> There are a number of features of the official installer that are missing in
the alternative one
> (e.g. installation by limited users,
Yes, you must have admin priviledges.
> PDF updating similar to DVI/Postscript,
Not true.
> installation of all spell checker dictionaries using the installer wizard,
Not true.
> debug output on crashes).
Not true.
> Probably there are also some features in the alternative installer that are
not in the official
> one, but I don't know these details.
They are listed here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller
For a detailed description of the Alternative Installer, have a look here:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.4/AltInstaller-README.txt
> LyXWinInstaller is a project of Uwe Stöhr and is a bit more separated from
the LyX project.
I don't want to start the installer discussion again. My installer was the code base of Joost's
installer that he one day made the official one. It is not separated from the LyX project as it was
the first native Windows installer for LyX and it is still under active development.
regards Uwe
