Uwe Stöhr wrote:
TechTonics wrote:
Thank you, I look forward to trying it. It will probably avoid that
minor Python bug.
What Python bug?
I've read that some of the upgrades to Miktex2.5
haven't gone well and the Miktex2.4 version is no longer available
on its website.
All older MiKTeX versions are available here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/miktex/
MiKTeX 2.5 is quite stable and the installation goes smooth. I'm working
with MiKTeX 2.5 for 3 month and nearly all problems I could find are
fixed in the final release. There were 14 beta-releases before the final
version was published to assure that everything works as expected.
regards Uwe
Joost's version of LyX1.4.2 created a subset of Python2.4.3
and installed it in a sub-directory of LyX even though I had
system-wide Python2.4.3 installed and in Windows Path.
The LyX local subset Python failed to run the script, TeXFiles.py,
and as a result "Tex Information" failed to populate.
#!/usr/bin/env python -tt
# -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-
Your script edits the ^15 to a 1, and is a workaround for the
script to produce content for "Tex Information". However, the
system-wide Python produced "Tex Information" without editing
the script. Bo pointed out the subset Python was missing some
file(s). I would be skeptical of anyone who claimed that they
knew for sure that this shortcoming of the LyX local python
could never impact LyX functionality in any other situation;
that it was only and could only be the one file, TeXFiles.py,
especially since it was not known what Python files were
missing to cause this.
Your version did not produce the above problem for me. It found
system-wide Python243 and inserted it into the LyX Path_prefix,
which was another workaround to Joost's Python malfunction, put
the system-wide Python ahead of the Joost version created entry
for the local python sub-directory which was in the Path_prefix.
I had no LyX local Python sub-dir created for me with your
version, plus the script was edited so it would work if it had.
Everything went well with the net and complete installs, so far.
I have a minor nit. The missing lyx icon isn't mentioned in the
Readmes. You did mention in your post, "The executable "lyx.exe"
has no LyX icon (see LyX's bug #2708),"
I have already downloaded lyx icons from the Wiki so it is no
problem to manually install one by right-clicking on the icon,
choosing 'Properties', and selecting 'change icon' and browse
to my C:\Icons to install the lyx.ico.
But I think for new users, including a lyx.ico in Resources
so they could browse there and manually install it would save
them at least ten minutes in discovering that the LyX Wiki had
icons, then going there, finding some, and then downloading. I
don't know how much trouble it would be to include a couple
since this version is already packaged. It's minor, as I said.
I didn't know about the repository of prior Miktex releases,
so that was a false positive.
I subscribe to new.gmane.org, gmane.comp.tex.miktex, where one
would expect to see problems, but there are enough reports in
the last few days for me to proceed perhaps too cautiously, as
my main Identity has been traumitized by a trojan (or rootkit).
Also I liked your consolidation of latex tools and Msys,
Stepen
