>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Angus> My understanding is that the Windows installer will continue to
Angus> check for msys, python, ghostview et al., but only to generate
Angus> a \path_prefix entry in lyxrc.dist. 

Not for viewer, I think. We have other plans for them. As far as msys
is concerned, getting rid of it could be a nice project.

Angus> In the future, if configure.py can be taught about the
Angus> Registry, it might continue to check for these softwares (to
Angus> inform the user about what is needed by a fully-functional LyX)
Angus> but won't need to write anything at all to lyxrc.dist.

Angus> Is that your understanding too?

I am less sure about that. Is it really a gain to check for python in
configure.py? 

JMarc

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