Angus,
I'm installing the prerelease now. Apologies if this has been reported
-- I scanned the list but didn't see it.
The first several installer screens worked fine, found all the utilities
(I have most of what LyX wants already installed). When I got to the
Ghostscript screen, it defaulted to "Folder containing gswin32c.exe"
with the path correctly detected, but the path itself (and the "..."
button to browse for it) were grayed out, hence could not be modified if
I so chose. Interestingly, changing focus to a different window and
then back to the installer window corrected this (input box and button
became active). Same story on the next screen (Imagemagick). Clicking
the radio buttons to switch off the third option and then back on also
activates the path entry.
Ok, it gets even stranger. While I'm typing this, I've switched to the
installer (which was on the Imagemagick windows) and clicked the back
button. The path to GS is active. Clicked next, path to Imagemagick is
grayed out. Clicked back, path to GS is grayed out.
One other suggestion: might be a good idea not to let the installer end
until configuration has run its course. Once I blessed all the install
options and agreed to the copyright notice, a command window opened and
the configuration script started doing its thing. Meanwhile, the
installer progressed to its final screen (with the Finish button), with
the option to launch LyX checked. Just to be spiteful, I clicked Finish
while the configuration script was still running. Sure enough, I got an
error dialog saying LyX couldn't find a default class list and hence
couldn't start. No big shock here, but a newbie might get a bit antsy
about that.
More no doubt to follow. If there's a way to break a program, I
invariably find it (the hard way).
-- Paul
- LyXWin1.3.6pre installer issue [VERY minor] Paul A. Rubin
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