It'll trim approximately 1 Gig in unnecessary language and other crap from *ALL* apps and stuff, not just from the wiki, but if space is tight yu don't have to mess about installations :-)-O
el On 5/25/11 9:15 PM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: > Err, sorry I don't understand how does "CleanMyMac" have any effect upon > the content of the LyX wiki? The wiki entry for Mac points direct to an > FTP directory for MacTeX (the package is 1.2Gb) others have suggested > that there are smaller (streamlined) packages available but anyone > looking at the LyX wiki isn't going to know that. We don't all have > perfect knowledge. > > And if one wants to boast LyX is installed here on a MacMini Server with > 8Gb and 1Tb of disk storage. And on a 120Gb Macbook Pro. > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > PULEEZE. > > Even my little netbok air has 120 Gig. Meddling is not worth the effort. > It's better suing something like CleanMyMac or similar. > > greetings, el > > On 5/25/11 7:47 PM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: > > 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 <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> 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 > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, Trevor. > > > > <>< Re: deemed! > > > > > -- > Regards, Trevor. > > <>< Re: deemed! -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist [email protected] / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 \ / Please do NOT email to this address Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/ if it is DNS related in ANY way
