Thanks Paul, you have been very patient with me; sorry for MikTeX, it was not really my feeling to call it an ancillary. I appreciate your tolerance for those beotians who are just using without knowing the details ... and being quite happy with that.
Thanks again Paul "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Paul Schwartz wrote: > >> In fact there is so many "aside" programs with LyX that I am always >> afraid to miss one and for that reason, till today, each time I have >> fully update (reinstalling everything). >> But, if I follow you properly, when you have got one installation, let us >> say 1.4.1, you just need to install 1.4.3 and keep former Miktex, >> ImageMagick, Ghostscript, Aspell ( I am not sure ) and GSView or to >> update them directly. >> As such I should have just to download LyX 1.4.3. Am I correct ? >> > > Yes, that is correct. Once you have all the ancillary programs installed > (although calling MikTeX "ancillary" is a bit of the tail wagging the > dog), you need only upgrade LyX itself (using the more compact of the > installers). Similarly, ImageMagick, Ghostscript/GSView and MikTeX can be > upgraded independently. (I would be a bit hesitant to upgrade Aspell, as > the connections from LyX to Aspell are hard-wired.) In point of fact, I > don't know that I've ever upgraded ImageMagick, I upgrade Ghostscript at > best sporadically, but I do try to keep MikTeX up to date, and that seems > to work well for me. > > /Paul > >
