Modify configure.py for Debian defaults [was: Re: [Pkg-lyx-devel] Time to merge?]

[Sven Hoexter]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 03:42:12PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 2. Juli 2006 20:00 schrieb Per Olofsson:
> > Sven Hoexter:
> > > IMHO we should not modify configure.py in any way.
> > > We can not predict which of those tools listet in Recommends/Suggests
> > > are avaible and which are not so it seems to be a good way to detect it
> > > with this configure.py script.
> > >
> > > If it's really needed to set some sane defaults we should use
> > > lyxrc.dist.
> 
> But they could be overwritten by configure.py.
Hm ok.
 
> > I think that, if possible, we should specify programs to be used even
> > if they are not available, as they might become available. How should
> > the user know that he/she has to use the Reconfigure command each time
> > a package that might be useful for LyX is installed?
> 
> Because that is written in the manual.
> 
> I know that the current behaviour is not optimal, but it will hopefully 
> change soon. 1.4.2 will detect the system viewers and editors automatically 
> at startup on OS X and windows and uses configure.py only for the 
> converters. This does not yet work on unix, but we will hopefully fill this 
> gap. I already made an attempt with my experimental kde frontend: 
> http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/branches/personal/baum/kde 
> http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/Project may also be useful in the 
> future.
> 
> IMHO the best solution for now is to modify configure.py in such a way that 
> the system editor, browser etc. is the first program in the list.
Where is a browser or an external editor used within LyX?

For a web browser I can agree that it might be usefull to use x-www-browser.

I'd find it more interesting [1] to add something usefull to the \Format fax
entry but I've no working fax setup here anyway to try it.

Sven

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=148790
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