MikTeX's kpsewhich doesn't mention "kpathsea emulation" anymore.

On Cygwin, the most reliable way to tell what is the right path
separator to use is a direct check.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_2_0_X@38682 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8

diff --git a/lib/scripts/TeXFiles.py b/lib/scripts/TeXFiles.py
index e13425d8ef6f24b4247406ff8cb45d1d86b38afc..578fd56a43526050ac7b7070bc59e1e34b7d3c19 100755 (executable)
--- a/lib/scripts/TeXFiles.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/TeXFiles.py
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ else:
 # Create a variable that holds the right character to be used by the scripts.
 path_sep = os.pathsep
 if sys.platform == 'cygwin':
-    # MikTeX's kpsewhich says "kpathsea emulation version x.x.x", whereas
-    # teTeX's simply "kpathsea version x.x.x".
-    if 'emulation' in cmdOutput('kpsewhich --version'):
+    if ';' in cmdOutput('kpsewhich --show-path=.tex'):
         path_sep = ';'
     else:
         path_sep = ':'

diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 8d782d150a3b751c7c27fe98688cd64c46917ab5..c64fe20fef4a048daa8cc2140315ccc9b9548da2 100644 (file)
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ What's new
 
 - Display \utilde and \undertilde in formulas correctly (part of bug #6622).
 
+- Restore the functionality of the TeX Information dialog on Cygwin if a
+  native Windows TeX engine is used.
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION