Angus Leeming wrote:
>> Why extensive testing? We know which files are needed and provide the
>> official actual versions (the same that are used in the actual MSYS
>> version).
> I'm afraid that I don't believe that this is so. Several scripts have
> changed since Ruurd released LyX/Win 1.3.5 and their requirements have
> changed too. Witness the reports that people have been making that the
> lyx2lyx packaged with tex2lyx doesn't work with Ruurd's python.
That's why I don't use Ruurds versions but the actual ones.
>> I would just add the
>> files to the package and use them as default. Then you don't have to
>> search for the path to the files as they are part of the LyXWin
>> package.
>
> I don't believe that Ruurd's stripped down versions are
> sufficient and I'm not willing to create *and test* their replacement.
>
> Scripts are by their nature dynamic. Have you tested that every
> single script works? Of course not!
You are of course right that every script could cause troubles. But as I
told, the files are the same as if the user installed the full version
of python etc.
But as you and I don't have the time to test it roughly. I propose the
following:
You (or I) could create a wiki page with a description of the new LyXWin
installer version. I'm sure that after a mail to the lyx-users list many
Win users will test it.
>> If I use the stripped files, the folder of the files (if you include
>> them to your package it is then LyX's \bin folder) must be in the
>> PATH. But that could easily be fixed.
> ???
> Then tell the installer where to find this folder and it'll add it to
> the path_prefix variable in lyxrc.defaults.
I mean that the folder of the stripped files have to be in the system
environment variable "PATH" so that every script can find them.
In my opinion it would be a good solution if the installer asks for
ghostscript, imagemagick, and latex (in this order because imagemagick
needs ghostscript installed!) as it does in the current version. Then
the user chooses an install directory for LyX and the LyX-files are
extracted there. The stripped versions of python etc. are included in
the install package. Assuming the install directory is C:\LyX they are
extracted in C:\LyX\bin (the same directory like the lyx.exe). Now this
directory is added to the PATH using Win's command line command
set path=C:\LyX\bin;%path%
Now the menu language is set for all users with e.g. the comand line command
set LANG=de_DE
At last LyX is first configured and started.
(I'm not sure if the command line commands are correct. But I can ask
Michael Schmidt who knows them.)
thanks and regards
Uwe
