Error output only sent to stdout when lyx fails to create a cache dir

Richard Kimberly Heck rikiheck at lyx.org
Tue Sep 8 22:17:54 UTC 2020


On 9/8/20 1:51 PM, José Abílio Matos wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>   I found by accident that if lyx fails to create a cache dir then the
> warning is only sent to stdout.
>
>
>   I was surprised because lyx would not start, I only found the issue
> after running lyx from the command line:
>
>
> "Could not create cache directory `...'."
>
>
>   In this case I would expect a graphical warning, that is the core of
> this message.
>
The GUI does not exist yet, so the fix is not easy. We have the same
problem with preferences, languages, and other similar files.

Riki


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