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From: "Jean-Pierre Chrétien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: TeXLive 2005, LyX and Windows xp
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stephen Harris wrote:
A version of MikTeX (called ProTeXt) packaged with files of TeXLive
first came out with the 2004 TexLive distribution.
Since then ProTeXt grows with its own version numbering
(two releases since TeXLive-2004, the second one very recent).
Should we understand this recent release of protext-1.3 as the MikTeX
equivalent of TeXLive-2005 ?
I decided to test out your idea. I also did some investigating:
http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/2005/07/01/73.aspx
"MiKTeX 2.4.2007 ISO image [posted by maintainer CSchenk]
I have uploaded a pretest version of the MiKTeX CD (ISO image):
http://www.tug.org/ftp/tex/miktex/
The final version (available some time in July) will be the base
for this year's ProTeXt."
md-2.4.2025.iso.bz2 19-Jul-2005 14:34 340M
Version: 2.4.2127 Date: Oct 28, 2005
SH: So yes, I would think so. The TexLive 2005 dvd
includes ProText and it can't be any newer than 1.3
And I don't think there will be an update cd of TL2005.
The 1.3 iso is 383mb and the miktex iso is 340mb compressed with bz2.
In that case, the self-extracting and self-installing feature
of ProTeXt may fit better than TeXLive with the LyX Windows
installation procedure, to get the same version of packages.
I did the install. The major install for ProTeXt is Miktex and it comes
with Mitex: Options, Package Manager and Update Wizard.
It also comes with Context, ghostscript, TeXnic Center or a trial version
of WinEdt plus a well-written 20 page installation manual.
Compared to the small, medium and large MikTeX installations, ProTeXt
seems more complete (near 400Mo compressed, near 700 ready to install).
Unless you like (and can) load the packages on the fly, it's worth
spending
an hour to get everything handy.
--
Jean-Pierre
It is possible to download all the Miktex packages to disk and then install.
But there is an Miktex iso (if you have a burner) that will serve the same
purpose as the ProTeXt iso. But the Protext .exe will be better for some.
One problem is that the package versions are already 4 months old, and
in 6 months will be old with the next TexLive release still 6 months
further.
Protext doesn't come with LyX but with TeXnic. LyX still needs Python
so a download or 3 is still needed. Going to the homepage of the needed
helper apps gives the chance for obtaining newer versions which will in some
cases have a useful upgrade to the older version residing on the old
cd/.exe.
I doubt though, that the Miktex web setup gives as much as the Miktex iso.
There was no problem with the install. Again I used the browse button to
find latex.exe (C:\texmf\miktex\bin) as LyX does'nt see this version Miktex.
Also had to again add C:\ghostgum\gsview to Path Prefix for gsview32.exe
so that the viewers, Tex Information, and the ifsym display all worked.
The dsl download speed of the ProText iso file is 3 times faster than the
Miktex iso file, which might be an issue for people without fixed dsl rates.
Regards,
Stephen
