On 10/7/05, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If we can keep a new user for a week, we will have him for good. After > lyx/latex becomes irreplaceable, he will join this list and learn some > latex and advanced lyx. The situation now is that most (windows) users > are scared away by the long installation process (2+ hours), > not-out-of-box configuration (have to set path to ps, acrobat reader > manually), erroneous error messages etc in a day.
Yes, it is painfully a very long installation process for MS Windows users. Most of the time, I use Linux, but sometimes I am in places where there are only MS Windows machines, and once I had to install it on a MS Windows computer. Probably, it is as long as it is because no better solution was found, but I hope that this problem should be addressed in the next versions, as it is a crucial point for making LyX appealing for the very large market of MS Windows potential users. Paul
