Re: Windows installer: add version in all shortcuts

Am Do., 11. Feb. 2021 um 23:01 Uhr schrieb Thibaut Cuvelier < dourou...@gmail.com>: > Hi Eugene, > > I proposed in another discussion to add the version in all shortcuts > created by the installer, for specifically the case where the user has > several versions of LyX (or just updated, in which

Re: Windows Installer to Test

On 6/3/20 9:50 AM, Yu Jin wrote: > Am Mi., 3. Juni 2020 um 04:03 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck > mailto:rikih...@lyx.org>>: > > I've put the Windows installer for 2.3.5 here > > http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ > > for testing. Please let me know if there are any issues. I

Re: Windows Installer to Test

Am Mi., 3. Juni 2020 um 04:03 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck < rikih...@lyx.org>: > I've put the Windows installer for 2.3.5 here > > http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ > > for testing. Please let me know if there are any issues. I am hoping to > release Thursday. > There is something

Re: Windows Installer: One More Try

On 12/15/18 9:38 AM, Daniel wrote: > On 15/12/2018 02:42, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> I did a very stupid thing with the previous installer: I accidentally >> checked out 2.3.1 instead of 2.3.2!! Try this one. >> >> http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ >> >> Riki >> >> >> > > Installed

Re: Windows Installer: One More Try

On 15/12/2018 02:42, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: I did a very stupid thing with the previous installer: I accidentally checked out 2.3.1 instead of 2.3.2!! Try this one. http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ Riki Installed successfully for me as well and works as before (performance

Re: Windows Installer: One More Try

On 15/12/2018 2:42 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: I did a very stupid thing with the previous installer: I accidentally checked out 2.3.1 instead of 2.3.2!! Try this one. http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ Riki OK, this one installed successfully, the kpsewhich slowness is cured,

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 15:36 -0400 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck: > > Here's a simple patch which would need a bit of additional work, > > but can > > be a kind of proof of concept (and be tested). Comments? The one which you accidentally committed looks promising. Jürgen > Updated patch.

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 1/09/2018 11:49 p.m., Enrico Forestieri wrote: On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 11:09:58AM +0200, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 20:27 +1200 schrieb Andrew Parsloe: OK, this time I inserted a Bib(la)TeX Bibliography via Insert > List/TOC, using an old BibTeX .bib file I had

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 09/01/2018 03:34 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Scott Kostyshak mailto:skost...@lyx.org>> schrieb > am Sa., 1. Sep. 2018, 21:26: > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 01:47:54PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > > Another option for 2.3.1 would be to revert the commits that > fixed

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 09/01/2018 01:36 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 09/01/2018 12:58 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 09/01/2018 10:02 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >>> Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 13:49 +0200 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: Using the --verbose switch it can be seen that each time a

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Scott Kostyshak schrieb am Sa., 1. Sep. 2018, 21:26: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 01:47:54PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > > > Another option for 2.3.1 would be to revert the commits that fixed #9158. > > +1 The bug does not seem important enough to risk anything at this > point. > I'd

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 01:47:54PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > Another option for 2.3.1 would be to revert the commits that fixed #9158. +1 The bug does not seem important enough to risk anything at this point. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 09/01/2018 01:36 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 09/01/2018 12:58 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 09/01/2018 10:02 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >>> Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 13:49 +0200 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: Using the --verbose switch it can be seen that each time a

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 09/01/2018 12:58 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 09/01/2018 10:02 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >> Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 13:49 +0200 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: >>> Using the --verbose switch it can be seen that each time a new >>> paragraph >>> is started LyX runs kpsewhich for each

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 09/01/2018 10:02 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 13:49 +0200 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: >> Using the --verbose switch it can be seen that each time a new >> paragraph >> is started LyX runs kpsewhich for each bibtex catalog to be found in >> the >> texmf tree. So, if

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 01/09/2018 01:11, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 05:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: It might be the same

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 13:49 +0200 schrieb Enrico Forestieri: > Using the --verbose switch it can be seen that each time a new > paragraph > is started LyX runs kpsewhich for each bibtex catalog to be found in > the > texmf tree. So, if you have 5 catalogs, kpsewhich is run for 5 times >

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 11:09:58AM +0200, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 20:27 +1200 schrieb Andrew Parsloe: > > OK, this time I inserted a Bib(la)TeX Bibliography via Insert > > > List/TOC, using an old BibTeX .bib file I had lying around. Even a > > small > > trial

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 12:40 +0200 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: > Le 01/09/2018 à 11:09, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit : > > The crucial info we need is what makes this so slow only on Windows > > (and not on any other OS). Can we do profiling on Win? > > Could we have a document that exhibits

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Le 01/09/2018 à 11:09, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit : The crucial info we need is what makes this so slow only on Windows (and not on any other OS). Can we do profiling on Win? Could we have a document that exhibits the problem? JMarc

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Am Samstag, den 01.09.2018, 20:27 +1200 schrieb Andrew Parsloe: > OK, this time I inserted a Bib(la)TeX Bibliography via Insert > > List/TOC, using an old BibTeX .bib file I had lying around. Even a > small > trial document is noticeably slower for things like starting a new > paragraph,

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 1/09/2018 7:13 p.m., Daniel wrote: On 2018-09-01 08:57, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 1/09/2018 11:11 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 05:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 1/09/2018 7:13 p.m., Daniel wrote: On 2018-09-01 08:57, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 1/09/2018 11:11 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 05:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Am Freitag, den 31.08.2018, 23:56 +0200 schrieb Daniel: > > The thread with "Beta1 is slow on undo“ perhaps? > > > > Stephan > > > > Probably, I seem not to be able to access them from here. https://marc.info/?l=lyx-devel=150739249920974=2 The respective ticket is

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 2018-09-01 08:57, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 1/09/2018 11:11 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 05:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 1/09/2018 11:11 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 05:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: It might be the same

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 01:23:19PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 08/31/2018 10:44 AM, Daniel wrote: > >> First, here is the information: > >> > >> LyX Version 2.3.1 > >> (30 August 2018) > >> Built from git commit hash 65bc3149 > >> Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 08/31/2018 05:58 PM, Daniel wrote: > On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: > > It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 2018-08-31 22:51, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version at first. Once I have a bibliography included the delay is

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 2018-08-31 22:15, Stephan Witt wrote: Am 31.08.2018 um 19:31 schrieb Daniel : On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version at first. Once I have a bibliography included the delay is there

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 08/31/2018 01:31 PM, Daniel wrote: > On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> >>> It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version at first. >>> Once I have a bibliography included the delay is there (and the more >>> bibliographies

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Am 31.08.2018 um 19:31 schrieb Daniel : > > On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> >>> It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version at first. >>> Once I have a bibliography included the delay is there (and the more >>>

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 2018-08-31 19:23, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version at first. Once I have a bibliography included the delay is there (and the more bibliographies the worse). I can't find the posting from the last

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 08/31/2018 10:33 AM, Daniel wrote: > > It might be the same problem as plagued the 2.3.0 version at first. > Once I have a bibliography included the delay is there (and the more > bibliographies the worse). I can't find the posting from the last > version but I seem to remember that Jürgen and

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 08/31/2018 10:44 AM, Daniel wrote: > On 31/08/2018 16:33, Daniel wrote: >> On 31/08/2018 16:09, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 03:59:34PM +0200, Daniel wrote: On 31/08/2018 15:18, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 31/08/2018 à 13:27, Daniel a écrit : >>

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 31/08/2018 16:33, Daniel wrote: On 31/08/2018 16:09, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 03:59:34PM +0200, Daniel wrote: On 31/08/2018 15:18, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 31/08/2018 à 13:27, Daniel a écrit : Unfortunately, LyX 2.3.1 is not usable for me. Many simple things

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 31/08/2018 16:09, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 03:59:34PM +0200, Daniel wrote: On 31/08/2018 15:18, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 31/08/2018 à 13:27, Daniel a écrit : Unfortunately, LyX 2.3.1 is not usable for me. Many simple things take a couple of seconds, like when I

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 03:59:34PM +0200, Daniel wrote: > On 31/08/2018 15:18, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Le 31/08/2018 à 13:27, Daniel a écrit : > > > Unfortunately, LyX 2.3.1 is not usable for me. Many simple things > > > take a couple of seconds, like when I press enter for a new > > >

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 31/08/2018 15:18, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 31/08/2018 à 13:27, Daniel a écrit : Unfortunately, LyX 2.3.1 is not usable for me. Many simple things take a couple of seconds, like when I press enter for a new paragraph, delete something, click on another paragraph, etc. That is very

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

Le 31/08/2018 à 13:27, Daniel a écrit : Unfortunately, LyX 2.3.1 is not usable for me. Many simple things take a couple of seconds, like when I press enter for a new paragraph, delete something, click on another paragraph, etc. That is very very weird. I have to give it a go. A couple of

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 31/08/2018 00:52, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Windows installers for 2.3.1 are at http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/. Please let me know if you have any problems. But I know there are some weird issues with MiKTeX right now, and I've seen signs of that in my own testing. Riki

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 31/08/2018 00:52, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Windows installers for 2.3.1 are at http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/. Please let me know if you have any problems. But I know there are some weird issues with MiKTeX right now, and I've seen signs of that in my own testing. Riki Here

Re: Windows Installer for Testing

On 31/08/2018 00:52, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Windows installers for 2.3.1 are at http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/. Please let me know if you have any problems. But I know there are some weird issues with MiKTeX right now, and I've seen signs of that in my own testing. Riki Just

Re: Windows installer: extra discussion on dialog

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 05:38:17PM +, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > In addition to the actual wording of the dialog, there are a few other > issues to discuss: I think another question is: 4. What message should we display if the users chooses "Cancel" ? I think there was some concern that a

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Am Samstag, den 17.03.2018, 21:32 -0400 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > I agree that the current text is confusing. I wonder if we can > improve > on the confusion by just saying something like > > Unfortunately, official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries are not > available > at this time. The most

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 06:15:20PM +, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 15.03.2018, 15:08 -0400 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > > > Leaving 2.2.3 as it is? > > > > Yes I think so. > > I suggest to hide the text mentioning the two installer variants (and > pointing to 2.2.3). It

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Am Donnerstag, den 15.03.2018, 15:08 -0400 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > > Leaving 2.2.3 as it is? > > Yes I think so. I suggest to hide the text mentioning the two installer variants (and pointing to 2.2.3). It probably irritates more than it helps, see http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/11079 The

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 07:53:56AM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > Yes I think so. After the text "There are 2 Windows installer > > variants:", I think we could add the similar (adding just the version > > info) text as in the announcement: > > > > Unfortunately,

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Yes I think so. After the text "There are 2 Windows installer > variants:", I think we could add the similar (adding just the version > info) text as in the announcement: > > Unfortunately, official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries are not available > at this time. > >

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 08:28:44AM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > I agree. I will remove the Windows binaries from the FTP, and announce > > > 2.3.0 on Friday. > > > > For the announce email I'm currently planning to put something like the > > following: > > > >

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > I agree. I will remove the Windows binaries from the FTP, and announce > > 2.3.0 on Friday. > > For the announce email I'm currently planning to put something like the > following: > > Unfortunately, official Windows binaries are not available at this > time. What

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Am 15.03.2018 4:12 vorm. schrieb "Scott I still have the hope that we can upload the Windows binaries soon. I certainly hope so, too! Jürgen Scott

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 03:12:26AM +, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 06:23:31AM +, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > > I think (and I actually propose herewith) that we should release LyX 2.3.0 > > now, without the Windows installer. > > I agree. I will remove the Windows

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 06:23:31AM +, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > I think (and I actually propose herewith) that we should release LyX 2.3.0 > now, without the Windows installer. I agree. I will remove the Windows binaries from the FTP, and announce 2.3.0 on Friday. I still have the hope

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Le 14/03/2018 à 12:52, Pavel Sanda a écrit : Abdelrazak Younes wrote: AFAIU, it is too late already. 2 weeks already... Too bad! It's actually exactly two weeks. LyX 2.3.0 already hit testing branch of Debian. Maybe if we filed a request at ubuntu bugzilla we might still have chance,

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > Thanks, I sometime read the devel list just for fun :-) > > That's a bizarre form of masochism :) > Where do you live now, there were some rumors we might try to organize > development meeting

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > AFAIU, it is too late already. > > > > 2 weeks already... > > > > Too bad! It's actually exactly two weeks. LyX 2.3.0 already hit testing branch of Debian. Maybe if we filed a request at ubuntu bugzilla we might still have chance, don't know how strict they are

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Thanks, I sometime read the devel list just for fun :-) That's a bizarre form of masochism :) Where do you live now, there were some rumors we might try to organize development meeting after the years... Pavel

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Le 14/03/2018 ?? 11:10, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : > >> By the way, you should definitely release now in order to get into next > >> Ubuntu LTS release... > > > > AFAIU, it is too late already.

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Le 14/03/2018 à 02:43, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : [...] So the average user does not know how LaTeX works, what a package is and how it is installed or uninstalled. Sure he does know if he installed LyX himself. as I pointed out in the other thread. I tried to be an average Window user (a bit

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 14/03/2018 ?? 11:10, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : >> By the way, you should definitely release now in order to get into next >> Ubuntu LTS release... > > AFAIU, it is too late already. 2 weeks already... Hi Abdel, nice to hear you again!! :) Pavel

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Le 14/03/2018 à 11:10, Abdelrazak Younes a écrit : By the way, you should definitely release now in order to get into next Ubuntu LTS release... AFAIU, it is too late already. JMarc PS: Hi Abdel!

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

By the way, you should definitely release now in order to get into next Ubuntu LTS release... On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Hi Guys, > > In the old days we had the Friday rule for fight... you should restore the > tradition :-) > > Cheers, > Abdel

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Hi Guys, In the old days we had the Friday rule for fight... you should restore the tradition :-) Cheers, Abdel On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 7:23 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Dear all, > > I have kept calm in this debate until now, but since this is getting more > and more

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Dear all, I have kept calm in this debate until now, but since this is getting more and more ridiculous, here is my position. I think (and I actually propose herewith) that we should release LyX 2.3.0 now, without the Windows installer. It is unacceptable that one single developer holds up a

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On 03/13/2018 09:43 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 12.03.2018 um 04:32 schrieb Richard Heck: > >> That is a serious mistake: to focus on "average users". But it has >> clearly become pointless to discuss this any longer. > > Dear Richard, > > I cannot leave this commented because it is too fundamental.

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

Am 12.03.2018 um 04:32 schrieb Richard Heck: That is a serious mistake: to focus on "average users". But it has clearly become pointless to discuss this any longer. Dear Richard, I cannot leave this commented because it is too fundamental. I tried to calm down, but cannot. What is LyX

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On 03/12/2018 12:44 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > On 12/03/2018 4:32 p.m., Richard Heck wrote: >> On 03/11/2018 04:52 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >>> Am 11.03.2018 um 18:12 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: >>> I think that's what we're doing. The basic disagreement we have is that I think adding a

Re: Windows Installer: Future Issues

On 12/03/2018 4:32 p.m., Richard Heck wrote: On 03/11/2018 04:52 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 11.03.2018 um 18:12 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: I think that's what we're doing. The basic disagreement we have is that I think adding a dialog will bring more benefit than harm. And I made clear why I am

Re: Windows Installer could use work: must set miktex packages

This solution worked for me. Windows 8.1. LyX Version 2.1.3 bundled with MikTex. Thanks! :)

Re: Windows Installer could use work: must set miktex packages

This solution worked for me. Windows 8.1. LyX Version 2.1.3 bundled with MikTex. Thanks! :)

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 05.07.2012 06:48, schrieb Liviu Andronic: What about spaces in path names of files? I was quite surprised that LyX couldn't handle that on Windows, That is not true. LyX can handle them of course. Spaces in paths even exists in Windows' default installation folders. If you find a case

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote: What about spaces in path names of files? I was quite surprised that LyX couldn't handle that on Windows, That is not true. LyX can handle them of course. Spaces in paths even exists in Windows' default installation folders. If

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 05.07.2012 06:48, schrieb Liviu Andronic: What about spaces in path names of files? I was quite surprised that LyX couldn't handle that on Windows, That is not true. LyX can handle them of course. Spaces in paths even exists in Windows' default installation folders. If you find a case

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> What about spaces in path names of files? I was quite surprised that >> LyX couldn't handle that on Windows, > > That is not true. LyX can handle them of course. Spaces in paths even exists > in Windows' default installation

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 04.07.2012 00:28, schrieb Richard Heck: You Windows people should decide what makes sense. As I have shown in my screenshot the other programs use also the scheme Name major.sub, so LyX 2.0 would be the same. I'm allergic to spaces in pathnames myself. They are not a problem. I was

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote: Am 04.07.2012 00:28, schrieb Richard Heck: I'm allergic to spaces in pathnames myself. They are not a problem. I was using this for years in the old installer and also the other progrmas use spaces, see my screenshot. So

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 04.07.2012 00:28, schrieb Richard Heck: You Windows people should decide what makes sense. As I have shown in my screenshot the other programs use also the scheme "Name major.sub", so "LyX 2.0" would be the same. I'm allergic to spaces in pathnames myself. They are not a problem. I

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 04.07.2012 00:28, schrieb Richard Heck: >> I'm allergic to spaces in pathnames myself. > > They are not a problem. I was using this for years in the old installer and > also the other progrmas use spaces, see my screenshot.

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Le 03/07/2012 01:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : So how about if we propose LyX20, and then if someone wants to install various things side-by-side, can't they do that by choosing some other name? Yes, but if he is not patient, he just clicks Next and thus installs in the proposed/default LyX20 folder

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Le 02/07/2012 23:15, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : There is no other software I know where I do this. Besides, there is a difference between to be able to install side-by-side and to install side-by-side by default. Attached is a screen shot of my Start menu. As I have about 120 programs I have to group

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 07/03/2012 05:17 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 03/07/2012 01:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : So how about if we propose LyX20, and then if someone wants to install various things side-by-side, can't they do that by choosing some other name? Yes, but if he is not patient, he just clicks Next

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 03.07.2012 11:20, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: Attached is a screen shot of my Start menu. As I have about 120 programs I have to group them not to loose the overview. And yes, other programs also do this: Python, CMake, LibreOffice, Qt... Not all programs but some. I guess that is a matter

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 4/07/2012 6:28 a.m., Richard Heck wrote: On 07/03/2012 05:17 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 03/07/2012 01:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : So how about if we propose LyX20, and then if someone wants to install variou things side-by-side, can't they do that by choosing some other name? Yes, but

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 07/03/2012 02:49 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 03.07.2012 11:20, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: Attached is a screen shot of my Start menu. As I have about 120 programs I have to group them not to loose the overview. And yes, other programs also do this: Python, CMake, LibreOffice, Qt... Not all

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Le 03/07/2012 01:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : So how about if we propose LyX20, and then if someone wants to install various things side-by-side, can't they do that by choosing some other name? Yes, but if he is not patient, he just clicks Next and thus installs in the proposed/default "LyX20"

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Le 02/07/2012 23:15, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : There is no other software I know where I do this. Besides, there is a difference between "to be able to install side-by-side" and "to install side-by-side by default". Attached is a screen shot of my Start menu. As I have about 120 programs I have to

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 07/03/2012 05:17 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 03/07/2012 01:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : So how about if we propose LyX20, and then if someone wants to install various things side-by-side, can't they do that by choosing some other name? Yes, but if he is not patient, he just clicks Next

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 03.07.2012 11:20, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: Attached is a screen shot of my Start menu. As I have about 120 programs I have to group them not to loose the overview. And yes, other programs also do this: Python, CMake, LibreOffice, Qt... Not all programs but some. I guess that is a matter

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 4/07/2012 6:28 a.m., Richard Heck wrote: On 07/03/2012 05:17 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Le 03/07/2012 01:57, Uwe Stöhr a écrit : So how about if we propose LyX20, and then if someone wants to install variou things side-by-side, can't they do that by choosing some other name? Yes, but

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 07/03/2012 02:49 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 03.07.2012 11:20, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: Attached is a screen shot of my Start menu. As I have about 120 programs I have to group them not to loose the overview. And yes, other programs also do this: Python, CMake, LibreOffice, Qt... Not all

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

I'm by now an experienced Windows (Vista) user of LyX. Doubtless I'm adding fuel to the flames rather than oil on troubled waters, but ... On 2/07/2012 12:33 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 28.06.2012 11:23, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: But then you don't get a full functional LyX. We cannot

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Le 02/07/2012 08:30, Andrew Parsloe a écrit : There is also no reason not to change the name of the folder. I already also explained that we can easily change the name to somewhat else but need the info about the bugfix release. If is perfectly valid to install LyX 2.0.4 and leave 2.0.3 as

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Even if we add an option Surpass the LaTeX package installation what do you expect a new user who has never worked with LaTeX nor know what LaTeX is will do? Surpass? A nice combination of bypass and suppress. Yeah.. cool huh. The reason why I don't accept this installer now is that:

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 02.07.2012 10:23, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: I find the LyX 2.0.4 naming useful. For example, when LyX moved from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 it brought problems on my system: sticky scrolling, and memory leakage which caused a number of crashes, and I needed to revert to 2.0.1. I like to be able to

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 07/02/2012 04:42 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 02.07.2012 10:23, schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: I find the LyX 2.0.4 naming useful. For example, when LyX moved from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 it brought problems on my system: sticky scrolling, and memory leakage which caused a number of crashes, and I

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 02.07.2012 08:30, schrieb Andrew Parsloe: I've had no problems uninstalling afterwards. Just to check, I've uninstalled 2.0.3 *after* installing 2.0.4. No problems (the only thing to remember is *not* to uninstall preferences). I've then reinstalled 2.0.3 beside 2.0.4, again without

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4 - correction

Am 02.07.2012 22:42, schrieb Uwe Stöhr: The point is that you can reinstall 2.0.1 if there is a problem and it will still work with your local files and preferences. Unfortunately not on Windows. The reason is that we deliver stripped-down versions of ImageMagick, Ghostscript and Python

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

Am 02.07.2012 22:47, schrieb Richard Heck: If everything's just being installed to LyX20 or whatever, isn't this issue resolved? Yes, but then you cannot have two LyX versions of the same major version side by side. So having LyX 2.0.3 _and_ 2.0.4 is then not possible. Why should LyX

Re: Windows installer for LyX 2.0.4

On 07/02/2012 04:56 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Am 02.07.2012 22:47, schrieb Richard Heck: Isn't it possible for users to choose to install to a different location if they wish to do so? I'd have thought the issue here was what we do by default. The installer proposed LyX 2.0.4 as name but you can

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