Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? You can ask

Re: Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-24 Thread William Adams
On May 24, 2007, at 12:07 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! It's nice to

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? You can ask

Re: Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-24 Thread William Adams
On May 24, 2007, at 12:07 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! It's nice to

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-24 Thread Helge Hafting
Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? You can ask

Re: Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-24 Thread William Adams
On May 24, 2007, at 12:07 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! It's nice to

Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-23 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? Why Windows only? Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-23 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? Why Windows only? Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re[2]: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-23 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Mon, 21 May 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: > One free alternative is SumatraPDF: > http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ > which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util. Very impressive! What is the license? Why Windows only? Cheers, Alan Isaac

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-22 Thread John Pye
programs' in some way... but that also works with Wine... Dieter Krachtus wrote: Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-22 Thread John Pye
programs' in some way... but that also works with Wine... Dieter Krachtus wrote: Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-22 Thread John Pye
programs' in some way... but that also works with Wine... Dieter Krachtus wrote: > Hi, > > With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully > contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a > desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zi

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?. Yes. Do you know what it needs the registry for? /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can be shipped on a CD due

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread John Kane
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util.

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread hzluo
I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single folder) or copying over the network. As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer so that it can be run silently because

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?. Yes. Do you know what it needs the registry for? To store the settings: package manager settings, file repository, internet file repository, update manager settings regards Uwe

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can be shipped on a CD due to license restrictions. Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? Foxit Reader is the most known alternative but I haven't checked its license. It#s in my opinion stupid that I'm allowed

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William Adams schrieb: On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 21, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: William Adams schrieb: On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?. Yes. Do you know what it needs the registry for? /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can be shipped on a CD due

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread John Kane
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util.

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread hzluo
I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single folder) or copying over the network. As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer so that it can be run silently because

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?. Yes. Do you know what it needs the registry for? To store the settings: package manager settings, file repository, internet file repository, update manager settings regards Uwe

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can be shipped on a CD due to license restrictions. Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? Foxit Reader is the most known alternative but I haven't checked its license. It#s in my opinion stupid that I'm allowed

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William Adams schrieb: On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 21, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: William Adams schrieb: On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?. Yes. Do you know what it needs the registry for? /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can be shipped on a CD due

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread John Kane
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > >> Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx > distribution in the form > >> of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains > really everything - > >> MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. > > > > Note that

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf previewing app/util.

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread hzluo
I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single folder) or copying over the network. As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer so that it can be run silently because

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Does MikTex really need registry entries to work?. Yes. Do you know what it needs the registry for? To store the settings: package manager settings, file repository, internet file repository, update manager settings regards Uwe

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can be shipped on a CD due to license restrictions. Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? Foxit Reader is the most known alternative but I haven't checked its license. It#s in my opinion stupid that I'm allowed

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Uwe Stöhr
William Adams schrieb: On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which shows promise for being a tex-oriented pdf

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread William Adams
On May 21, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: William Adams schrieb: On May 21, 2007, at 5:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (re: GSview and Adobe Reader) Are there any alternatives to these for Windows? One free alternative is SumatraPDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ which

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-21 Thread Paul A. Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2007, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Therefore, I suggest that there is a big lyx distribution in the form of a single zip-file or CD .iso that contains really everything - MikTex (everything) + Lyx + pdf viewer + etc. Note that neither GSview nor Adobe Reader can

Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Dieter Krachtus
Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dieter Krachtus schrieb: With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
Dieter Krachtus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dieter Krachtus schrieb: I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single folder) or copying over the network. As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer so that it

Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Dieter Krachtus
Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dieter Krachtus schrieb: With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
Dieter Krachtus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dieter Krachtus schrieb: I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single folder) or copying over the network. As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer so that it

Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Dieter Krachtus
Hi, With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dieter Krachtus schrieb: With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. Why can't it be that easy with the new Lyx bundle at http

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
Dieter Krachtus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > With the first release of lyx on Windows I build a home-cooked fully > contained lyx + miktex distribution in a single zip-file. Moving from a > desktop to laptop was as easy as extracting this zip-file. >

Re: Fully contained lyx + miktex distribution!

2007-05-20 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Dieter Krachtus schrieb: I know LyxWinInstaller but it isn't what I want. I want to install everything on 100 computers by unzipping a file (which contains a single folder) or copying over the network. As I wrote this is not possible. I have on my todo list to change my installer so that it