On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 08:42:47AM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This installer worked out correctly that I have MikTeX, MSys, Python > > > already installed. However, when I install LyX 1.4 I find that > > > c:\Program Files\LyX14 contains: > > > and the python and shell directories aren't empty: > > > > Note that the installer detects MiKTeX, ImageMagick and Ghostscript. The > > few Python/MSYS files LyX needs are bundled and will always be installed > > in those directories. > > > > The reason is that these files are absolute requirements to get LyX to > > work and users should not have to download the full Python/MSYS. > > Noooooooo! I already have these things installed. Trust the user!
When you think that MikTeX has its own copy of ghostscript, why LyX can't have its own copy of MSYS and python? Just kidding, but it seems that Windows users love having their disk full of copies of the same software ;-) -- Enrico
