Eric Inazaki wrote:
Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On 8/2/06, Eric Inazaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does lyx choke (i.e. fail to start) when it's installed in
"C:\Program Files" directory? This is with lyx 1.4.2 and
Windows 2000, by the way. This happened to me on my first
installation attempt. I tried reinstalling to "C:\" and that
works okay. Looking through some of these older messages, it
seems that some folks don't have a problem installing to
"Program Files". If that's true, then what gives?
Due to the anti-space nature of latex, it is safer to install lyx
under a path without space. However, the developers have tried their
best to let lyx works as *usual* (?) under windows. As a result, lyx
1.4.2 should work under c:\program files. If lyx can not start under
your machines, it should be investigated.
So, what exactly happened when you start lyx when it is installed
under c:\program files?
Bo
I launch lyx from the Start/Program menu, a command window appears then
disappears a split second later and that's it. No alert dialog, no
nothing.
As far a I'm concerned, lyx doesn't _have to_ be installed in "program files".
Installing it in "c:\" is okay. Would've been nice to have had a heads-up is
all.
It's starting to sound like I might have done something screwy. Bet if I
tried again from scratch I won't see this problem.
eric
Eric: A suggestion, if lyx really does have a problem being installed in
> > "Program Files" then it'd be nice if that fact were well publicized
> > (I found no mention of it on the lyx homepage, nor on the wiki).
> > Also, when I did it, the default installation directory was
> > "C:\Program Files", this should probably be changed.
SH: Installation and the path with spaces problem is mentioned on
the Wiki, but you have to know where to look, but just searching
for installation is going to produce over 60 hits and the new
user isn't likely to know the "paths with spaces" keyword phrase.
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX14?n=LyX.NewInLyX14&action=search&q=installation#toc5http:
lists the 2/60+ articles which mention installation and paths with
spaces but how is the new user to know to choose them? The answer is
an index with: Installation, see Paths with spaces;
Paths with spaces, see Installation
and a pointer in the FAQ to look at the Index. Methods like
establishing layout files for LyX after adding .cls files would
be in cross-referenced in the index and make new users aware of it.
A search engine doesn't take the place of a well-designed index
because the search engine doesn't inform one of the keyword used
to describe the concept or provide a hint for related issues
without reading a lot of documentation.
I think a lot of stuff is present in the Wiki, just hard to find.
Hooray for a source condensed information (milk of wisdom),
Stephen
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http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX136
Ekkehart Schlicht: "Although LyX swallows path and folder names with
blanks (such as C:\Program Files\...) this is not necessarily true
for the other programs, and it is recommended to install them in the
default locations suggested by the programs, or in paths without
blanks (such as C:\Programs\...), just to be on the safe side."
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http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/InstallationTipsForLyXWithAnAlternativeLaTeXDistribution
"It is good practice for LyX and its associated programs to be included
in the Windows Path statement, whichever Latex distribution you are
using. Choosing directories without spaces in them like
C:\LyX
rather than the default,
C:\Program files\LyX
is likely still the safer practice, unless the installer balks at
changing the default and the install fails."
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