On Monday 11 June 2001 02:05, Baruch Even wrote:
> A project idea I came up with after one too many requests for LyX is to
> have a Linux (or any other unix for that matter) distribution complete
> with LaTeX/DocBook support an X-Server and LyX to be booted into from
> the CD itself.
>
> Basically the idea is to make LyX useable for those who use mostly
> windows but want LyX to work with, it needs to be simple enough, that is
> I dont want to tell peoples to install an X-Server on windows or
> something of the kind. It's easier to give them a CD and let them boot
> into it. The files can be worked on from their windows hard disk.
>
> Ofcourse, if someone knows or already has an X-Server with LyX all ready
> for installation on Windows in a usual installer format it would be even
> better. But I seem to rememeber that the free X-Servers are limited in
> time usage.
Both ideas are nice, though I expect your average Windows user would prefer
something that could be installed and run under Windows, rather than having
to reboot - though you have to reboot so often with Windows, people might not
notice ;-) I'm also not sure whether most Win-users could be bothered with
configuring X. People who are prepared to wrestle with that kind of stuff
are generally already using some flavour of 'nix.
A self-extracting, self-installing LyX4Win would be a great idea, and would
really get LyX into popular use, I think. As for X-servers, Cygwin's is
free, though I don't know if that's as in beer or speech - they seem to have
been incorporated into RedHat. See http://cygwin.com/xfree/
Robin
