Paul Schwartz wrote:
"Jean-Marc Lasgouttes" < a écrit dans le message de news:
Part of the problem is that ams is _American_ mathematical society.
Historically, working well with babel has not been a high priority.
Please check that you have the latest versions of both amsart and
babel (3.8h).
Sorry to ask you this simple question:
Where and how do I check the version of amsart and babel under windows
(version 1.4.3. svn) installation made using the windows installer (not the
full installation).
I do search in LyX and MikTeX but no one is giving that information. Shall I
go back to gmane version page to look at the versions which are installed
for this version.
This is strictly a function of your MikTeX installation, and has nothing
directly to do with LyX. To check the babel version, open <MikTeX
root>\tex\generic\babel\babel.sty in Notepad or something similar,
scroll down a few lines to the line that starts "%%\Provides...", and
look for the version number there (3.8g on my system). For amsart, do
the same with <MikTeX root>\tex\latex\amscls\amsart.cls (2.20 on my
machine).
I am also afraid to install the new version because each time the new one is
stacked on the former one, using some ressources from the old one.
In such a case might it be better to uninstall everything and reinstall the
new version.
I don't think updating LyX will help here; MikTeX is the issue.
Regarding MikTeX, it is possible to upgrade to the 2.5 version. But when you
go to the MikTeX site, there is some upgrade issues regarding dvipdfm,
dvipdfmx, dvips, miktex, pdftex config which are lost. and for a "basic
windower" it is not so clear.
I upgraded to 2.5 a while back with no misadventures. You should be
able to do it fairly easily with the "Update" application MikTeX
installs on the Start menu.
of course I can still just upgrade the files
which are displayed to be upgrade... but neither babel nor amsart are
concerned.
What are your suggestions.
I defer to J-Marc on the importance of versions, since I do not work at
all in French. I would recommend running the MikTeX update manager.
Even if you choose not to update MikTeX itself, it should be possible to
update the packages (assuming you are not on the latest versions).
However, I just updated everything that needed updating, and neither
babel nor amsart was updated (so, in particular, the babel version is
still 3.8g rather than 3.8h).
/Paul
