"LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system!"
Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX
1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works "extremely well" and enables me to access,
edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting institutions, by running LyX on
public workstations where I've no administrator rights.
Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a
USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is
compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data
files in a predefined location portability has been lost.
I'm interested in underlying decisions of having complied LyX Windows in this
specific way nowadays. Are there considerations about integrating aspell in a
different way and moreover is there generally a wider interest in the community
in a portable LyX?
Cheers, Sam
