#12560: fig2pdftex.py lacks a shebang

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 25/06/2022 à 19:25, Dr Eberhard W Lisse a écrit :
> Just a thought from a non-developer:
> 
> why not make this happen at Tools -> Reconfigure ?

Probably because the user cannot write in the LyX system library 
directory (on linux and macOS, at least).

JMarc

PS: please keep the discussion in the bug tracker
> 
> el
> 
> On 2022-06-25 18:32 , LyX Ticket Tracker wrote:
>> #12560: fig2pdftex.py lacks a shebang
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>>   Reporter:  ondohotola  |       Owner:  lasgouttes
>>       Type:  defect      |      Status:  new
>>   Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  2.3.x
>> Component:  general     |     Version:  unspecified
>>   Severity:  normal      |  Resolution:
>>   Keywords:              |
>> ------------------------+--------------------------
>>
>> Comment (by jamatos):
>>
>>   I was the one who placed those statements there. :-)
>>
>>   But I did it purely for developing purposes. In particular in the case
>>   that Eberhard refers to - lyx2lyx - testing helps if we call it 
>> directly
>>   and that is why the shebang is useful there.
>>
>>   So we have two issues here:
>>   1) this is useful if the script will be called independently of lyx;
>>   2) this is a power user feature because usually those scripts are 
>> usually
>>   used directly by lyx.
>>
>>   So the shebang does not hurt lyx usage but in this case to make it
>>   effective we also need to set the executable bit property for the file.
>>   `chmod +x fig2pdftex.py`
>>
>>   Is it worth? Probably not IMHO but I am open to other suggestions. :-)
>>
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