* Vladimir Milovanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-08-15 23:13] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know that this sounds like a troll question, but I ma being serious. I am
> currently running a w2k setup, and most of the software I use daily is for
> windoze. However, I have used lyx before, and I think that it really makes word
> look like a toy, so I'd really like to be able to use it. I read a page about a
> port on windows, and even tried it , and while it worked sort of OK, I could
> see that it was a port, and it wasn't "just right' - sometimes I'd get errors
> from the X-server etc.
>
> My question is this : how difficult would it be for a linux newbie (not an
> idiot though, i've installed linux before) to set up Lyx on, say, RedHat 7.1?
> Or would it be better to stick with CygWin?
if you are free to switch to linux than do it
its much better and easier than cygwin (but cygwin is the only way to live with
windows, if you are forced to use windows)
andre provided commands for grabbing and installing lyx
but you also need the xforms rpm available in the contrib directory on lyx ftp site
> Please, email me directly if you have a suggestion, since I am not subscribed
> to the list.
>
> Thanks,
> Vlad.
>
--
ronny
