Hello LyXers,
I just released version 2.5 of my LyX/LaTeX-Installer LyXWinInstaller.
It can be downloaded frome here:
https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=10626
the sourcecode from here:
https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=10625
An overview about the installer can be found at:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller
Changelog:
- updated to Imagemagick 6.2.8-8
- updated to MiKTeX 2.5
- updated to AFPL Ghostscript 8.54
- update of the Aspell spellchecker
- new method to view/update PDF output when you're using Acrobat or
Adobe Reader:
Now the PDF needn't to be closed before it can be updated. See
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinTips#toc1
for details.
- installer asks now if you want to update MiKTeX after it is installed
- MiKTeX is now configured so that the automatic installation of missing
LaTeX-packages is enabled for all users on the computer
- the math fonts needn't no longer be installed as LyX 1.4.2 uses
automatically the fonts in its \Resources\fonts subdirectrory
Known problems:
- All toolbar buttons are disabled after you've opened a dialog;
they are reactivated when you click in the text (see LyX's bug #2423)
- The executable "lyx.exe" has no LyX icon (see LyX's bug #2708)
- menu Document -> LaTeX-protocol is broken (see LyX's bug #2687)
- The printout of Lyx's new configure script isn't shown so that you
don't get an information when LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are
downloaded and installed. This could lead to a situation that LyX
doesn't respond for a long time when it is first started.
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The main new feature of this release is the new MiKTeX 2.5. MiKTeX 2.5
comes with a new version of Yap, its DVI-viewer that can now correctly
display nearly all PostScript-specials like colored, scaled, and rotated
text.
MiKTeX 2.5 supports now filenames and path with spaces.
Under the hood it is better customziable by command line parameters that
are used by LyXWinInstaller to configure it to work perfectly together
with LyX.
MiKTeX 2.5 is only part of the complete version of the installer and
will only be installed when no LaTeX-distribution can be found.
MiKTeX 2.5 can manually be installed side by side to MiKTeX 2.4.
LyXWinInstaller recognizes both versions but will use version 2.5 if
possible.
It is recommended to set write permissions to MiKTeX 2.5's install
folder and subfolders for all users on a PC to let the users benefit
from the automatic LaTeX-package installation of MiKTeX (known bug of
MiKTeX which we are working on).
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Another important change is the new method of viewing PDF-files. Most
Win users use Adobe Reader or Acrobat to view PDF-files. These programs
prevents modifications of opened PDF-files so that you currently have to:
- export the PDF from LyX
- open the PDF in Acrobat/Adobe Reader
- make changes in LyX
- close the PDF
- export the PDF from LyX again
- press the "Previous view" button in Acrobat/Adobe Reader to reopen the
PDF at the position you have been when you closed it
Now you can:
- view the PDF from LyX (there is a corresponding button in the toolbar)
(Acrobat/Adobe Reader will automatically be
opened)
- make changes in LyX
- view it again from LyX (don't use update->view)
- press the "Previous view" button in Acrobat/Adobe Reader to change to
the position in the PDF you viewed when updating the PDF
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Future of LyxWinInstaller:
Starting last autumn I provided LyXWinInstaller to be able to easily
install a complete LaTeX-environment based on LyX as textprocessor.
Although the installer was never the official one it attracted the
attention of many new users to LyX. Now that LyX 1.4.2 has an
appropriate Windows installer I will start to merge my installer project
with it to let further LyX-installers benefit from my work.
This LyXWinInstaller version is not published to vie with the official
LyX installer! It is released for support reasons, to use the new MiKTeX
configuration functionality that was built in especially for my
installer, and to keep up the progress of customizing LyX for the needs
of the users. I got many emails with complaints about the view->PDF
problem that is now solved. I hope that other adjustments to the toolbar:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/UserInterface#LyXWinInstallerToolbar
will be added to further LyX releases as they are the result of feedback
from Lyx-users.
(The same for the PDF-cropbox recognition feature that was built into
Imagemagick especially for LyX.)
best regards Uwe
