> For all postscript related tasks I use the internal version of ghostscript
> (mgs) and it works all the time. However, LyX always install another version
of
> ghostscript which is redundant in my environment. So I am asking if LyX can be
> made a little bit smarter: while installing LyX, can it ask whether to install
> ghostscript or let the users specify where ghostscript is installed?
The alternative installer already checks if Ghostscript is installed and only
installs it if not.
> In the preamble of some of the LyX documents (e.g. UserGuide.lyx) there are
> some lines which tries to use the lmodern fonts provided it exist. This feels
> all good. But While installing LyX, the setup does not only check whether
> lmodern exist but also forces installation of this large font package when it
> does not find it ixist. Can this behavior of LyX be changed so that when
> lmodern doesn't exist it just forget about that font and tries to use cm fonts
> instead?
The preamble command checks if lmodern exists, if not it won't be used. MiKTeX tries to install
missing packages but you can turn this off in MiKTeX settings. At install time MiKTeX is set to
install all packages LyX supports, therefore also the different font packages. (This is independent
from document preambles.) This assures that you have a full featured system setup. Note that this is
only done once, so the first LyX installation could takes indeed some time, but then you can use
your full featured MiKTeX/LyX until you decide to reinstall MiKTeX.
regards Uwe
