Thank you. I am a Linux user but I recommend LyX to Window users as often
as possible. We really appreciate your efforts
On 10 July 2018 at 03:05, Murat Yildizoglu wrote:
> Thank you Uwe for all your contribution. I have not followed this debate
> because I do not use much the Windows version, but the diversity of tools
> cannot hurt in any case. So, thank you for your good work!
> Best regards,
> Murat
>
> Murat Yildizoglu
> Le 9 juil. 2018 à 23:00 +0200, Uwe Stöhr , a écrit :
>
> Dear LyX users,
>
> despite unannounced until today there is an Windows installer available
> for LyX 2.3.0 since March:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/
> and
> http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/
>
> Due to some disagreements with some LyX developers, this will not be the
> official LyX for Windows installer. However, it works and was already
> downloaded more than 1000 times since March.
>
> Due to the disagreement with the understanding how LyX under Windows
> should be developed, I will provide the LyXWinInstaller as my private
> project and support it of course.
>
> The LyXWinInstaller will take care of everything that provides you a
> fully functional LyX. That means LyXWinInstaller will take care of all
> third-party programs LyX is using in the background (MiKTeX, TeXLive,
> Python, ImageMagick, Inkscape etc.) and will configure and update them
> for you. The goal is, as for the last years where LyXWinInstaller was
> the official LyX for Windows installer, to provide an installer where
> 90% of the users just have to click few times OK and Nextbut to get a
> fully functional LyX but that also gives some freedom for the 10 % power
> users (to deselect third-party programs etc.).
>
> As I understood it, there will be a new installer for LyX under Windows
> from the LyX developers based on the code of LyXWinInstaller. I can and
> will not give support for this installer because I was not involved in
> this development.
>
> regards
> Uwe Stöhr
>
>
>
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John Kane
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