.exe istn't in the PATH but in the registry (as most of Win >>

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 14:38, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > - At last a crash report of your LyX 1.3.6CVS version: > Go to Edit -> Preferences, choose "Paths" and press one of the > "Browse" buttons for the working directories. Result CRASH: Fixed in 1.3.x CVS. Angus

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 14:38, you wrote: > - Your installer asks for several programs. If one of these are not > present, the installer opens the download/install webpage of the > programs but jumps to the next step without waiting until the > missing program is installed. > > - Is it really

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: Its download size is huge (23 MB for Perl + Python) for modem/ISDN users. Ruurd only used the executables perl.exe, python.exe and sh.exe. Is it possible to include them to the installer package? Just thinking out loud... Perhaps: [x] Download the official Python

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>> - While LyX reconfigures, it doesn't recognize acrobat: >>> >>> +checking for "acrobat"... no >>> >>> altough it is installed on my system. The reason is that the >>> acrobat.exe istn't in the PATH but in the registry (as most of Win >>> programs) under >>> >>>

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> See development/Win32/packaging/installer/lyx_path_prefix.C Angus> which adds shell code to the configure script to generate a Angus> path_prefix entry in lyxrc.defaults and which goes on to use Angus> "start" to run "sh.exe

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: - Is it really necessary to install msys, perl and phthon fully? Also, why not point the installer to the folder containing Ruurd's stripped down versions? Or something equivalent. That's a good solution. Basically, I don't want to commit myself to creating, testing

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 15:54, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > I can certainly adapt the installer to open up a > > web page pointing to the stripped down version in addition to the > > official version. > > I'll create a wiki page with all needed files. > > I think we need > > - perl.exe > - perlx.dll > -

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 06 June 2005 15:39, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >>Its download size is huge (23 MB for Perl + Python) for > >> modem/ISDN users. Ruurd only used the executables perl.exe, > >> python.exe and sh.exe. Is it possible to include them to the > >> installer package? > > > > Just

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Angus> I also don't think that we have to do everything this time | Angus> around. Moreover, I think we're forgetting that our users are | Angus> capable individuals who can do stuff themselves too... > | I think you have to draw a line at some

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: What other files are needed? That's precisely my point. I don't know. Off the top of my head: sed, tr, cut, grep... Looking at Ruurds Version, I know what is needed. I uploaded the files as .rar to http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Tools/LyXWinTest/lyxutils.rar The files

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Angus Leeming
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >>>What other files are needed? >> >> That's precisely my point. I don't know. Off the top of my head: >> >> sed, tr, cut, grep... > > Looking at Ruurds Version, I know what is needed. I uploaded the files > as .rar to > >

Re: Windows installer finished

2005-06-06 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Angus Leeming wrote: >> Why extensive testing? We know which files are needed and provide the >> official actual versions (the same that are used in the actual MSYS >> version). > I'm afraid that I don't believe that this is so. Several scripts have > changed since Ruurd released LyX/Win 1.3.5