cmake install missing help documentation

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 01:40:06PM +0100, Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Tue, 29 Oct 2019 07:57:51 -0400
> schrieb Vincent Lucarelli <vincent.lucarelli at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Hi Scott,
> > 
> > Happy to propose a patch.
> > 
> > Couple of questions:
> > 
> > - Are both autotools and cmake build systems fully supported for lyx or is one
> > deprecated?
> 
> Both are fully supported.
> 
> > - Why was LYX_PREFIX_INSTALL introduced instead of using CMAKE_PREFIX_INSTALL?
> 
> Because CMAKE_PREFIX_INSTALL is a cmake-variable, and we like to have lyx-variables.
> 
> > - What does NLS stand for?
> 
> Native Language Support.
> 
> > - Is the point of LYX_INSTALL is that for development, you don’t want to spend the time
> > building extra things?  If so, why wasn’t LYX_INSTALL the default and have a flag for
> > developers?
> 
> Yes. Sometimes (while bisecting for example) it is faster to test.
> 
> > These are questions that cmake users might have and having answers to these in
> > INSTALL.cmake will help orient them with the lyx viewpoint of how cmake is being used.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Vince
> 
> 
> 	Kornel
> 
> > > On Oct 25, 2019, at 10:27 AM, Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > That great it works for you now, Vincent. Do you have any specific
> > > suggestions for how to improve the information in INSTALL.cmake? Would
> > > you be interested in proposing a patch that clarifies things? It would
> > > be great to make that file as accessible as possible.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Scott
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 10:54:11PM -0400, Vincent Lucarelli wrote:  
> > >> Thanks!  That did it.
> > >> 
> > >> I didn’t understand from INSTALL.cmake what the purpose of these variables were.
> > >> 
> > >> Best,
> > >> 
> > >> Vince
> > >> 
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>   
> > >>> On Oct 23, 2019, at 4:02 AM, Kornel Benko <kornel at lyx.org> wrote:
> > >>> 
> > >>> Am Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:17:28 -0400
> > >>> schrieb Vincent Lucarelli <vincent.lucarelli at gmail.com>:
> > >>>   
> > >>>> Hi,
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> I tried:
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> git checkout 2.3.3
> > >>>> mkdir build
> > >>>> cd build
> > >>>> cmake -GNinga -DLYX_EXTERNAL_HUNSPELL=ON
> > >>>> -DLYX_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/install ..  
> > >>> 
> > >>> I propose to use also -DLYX_NLS=ON -DLYX_INSTALL=ON
> > >>> LYX_NLS=ON should create translations,
> > >>> LYX_INSTALL=ON should create everything needed for installation.
> > >>>   
> > >>>> ninja-build
> > >>>> ninja-build install
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> This fails with
> > >>>> CMake Error at po/cmake_install.cmake:45 (file):
> > >>>> file INSTALL cannot find "/tmp/lyx/build/po/ar.gmo"
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> So I tried
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> ninja-build translations
> > >>>> ninja-build install
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> This seems to work and lyx2.3 runs, but /tmp/install does not contain
> > >>>> UserGuide or any of the other help documentation.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> What am I missing?
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Thanks -  Vince
> > >>>>   
> > >>> 
> > >>>   Kornel
> > >>> 

I'm just bumping the above email and CC'ing Vincent in case he is not
subscribed to the list and missed it.

Best,

Scott
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