On 05/15/2018 11:46 AM, Julio Rojas wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck > <rikih...@lyx.org <mailto:rikih...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > On 05/11/2018 03:37 PM, Jim Rockford wrote: > > In my 20+ years in the world of science, I have not known a single > > user of Lyx (~50 in total) who wasn't computer savvy. Why not just > > include a warning message that Lyx 2.3.0 may not function properly > > with MiKTeX distributions that have not been updated as recently as > > some specific date? > > That is more or less what was proposed by most of the development > team: > A warning at start-up, that LyX was going to update MikTeX, with an > option for the user to abort the install if they wish. The person > responsible for the Windows packages refused to include such a > warning, > and we did not think updating people's other software without asking > permission to do so was something we should do. So that has left > us in a > bad position. > > We are working now to try to produce a Windows installer. > Unfortunately, > none of the active development team use Windows, so it is taking > longer > than it otherwise might. We'd certainly welcome help from someone who > does use Windows. > > Riki > > > > > And this is why I couldn't care less about MikTeX and have been using > TeXlive on my Windoze installations for a while. Is it possible to > give the alternative to use Texlive instead of MikTex?
You can use LyX with whatever installation you like, but the "bundle" installer gives you MikTeX. Riki
