Angus> Before we release the code as 1.3.6, however, I think it would Angus> make sense to have some Windows guinea pigs to try it out and Angus> report on any obvious problems. Maybe a "call for Windows Angus> testers" mail to the lyx-users list?
Somebody should create a windows installer from 1.3.6cvs, then. Ruurd, are you reading this?
In order to open a file with LyX by clicking on the file in Windows Explorer, I need to copy a couple of dlls to the directory containing the LyX executable. Ie a working installation requires:
$ make install $ cd J:/Programs/LyX/bin $ cp ~/qt3/lib/qt-mt3.dll . $ cp J:/mingw/bin/mingwm10.dll .
Perhaps a clever installer would ask whether Qt and MinGW were present already and would register their location in the registry? Ie, it wouldn't install qt-mt3.dll or mingwm10.dll if they could be found elsewhere.
It would also need to tie the .lyx file extension to the LyX binary.
Would it really need to do anythiing else?
regards, Angus
