Am 28.02.2012 18:03, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
and their LyX could not provide all its features.
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install a
package when needed ?
We do. But we could either install all package needed by LyX or none. If we let MiKTeX ask the user
for every package it will install new users would not only be confused what these questions are
about (note that a newbie cannot know the package concept and what it means, that a distribution is
not LyX itself etc..) but he would then have to click on Yes for about 50 times withing half an hour.
At least we can ask the user if he wants to install
all possible packages and wait half an hour.
But the installer is already telling you that it can take a long time. You can also see the install
progress in the installer.
So many people are put off by
having to wait sooooo long the first time they try LyX.
Yes, this is not good, but a complete MiKTeX would be more than a GB in size and this is not
provided by MiKTeX as installer. But you only have to wait once. For all further installations of
LyX, you already have the packages as MiKTeX will stay on your PC.
regards Uwe
