I would say that the only people who would update MiKTeX outside of a Lyx install are power users.
I would simply state something like: Lyx requires MikTeX 2.9 or later. Your version is X.X. Chose "Continue" to automatically update MiKTeX to version X.X or cancel the LyX installation and update MiKTeX manually. You don't need to mention why they would update it manually or using it with other applications or anything like that. I would say that if the Lyx user understands the potential chaos for updating MiKTeX, you can just tell them to manually do it. I also assume that you will only show this dialog if MikTex is installed on their system. If it isn't installed, you probably don't need to tell the user that you are installing it. Thanks, ~Ben On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 7:52 PM, חיים רוזנר <haim.ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > haim.ros...@gmail.com: > > How about this: > This version of LyX needs MikTeX v. ? at least. The installer found only > earlier version of MikTeX / The installer could not find any installation > of MikTeX on your system. > And the buttons shall read 'Cancel' and 'Update MikTeX and install LyX' or > 'Install MikTeX & LyX". > Perhaps it should be clear somehow that the installer updates MikTeX to > the most recent version, and tell the user what is the path of the old > MikTeX detected by installer. > > PS Is there an option to have two different MikTeX versions installed on > the same system? If there is such an option, then we need an option to tell > that's path to this installer. > > Haim > > I mean, it should be clear that you cannot continue with old miktex, and > it should offer you the update. For the avarage user that is enough. > On the other hand, users that do not want to update their old miktex are > considered intelligent enough to get the point that this installation would > ruin their miktex habits. And if they want to get another supported miktex > version, e.g. the first supported version, they can figure out they can do > it on their own. > Haim >
