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From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find
- Original Message -
From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
"The installer searches the Registry in va
Stephen Harris wrote:
No, he did not. I'll get back to that. I appreciate your calm response.
;-)
This is what Angus initially said to me:
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe, python.exe, etc. It's blindingly
obvious
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:54:21 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
No, he did not. I'll get back to that. I appreciate your calm response.
This is what Angus initially said to me:
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe,
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:54:21 -0800, Stephen Harris
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:23:01 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
I don't want to generalize from your particular aptitude. I think maybe
(conservatively) 3 in 100 Windows users realizes the value of adding the
LyX helper apps to the Windows Path variable. Which is why I wrote:
[snip very long reply]
Stephen Harris wrote:
No, he did not. I'll get back to that. I appreciate your calm response.
;-)
This is what Angus initially said to me:
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe, python.exe, etc. It's blindingly
obvious
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:54:21 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
No, he did not. I'll get back to that. I appreciate your calm response.
This is what Angus initially said to me:
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe,
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:54:21 -0800, Stephen Harris
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:23:01 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
I don't want to generalize from your particular aptitude. I think maybe
(conservatively) 3 in 100 Windows users realizes the value of adding the
LyX helper apps to the Windows Path variable. Which is why I wrote:
[snip very long reply]
Stephen Harris wrote:
> No, he did not. I'll get back to that. I appreciate your calm response.
;-)
> This is what Angus initially said to me:
>
> "The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
> whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe, python.exe, etc. It's blindingly
>
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:54:21 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
> No, he did not. I'll get back to that. I appreciate your calm response.
>
> This is what Angus initially said to me:
>
> "The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
> whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe,
- Original Message -
From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
On Tue, 13 Dec
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:23:01 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
> I don't want to generalize from your particular aptitude. I think maybe
> (conservatively) 3 in 100 Windows users realizes the value of adding the
> LyX helper apps to the Windows Path variable. Which is why I wrote:
[snip very long
Stephen Harris wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:
lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday,
December 12, 2005 5:17 PM Subject: Re: There's Something About
Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
because I think
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Formally, that's the PATH environment variable. To be honest, I don't think
that I check the contents of this variable when generating the contents of
\path_prefix. Clearly I should have
Angus, you did a wonderful job. I saw people which started using
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Formally, that's the PATH environment variable. To be honest, I don't
think that I check the contents of this variable when generating the
contents of \path_prefix. Clearly I should have
Angus, you did a wonderful job. I
Stephen Harris wrote:
On my computer, the contents of \path_prefix are a subset of the
Windows PATH environment variable because I've manually added
them. Checking the contents of PATH and comparing it to LyX's
\path_prefix to determine accuracy seems awfully smart, like AI.
The installer
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Formally, that's the PATH
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris wrote:
On my computer, the contents of \path_prefix
Stephen Harris wrote:
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe, python.exe, etc. It's blindingly
obvious that it should first ascertain whether these things are already
in the PATH. Never mind ;-)
By which I meant that I should
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wish I were smarter so that it would be blindingly obvious to me too.
I envision four(5) scenarios:
I see that Angus already answered your questions.
I think that your doubts are due to a misconception of the PATH.
Please, have a look here
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Think of both the registry and the PATH environment variable as simply
*hints
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wish I were smarter so
Stephen Harris wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:
lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday,
December 12, 2005 5:17 PM Subject: Re: There's Something About
Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
because I think
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Formally, that's the PATH environment variable. To be honest, I don't think
that I check the contents of this variable when generating the contents of
\path_prefix. Clearly I should have
Angus, you did a wonderful job. I saw people which started using
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Formally, that's the PATH environment variable. To be honest, I don't
think that I check the contents of this variable when generating the
contents of \path_prefix. Clearly I should have
Angus, you did a wonderful job. I
Stephen Harris wrote:
On my computer, the contents of \path_prefix are a subset of the
Windows PATH environment variable because I've manually added
them. Checking the contents of PATH and comparing it to LyX's
\path_prefix to determine accuracy seems awfully smart, like AI.
The installer
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Formally, that's the PATH
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris wrote:
On my computer, the contents of \path_prefix
Stephen Harris wrote:
The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe, python.exe, etc. It's blindingly
obvious that it should first ascertain whether these things are already
in the PATH. Never mind ;-)
By which I meant that I should
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wish I were smarter so that it would be blindingly obvious to me too.
I envision four(5) scenarios:
I see that Angus already answered your questions.
I think that your doubts are due to a misconception of the PATH.
Please, have a look here
- Original Message -
From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Think of both the registry and the PATH environment variable as simply
*hints
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wish I were smarter so
Stephen Harris wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Enrico Forestieri"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc:
> <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Monday,
> December 12, 2005 5:17 PM Subject: Re: There's S
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Formally, that's the PATH environment variable. To be honest, I don't think
> that I check the contents of this variable when generating the contents of
> \path_prefix. Clearly I should have
Angus, you did a wonderful job. I saw people which started
- Original Message -
From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris wrote:
- Original Messa
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Formally, that's the PATH environment variable. To be honest, I don't
>> think that I check the contents of this variable when generating the
>> contents of \path_prefix. Clearly I should have
>
> Angus, you did a
Stephen Harris wrote:
> On my computer, the contents of \path_prefix are a subset of the
> Windows PATH environment variable because I've manually added
> them. Checking the contents of PATH and comparing it to LyX's
> \path_prefix to determine accuracy seems awfully smart, like AI.
The installer
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From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
- Original Message -
From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris wrote:
On my computer, the co
Stephen Harris wrote:
>> The installer searches the Registry in various ways in order to find the
>> whereabouts of sh.exe, gswinc.exe, python.exe, etc. It's blindingly
>> obvious that it should first ascertain whether these things are already
>> in the PATH. Never mind ;-)
By which I meant that
Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I wish I were smarter so that it would be blindingly obvious to me too.
> I envision four(5) scenarios:
I see that Angus already answered your questions.
I think that your doubts are due to a misconception of the PATH.
Please, have a look here
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From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Think of both the registry and the PATH environm
- Original Message -
From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Tariq Kamal wrote:
Hello!
I'm a relatively new user to LyX (installed it a couple of months ago
in my laptop, and I've barely scratched the surface of its
functionality). As it was, I figured that installing LyX into my work
system would be a good idea. So I downloaded the
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From an MSYS terminal window (maybe even a cmd.exe one for all I know):
cd C:/Program Files/LyX/Resources/lyx
PATH TO/sh.exe configure
That will generate the missing files.
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Perhaps it can also solve the
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Y'know, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ;-)
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
--
Angus
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From an MSYS terminal window
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
I really don't know. My win2k came preinstalled on a FAT32 partition, so
I don't need privileges to write everywhere on disk, and I never used Windows
Angus Leeming wrote:
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Y'know, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ;-)
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
Not positive, but I don't think so. Whomsoever
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:42:19 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
This particular subject was about the Uwe .51 complete installer.
The OP had already tried sh.exe configure and it didn't work.
The OP does not have admin rights and that most likely is the
problem.
I must have missed this bit. Then
- Original Message -
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming wrote:
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
because I think it is very likely that if you examine
Tariq Kamal wrote:
Hello!
I'm a relatively new user to LyX (installed it a couple of months ago
in my laptop, and I've barely scratched the surface of its
functionality). As it was, I figured that installing LyX into my work
system would be a good idea. So I downloaded the
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From an MSYS terminal window (maybe even a cmd.exe one for all I know):
cd C:/Program Files/LyX/Resources/lyx
PATH TO/sh.exe configure
That will generate the missing files.
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Perhaps it can also solve the
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Y'know, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ;-)
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
--
Angus
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From an MSYS terminal window
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
I really don't know. My win2k came preinstalled on a FAT32 partition, so
I don't need privileges to write everywhere on disk, and I never used Windows
Angus Leeming wrote:
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Y'know, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ;-)
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
Not positive, but I don't think so. Whomsoever
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:42:19 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
This particular subject was about the Uwe .51 complete installer.
The OP had already tried sh.exe configure and it didn't work.
The OP does not have admin rights and that most likely is the
problem.
I must have missed this bit. Then
- Original Message -
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming wrote:
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about
- Original Message -
From: Enrico Forestieri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
because I think it is very likely that if you examine
Tariq Kamal wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm a relatively new user to LyX (installed it a couple of months ago
> in my laptop, and I've barely scratched the surface of its
> functionality). As it was, I figured that installing LyX into my work
> system would be a good idea. So I downloaded the
>
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> From an MSYS terminal window (maybe even a cmd.exe one for all I know):
>
> cd "C:/Program Files/LyX/Resources/lyx"
> /sh.exe configure
>
> That will generate the missing files.
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Perhaps it can also solve
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Y'know, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ;-)
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
--
Angus
- Original Message -
From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wri
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
> Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
>
I really don't know. My win2k came preinstalled on a FAT32 partition, so
I don't need privileges to write everywhere on disk, and I never used
Angus Leeming wrote:
Enrico Forestieri wrote:
Angus, what about a configure.bat script?
Y'know, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ;-)
However, don't we need admin privileges to generate files in C:\Program
Files\LyX\Resources\lyx ?
Not positive, but I don't think so. Whomsoever
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:42:19 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote:
>
> This particular subject was about the Uwe .51 complete installer.
> The OP had already tried "sh.exe configure" and it didn't work.
> The OP does not have admin rights and that most likely is the
> problem.
I must have missed this
- Original Message -
From: "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Angus Leeming wrote:
Enrico Forestieri wrot
- Original Message -
From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
because I think i
Hello!
I'm a relatively new user to LyX (installed it a couple of months ago
in my laptop, and I've barely scratched the surface of its
functionality). As it was, I figured that installing LyX into my work
system would be a good idea. So I downloaded the
LyXWin137preComplete-0-51.exe package for
- Original Message -
From: Tariq Kamal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LyX Users Mailing List lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:28 PM
Subject: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Hello!
Everything so far has failed, and I've run out of ideas
Hello!
I'm a relatively new user to LyX (installed it a couple of months ago
in my laptop, and I've barely scratched the surface of its
functionality). As it was, I figured that installing LyX into my work
system would be a good idea. So I downloaded the
LyXWin137preComplete-0-51.exe package for
- Original Message -
From: Tariq Kamal [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LyX Users Mailing List lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:28 PM
Subject: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Hello!
Everything so far has failed, and I've run out of ideas
Hello!
I'm a relatively new user to LyX (installed it a couple of months ago
in my laptop, and I've barely scratched the surface of its
functionality). As it was, I figured that installing LyX into my work
system would be a good idea. So I downloaded the
LyXWin137preComplete-0-51.exe package for
- Original Message -
From: "Tariq Kamal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "LyX Users Mailing List" <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:28 PM
Subject: There's Something About Textclass.lst [WinXP, installing into]
Hello!
Everything so
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