Yeah but the link on the LyX wiki doesn't point to the TUG address it points direct to the FTP server directory storing the mkpg for MacTeX. It's misleading.
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > On May 25, 2011, at 3:04 AM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: > > There is a much smaller package that can be installed that has all the TeX >> files required by LyX. See here: >> http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html > > > Indeed there is ... but the Mac pages on the LyX wiki only mention the full > MacTeX distribution and then take the user straight to the download > directory. If the wiki link used http://www.tug.org/mactex/ instead then > prospective users would be alerted to the choice from the very beginning. > > > On the MacTeX home page http://www.tug.org/mactex/ there is a clear > reference to "smaller packages." I did a bit of exploring of TeX, LaTeX, and > LaTeX front ends before deciding what I wanted to do -- all of probably a > couple hours max. A good idea when getting into something as complex and > fundamental to your future work as LyX/LaTeX/TeX. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > > > > -- Regards, Trevor. <>< Re: deemed!
