On 2014-04-01, Wolfgang Keller wrote:

> Probably the only thing that's still left from the original LyTeX (must
> have been 1.6.x back then) is the folder structure and the startupt
> script.

Hey, if you have a fairly uncommon setup, dont expect everything to work out
of the box!

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> So if anything doesn't work, I'll just sent a corresponding rant to the
> list and "roll back".

If you would be more polite instead of sending a rant, I would say this
is OK.

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>> This can destroy your LyX settings so that it can become unusable.

> It won't destroy anything that I can't roll back by simply trashing
> the LyX subfolder that's "kaputt" and by replacing it with the last
> known working version.

> That is *one* of the *many* advantages of installer-free application
> distribution.

> No need for installers, no need for uninstallers, backups are trivial
> and so are "rollbacks".

So, why do you use the installer at all?

Günter

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