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On 2013-09-07 15:12 , Ken Springer wrote: > On 9/7/13 3:33 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: >> Am 07.09.2013 um 03:19 schrieb Ken Springer <snowsh...@q.com>: >> >>> Having resolved my issue with the LyX installation on my Mac, I also >>> have installed it under Windows 7. Also appears to work fine. >>> >>> This has left me wondering about installation packages for different >>> OS's. >>> >>> Why is it, that if it's a Windows program, if a supporting program is >>> needed to make the program run, in this case, the supporting program >>> is also included in the program's installation package. But, when >>> the program goes into OS X, the supporting program isn't included in >>> the installation package. >>> >>> If the Mac LyX package for OS X had included the supporting program, >>> I would never have had a problem. LOL >> >> What support do you have in mind? The installation of a usable TeX >> system? > > Exactly. When you install the Windows "bundle", it includes MikTeX and > JabRef(?), not sure if that's exactly right. Isn't JabRef a > bibliography thing? (This is new to me.) So a new user like me doesn't > have to worry about making sure that when LyX is installed on Windows > for the first time, it's a fully functional system. But on the Mac, > that doesn't happen. The Mac LyX package does not include a TeX system, > and I'm guessing no bibliography option. So if a new user got a copy of > LyX from some free software place, it's not going to work "right out of > the box", and the user isn't going to be happy. I don't know what the > user gets if it's for Linux. > > I just now looked a bit more at the LyX site, and it's intimidating to a > new user, lots of things there that may as well be written in a foreign > language if you are completely new to typography and the LyX world. Even > more so if you are relatively new to computers. (Something every site > for every platform has become. They totally ignore the "newbie" > concept, and I'd bet turn off a lot of potential new users/converts.) > >
