Angus Leeming wrote:
David M Hunter wrote:
Hi,
Yesterday I applied the tracking changes patch to my Lyx on my Linux
box and the tracking works ok with a few caveats.
However I work with a colleague who uses word to write documents and
he might be convinced to use lyx if tracking were implemented.
Is it possible to apply the tracking change to the windows lyx
version (he uses windows) or will it be necessary to wait for version
1.4?
Sure. The source for linux and for Windows is identical, so if the
patch can be applied on linux it can also be applied on Windows.
Building takes a while but the scripts in development/Win32/packaging
should automate the process.
See
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.devel/49989
for how I go about packaging LyX 1.3.x on Windows.
Angus
Angus, as a windows newbie I have managed to create a new windows Lyx
with the tracking changes. Compilation was very lengthy and I used the
MinWG platform and method you outlined in your notes.
Not familiar with making "builds" I have not made a "package" but
created a new Lyx executable based on the stable 1.3.6 source code.
I am stuck on a problem with dvipost. Dvipost is necessary to create a
final printable document. I don't know how to compile it without errors
on the MinGW system and I'm also foggy about where it should reside
should I succeed in compiling it.
A few questions:
Should I try to learn and follow your method for creating a package (is
it the same as the windows installer package?) and in doing so would it
solve all my problems, including the dvipost one? I ask these questions
because things take a long time to compile.
Thanks for your time. Again, at the risk of being tiresome, I wish to
point out that I am doing this work to try bring windows users (I am not
a windows user) to Lyx, Linux and opensource software.
Sincerely,
David Hunter
