So, I guess this situation leaves me in kind of a foobar snafu:
(1) The current distribution official release in Ubuntu Gutsy is 1.5.1
(2) 1.5.3 is only available in Ubuntu Hardy, and has dependencies not
satisfied by Gutsy
So, given this scenario, and the fact that the performance of 1.5.1 is
unacceptable (it doesn't scroll well, and it can't keep up with my
typing), I guess I am out of luck.
Maybe this is for the better... While I've enjoyed using LyX over the
past eight years, it has become increasingly noticeable that it is a
less than optimal solution for me. Why?
(1) When I started most distro's still installed some form of TeX by
default. They don't now. So, when I install LyX, I also need a TeX
installation (not necessarily a bad thing, given the typsetting
capabilities of TeX/LaTeX).
(2) When I started with LyX, the primary toolkit in use was still
xforms. The idea was to eventually have both a qt and gtk+ versions.
However, as things have progressed, it seems that gtk+ has fallen off
the map (understandably, no one wants to work on it). Unfortunately, as
I've refined my configurations, all of the applications I really need
are gtk+ based, so maintaining an installation of qt for a sinlge
applications seems a bit more than silly.
(3) Duplication of applications: I still have to be able to work with MS
Word / Excel documents, and I can't afford to do a lot of back-and-forth
conversion and lose the styles in the Word documents. So, this has
meant maintaining either AbiWord & Gnumeric, or OpenOffice.org on my system.
So, the point is, this current packaging issue has just tipped the
scales past the point of being reasonable. It's just gotten to the
point where maintaining LyX on my system has become (a) costly in terms
of disk space and resources used, (b) now is costing me time, (c) and is
actually interfering in my work.
So, it's time to set LyX aside. It's been fun using LyX for these past
eight years, but now it's time to move on.
Bye!
// George
