Is there a movie demonstrating the Windows install of LyX (from start to end?).
Why I wish it were so:
I'm using Linux, but I have installed it in the occasional Windows
system. The install is not like other Windows programs, there are
lots of ways people get it wrong and have to start over. I'
Am 04.10.2010 17:27, schrieb Adam:
After Lyx 1.6.7-4 installs it cannot open and I get the following error:
"LyX: Creating directory C:/Documents and Settings/Admin/Application Data/LyX16/
LyX: reconfiguring user directory
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call l
Hi,
After Lyx 1.6.7-4 installs it cannot open and I get the following error:
"LyX: Creating directory C:/Documents and Settings/Admin/Application Data/LyX16/
LyX: reconfiguring user directory
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Program Files/L
> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> * sh for the configure script. It would be nice to rewrite it in
>> python, but nobody is brave enough to do it
Bo> It is not terribly long (1600 lines) and most of the code are
Bo> simple test/if/else that can be replaced by equivalent Python
Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
>> > * sh for the configure script. It would be nice to rewrite it in
>> > python, but nobody is brave enough to do it
>> It is not terribly long (1600 lines) and most of the code are simple
>> test/if/else that can
Mike Meyer wrote:
>> Sure. The Windows way would be to define a viewer in lyxrc.defaults as
>>
>> \viewer pdf "open $$i"
>>
>> because the user will already have associated a .pdf extension with
>> something like AcroRd32.exe.
>
> I thought the command on windows was "start". Then again, I use
>
> There's also lib/configure, which is used to build the preferences
> file from the environment. I have issues with that script, and
> wouldn't mind rewriting it.
This is the one we are talking about. I was told that if this is rewritten
in python, windows/lyx does not have to install mingw, and
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> >> Open file by extension is a very common practice
> >> under windows. Under linux/unix, we also only need to keep track of
> >> command names, not their pathes.
> >
> > BTW, it is very un-windows when someone has to set
> > c:\p
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> > * sh for the configure script. It would be nice to rewrite it in
> > python, but nobody is brave enough to do it
> It is not terribly long (1600 lines) and most of the code are simple
> test/if/else that can
> be replaced by equivalen
Bo Peng wrote:
>> Open file by extension is a very common practice
>> under windows. Under linux/unix, we also only need to keep track of
>> command names, not their pathes.
>
> BTW, it is very un-windows when someone has to set
> c:\progra~1\acrobat\reader\ to let lyx view pdf files.
>
> B
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 20:49, Bo Peng wrote:
> > Generally, I think it would be sufficient to use "open file.ps", etc for
> > most viewers. That way, we get the default viewer associated with a
> > particular file extension.
>
> I am not quite sure what you are talking about. What context i
> Open file by extension is a very common practice
> under windows. Under linux/unix, we also only need to keep track of
> command names, not their pathes.
BTW, it is very un-windows when someone has to set
c:\progra~1\acrobat\reader\ to let lyx view pdf files.
Bo
> Generally, I think it would be sufficient to use "open file.ps", etc for
> most viewers. That way, we get the default viewer associated with a
> particular file extension.
I am not quite sure what you are talking about. What context is this
'open file.ps'? Are you saying that we do not need to u
Bo Peng wrote:
>> * sh for the configure script. It would be nice to rewrite it in
>> python, but nobody is brave enough to do it
>
> It is not terribly long (1600 lines) and most of the code are simple
> test/if/else that can
> be replaced by equivalent Python code. I am not saying that I can
> * sh for the configure script. It would be nice to rewrite it in
> python, but nobody is brave enough to do it
It is not terribly long (1600 lines) and most of the code are simple
test/if/else that can
be replaced by equivalent Python code. I am not saying that I can do
the translation
any tim
> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bo> 2. If cygwin can not be used, can we use just perl or python?
Bo> Afterall, both languages are powerful and one can supposedly do
Bo> whatever another language can do.
Currently, we use:
* sh for the configure script. It would be nice to rewr
Dear list,
I spent several boring hours installing mingw, tetex (most
time-consuming), perl, python, and then lyx/win. The result is a much
better windows version of lyx than before. I am grateful that I can
finally edit my lyx files on both platforms.
However, needless to say, the installation p
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