Re: going portable
A portable version of MikTeX is under preparation: http://blog.miktex.org/post/2009/04/Portable-MiKTeX.aspx I'd like to have portable LyX on the same portable drive. I _am_ using LyX from a USB stick, together with TeX Live 2008 (on the same stick). Sincerely, Wolfgang
Re: going portable
Uwe Stöhr wrote: If you pay for that, you'll get this. Just a joke, but I think that a portable LyX will not be possible as long as ImageMagick needs Ghostscript which needs some system DLLs. Other programs like Aspell might also not be portable. I'll nevertheless have a look when the new MiKTeX release is out. The ImageMagick and Ghostscript included in my installers are portable, so this should not be a problem. I fixed this Ghostscript detection issue to allow for installation without administrator privileges. Aspell currently uses a registry key to identify the data/dictionary locations (this can be in HKEY_CURRENT_USER). I could easily add support for an environment variable too. Joost
Re: going portable
> A portable version of MikTeX is under preparation: > http://blog.miktex.org/post/2009/04/Portable-MiKTeX.aspx > I'd like to have portable LyX on the same portable drive. I _am_ using LyX from a USB stick, together with TeX Live 2008 (on the same stick). Sincerely, Wolfgang
Re: going portable
Uwe Stöhr wrote: If you pay for that, you'll get this. Just a joke, but I think that a portable LyX will not be possible as long as ImageMagick needs Ghostscript which needs some system DLLs. Other programs like Aspell might also not be portable. I'll nevertheless have a look when the new MiKTeX release is out. The ImageMagick and Ghostscript included in my installers are portable, so this should not be a problem. I fixed this Ghostscript detection issue to allow for installation without administrator privileges. Aspell currently uses a registry key to identify the data/dictionary locations (this can be in HKEY_CURRENT_USER). I could easily add support for an environment variable too. Joost
going portable
A portable version of MikTeX is under preparation: http://blog.miktex.org/post/2009/04/Portable-MiKTeX.aspx I'd like to have portable LyX on the same portable drive. Cheers!
Re: going portable
A portable version of MikTeX is under preparation: http://blog.miktex.org/post/2009/04/Portable-MiKTeX.aspx I'd like to have portable LyX on the same portable drive. If you pay for that, you'll get this. Just a joke, but I think that a portable LyX will not be possible as long as ImageMagick needs Ghostscript which needs some system DLLs. Other programs like Aspell might also not be portable. I'll nevertheless have a look when the new MiKTeX release is out. regards Uwe
going portable
A portable version of MikTeX is under preparation: http://blog.miktex.org/post/2009/04/Portable-MiKTeX.aspx I'd like to have portable LyX on the same portable drive. Cheers!
Re: going portable
> A portable version of MikTeX is under preparation: > http://blog.miktex.org/post/2009/04/Portable-MiKTeX.aspx > > I'd like to have portable LyX on the same portable drive. If you pay for that, you'll get this. Just a joke, but I think that a portable LyX will not be possible as long as ImageMagick needs Ghostscript which needs some system DLLs. Other programs like Aspell might also not be portable. I'll nevertheless have a look when the new MiKTeX release is out. regards Uwe
