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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: configure.py problem
From:       Richard Heck <rgheck () comcast ! net>
Date:       2012-06-14 14:50:06
Message-ID: 4FD9FA1E.1090802 () comcast ! net
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On 06/14/2012 03:42 AM, Leslie P. Polzer wrote:
> I'm using ArchLinux with LyX 2.0.3.
>
> Some months ago I started experiencing problems with LyX.
>
> It wouldn't find my CLS files, though kpsewhich would
> pick them up just fine.
>
> A handful of people around the net seemed to have similar
> problems, but no solution that worked for me was presented.
>
> So yesterday I took it upon myself to hunt down the cause
> of this. Here's what I found:
>
> configure.py (processLayoutFile) has this line:
>
>    avai = {'LaTeX':'false', 'DocBook':bool_docbook}[classtype]
>
> Apparently it always sets the second data item to false for
> LaTeX CLS files.
>
configure.py doesn't actually check for the presence of the
CLS files. It's just reading layout files. The check for LaTeX
files is done elsewhere. Presumably that script isn't running
properly, but I'm not an expert on that part of the process.

Richard

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