On Mon, 9 May 2011 14:03:45 -0400
"Joost Verburg" <jo...@lyx.org> wrote:
> I think having to keep the installer around to be able to add
> languages is not a good thing. Ideally perhaps we would install a
> little app to download dictionaries? I don't have time to work on
> this now but it's something we could look into in the future.
In the course of developing the installer, please also remember that
some of us are installing software while offline (including a fully
fledged MikTeX, but fortunately it offers an option to install packages
from a directory) and on many machines simultaneously... the version
with all the dictionaries included is really needed there (or another
offline method of (re)installing dictionaries).
Now that I think of it, maybe it's worth a mentioning: AltInstaller
always changed the MikTeX packages location from a directory to some ftp
address, but there was a chance to revert this (before confirming the
"first run" message AFAIR). Also it insisted on downloading dictionaries
from the Web, but for ASpell these were easily installable separately.
So - maybe full offline installation wasn't all that convenient, but
it was at least possible - please don't cut off this way.
Regards,
Michał
