> > > argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ > > No it doesn't. I regularly install at > J:\Program Files\LyX > without problems. Installing to > C:\Program Files > on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges.
i just tried again running LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exe<http://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exe>and before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator privileges. > i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6 installer after > > installing minsys and python 2.3 (2.4 requires admin privileges :/) > > Not our problsm then... fair, i'll go complain to python list ;) > i'll try to install miktex and gs tomorrow. once i've installed > > them, i can simply add the directories in the preferences and > > reconfigure? > > What directories? i guess my question was: if i add the latex and yap bin directories to the PATH option in the preferences and "reconfigure", will i then be able to view dvi and export pdf (i currently dont have these options since i said "do not install" because i wasn't able to install them at the time). i guess i'll try and see and reinstall lyx if necessary. > another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to > > open/save files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has > > that weird setup for network syncing where my home directory is a > > network dir (\\server\...) synced locally as My Documents. since the > > widget doesnt recognize shortcut links i have no way to access my > > home directory. > > <shrug>We use whatever the Qt toolkit gives us here I'm > afraid.<\shrug> > > You might try http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX137pre which fixes a > bunch of bugs in LyX 1.3.6. I've no idea whether that'd cure this > particular problem. thx for the tip, i'll try it and complain to some qt mailing list if appropriate ;) > concerning printing notes (previous message), i'll try to see if > > it's possible to create a new flagged environment like in latex... > > do i just use ERT or is there an nicer way to do it? > > I think that the best you can do is either to add stuff like: > > <ert>\begin{comment}<\ert> > your note contents. > <ert>\end{comment}<\ert> > > to your LyX document, or to derive a new document class from > article.layout and to add a Comment environment that wraps your note > with the latex magic. nice, i'll look into deriving my own layout when i get a chance mamato
