Joost Verburg wrote:
Bo Peng wrote:
So at least python.exe, sh.exe etc will be in, right? Installing full
python and msys is unacceptable even if they are downloaded
automatically.
Yes, these very essential GPL-compatible things (LyX won't configure or
run without them), will be bundled. It is indeed nonsense to download a
complete MSYS and Python if you only need a few files.
I'm a little wary of a mini-python dist. That's what Ruurd had in his
original port of LyX to Windows and we found that it was very fragile.
Another question is about ImageMagick. this should not be optional
since it is essential to the functioning of lyx.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know LyX can be used with
limited graphic support without ImageMagick.
You're correct. LyX will function perfectly well without ImageMagick.
Angus
