Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-30 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming wrote: Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-30 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming wrote: Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-30 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Angus Leeming wrote: Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data files in a predefined

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread David Neeley
I don't run Windows any longer, but could you put the Aspell stuff in the same directory as the Lyx code on a USB stick? Many programs will look first in the directory the program is running in before seeking an external location, after all. Anyway, just an idle thought about a (rather messy!)

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread Stephen Harris
Angus Leeming wrote: Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data files in a predefined

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread David Neeley
I don't run Windows any longer, but could you put the Aspell stuff in the same directory as the Lyx code on a USB stick? Many programs will look first in the directory the program is running in before seeking an external location, after all. Anyway, just an idle thought about a (rather messy!)

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread Stephen Harris
Angus Leeming wrote: Abdelrazak Younes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread Angus Leeming
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, >> I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there >> wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled >> against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell >> dictionaries and data files in a

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread David Neeley
I don't run Windows any longer, but could you put the Aspell stuff in the same directory as the Lyx code on a USB stick? Many programs will look first in the directory the program is running in before seeking an external location, after all. Anyway, just an idle thought about a (rather messy!)

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-06-01 Thread Stephen Harris
Angus Leeming wrote: Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Now, having experienced the latest version of LyX, I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-14 Thread Michael Wojcik
Stephen Harris wrote: Winzip the C:\Aspell directory. Put it on the J: device. I am assuming that this is a USB drive that plugs into the back of a non-admin computer at another location. Copy the C:\Aspell zip file from the J: device over to the C: drive, Note that this step isn't

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-14 Thread Stephen Harris
Michael Wojcik wrote: Stephen Harris wrote: So my nonadmin user was able to use linkd and it does not appear that linkd requires admin rights like some of the dos commands. This worked on XP pro, I am not sure about XP home. Your idea appears cleaner/easier. linkd, if it's available,

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-14 Thread Michael Wojcik
Stephen Harris wrote: Winzip the C:\Aspell directory. Put it on the J: device. I am assuming that this is a USB drive that plugs into the back of a non-admin computer at another location. Copy the C:\Aspell zip file from the J: device over to the C: drive, Note that this step isn't

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-14 Thread Stephen Harris
Michael Wojcik wrote: Stephen Harris wrote: So my nonadmin user was able to use linkd and it does not appear that linkd requires admin rights like some of the dos commands. This worked on XP pro, I am not sure about XP home. Your idea appears cleaner/easier. linkd, if it's available,

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-14 Thread Michael Wojcik
Stephen Harris wrote: Winzip the C:\Aspell directory. Put it on the J: device. I am assuming that this is a USB drive that plugs into the back of a non-admin computer at another location. Copy the C:\Aspell zip file from the J: device over to the C: drive, Note that this step isn't

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-14 Thread Stephen Harris
Michael Wojcik wrote: Stephen Harris wrote: So my nonadmin user was able to use linkd and it does not appear that linkd requires admin rights like some of the dos commands. This worked on XP pro, I am not sure about XP home. Your idea appears cleaner/easier. linkd, if it's available,

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-11 Thread Michael Wojcik
[This is a rather late followup - I'm catching up on personal email - but may still be of interest.] Stephen Harris wrote: Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was J, then label J: C: I

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-11 Thread Stephen Harris
Michael Wojcik wrote: [This is a rather late followup - I'm catching up on personal email - but may still be of interest.] Stephen Harris wrote: Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-11 Thread Michael Wojcik
[This is a rather late followup - I'm catching up on personal email - but may still be of interest.] Stephen Harris wrote: Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was J, then label J: C: I

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-11 Thread Stephen Harris
Michael Wojcik wrote: [This is a rather late followup - I'm catching up on personal email - but may still be of interest.] Stephen Harris wrote: Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-11 Thread Michael Wojcik
[This is a rather late followup - I'm catching up on personal email - but may still be of interest.] Stephen Harris wrote: Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was "J", then label J: C:

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-05-11 Thread Stephen Harris
Michael Wojcik wrote: [This is a rather late followup - I'm catching up on personal email - but may still be of interest.] Stephen Harris wrote: Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Sam Lewis a écrit : LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system! Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX 1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works extremely well and enables me to access, edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was J, then label J: C: I think would change J:\Aspell into C:\Aspell if not perhaps the subst

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
desktop called (e.g. PortableLyX) install everything in there (msys, python, lyx, etc.) and drag the folder directly onto your usb stick. I have not installed a latex distribution, as I only need LyX outside my office to organise my notes. I would assume that miktex might also work on a stick, but I

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
[...] AFAIK, the problem is not within LyX but in Aspell. Indeed Aspell dictionaries are not relocatable (under Windows); this means that they must be installed in the same path where they have been compiled. One needs to investigate Aspell source code as to know if this could be fixed.

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Sam Lewis a écrit : [...] AFAIK, the problem is not within LyX but in Aspell. Indeed Aspell dictionaries are not relocatable (under Windows); this means that they must be installed in the same path where they have been compiled. One needs to investigate Aspell source code as to know if this

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Sam Lewis wrote: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was J, then label J: C: I think would change J:\Aspell into C:\Aspell if not perhaps

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Sam Lewis a écrit : LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system! Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX 1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works extremely well and enables me to access, edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was J, then label J: C: I think would change J:\Aspell into C:\Aspell if not perhaps the subst

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
desktop called (e.g. PortableLyX) install everything in there (msys, python, lyx, etc.) and drag the folder directly onto your usb stick. I have not installed a latex distribution, as I only need LyX outside my office to organise my notes. I would assume that miktex might also work on a stick, but I

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
[...] AFAIK, the problem is not within LyX but in Aspell. Indeed Aspell dictionaries are not relocatable (under Windows); this means that they must be installed in the same path where they have been compiled. One needs to investigate Aspell source code as to know if this could be fixed.

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Sam Lewis a écrit : [...] AFAIK, the problem is not within LyX but in Aspell. Indeed Aspell dictionaries are not relocatable (under Windows); this means that they must be installed in the same path where they have been compiled. One needs to investigate Aspell source code as to know if this

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Sam Lewis wrote: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was J, then label J: C: I think would change J:\Aspell into C:\Aspell if not perhaps

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Sam Lewis a écrit : "LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system!" Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX 1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works "extremely well" and enables me to access, edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the > dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose > your USB drive was "J", then > > label J: C: > > I think would change J:\Aspell into C:\Aspell > if not

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
atively, create a directory on your desktop called (e.g. PortableLyX) install everything in there (msys, python, lyx, etc.) and drag the folder directly onto your usb stick. I have not installed a latex distribution, as I only need LyX outside my office to organise my notes. I would assume that miktex

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Sam Lewis
[...] > > AFAIK, the problem is not within LyX but in Aspell. Indeed Aspell > dictionaries are not relocatable (under Windows); this means that they > must be installed in the same path where they have been compiled. One > needs to investigate Aspell source code as to know if this could be

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Sam Lewis a écrit : [...] AFAIK, the problem is not within LyX but in Aspell. Indeed Aspell dictionaries are not relocatable (under Windows); this means that they must be installed in the same path where they have been compiled. One needs to investigate Aspell source code as to know if this

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-28 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Sam Lewis wrote: Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Regarding the C:\Aspell limitation to portability, perhaps the dos subst or label command would serve as a workaround. Suppose your USB drive was "J", then label J: C: I think would change J:\Aspell into C:\Aspell if not

PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Sam Lewis
LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system! Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX 1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works extremely well and enables me to access, edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting institutions, by running LyX

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Sam Lewis wrote: I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data files in a predefined location portability has been lost. ... Are there considerations about

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Robert Orr
Sam, I wonder if you might be able to provide some instructions on how to make a usbstick compatible LyX? --- Sam Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system! Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX

PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Sam Lewis
LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system! Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX 1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works extremely well and enables me to access, edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting institutions, by running LyX

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Sam Lewis wrote: I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data files in a predefined location portability has been lost. ... Are there considerations about

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Robert Orr
Sam, I wonder if you might be able to provide some instructions on how to make a usbstick compatible LyX? --- Sam Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system! Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX

PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Sam Lewis
"LyX works extremely well under the Windows operating system!" Outside the office away from the ones own computer, I've been using LyX 1.3.3-Win32 on a USB stick. It works "extremely well" and enables me to access, edit and spell check my fieldnotes, in visiting institutions, by running

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Sam Lewis wrote: > I've tested 1.4.1 on a USB stick. All good, if there wouldn't > be the aspell dilemma! As LyX is compiled against libaspell.a > and expects to find aspell dictionaries and data files in a > predefined location portability has been lost. ... Are there considerations

Re: PortableLyX?

2006-04-27 Thread Robert Orr
Sam, I wonder if you might be able to provide some instructions on how to make a usbstick compatible LyX? --- Sam Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "LyX works extremely well under the Windows > operating system!" > > > Outside the office away from the ones own > computer, I've been