Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file.
Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows ? It somehow does everything automatically, e.g. gets missing parts of MikTex etc. I don't like that, since you don't always have an internet connection, especially on travels and it is somehow stupid to download and launch the installer on every computer you have at home and then download the necessary MikTex packages. Even worse, when working with Lyx and you use some special Latex features, sometimes Lyx needs to download these missing featrues - this is user-unfriendly and annoying. Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. I guess it is difficult it would also be beneficial to have an lyx-.iso distribution which you simply mount and start working - a.k.a. PortableLYX. Cheers, Dieter
