> -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Lounsbury [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:51 PM > To: LyX User > Subject: Re: Layout and Class Files on Windows Distribution > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:10 PM, William R. Buckley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One more comment. It seems that MiKTeX 2.7 > > may instead place the texmf directory in the root > > of the hard drive. On my C drive, I find > > a texmf directory so located. > > > > Hadn't noticed it previously. > > > > wrb > > Where exactly are you saying the texmf folder is on your C drive?
I said the root; i.e. c:\texmf is the location of the directory. Also, the Date Modified field says June 27, 2005, which is probably when I first installed a copy of MiKTeX. Don't recall the version. The structure is \texmf\miktex\config and within this leaf sub-directory, one finds .log files from that date, and are noted to be setup logs. > I've found that MiKTeX 2.7 is placing additional packages in: > C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex. Maybe, this is done in > this manner because I selected to install MiKTeX for 'anyone > who uses this computer'. If it was installed for 'user only' > then the packages may have been installed into the UserConfig > folder, who knows. At some point in the next couple of weeks > I "may" test the theory :-}. > > Bob > There may be a lot of consequence for my use of LyX/LaTeX/TeX owing to near ignorance of the tools. However, I now have found that if I first alter the .tex file, then import it into LyX, I have fewer difficulties. After I have come to understand these tools a little better, I will try to give a critique from the perspective of a WYSIWYG user. To the moment, I am encouraged with what I have found, though much of the process of annotating source text seems at first use to be a bit tedious compared to the process as implemented within Ventura Publisher. For instance, I can create a text style that applies to individual paragraphs. So, one style for normal text, another for quotes, and still others for other types of content. Having to manually add ERT to each paragraph is one example of such tedious acts being implementable in more effective means. LyX doesn't seem to give me access to all the LaTeX source material in the view source window. This is one reason that I like to modify the .tex file, and then import into LyX. The use of templates shows great potential but, it is not as easy to use as the concept suggests. wrb
