Am 12.03.2012 20:40, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
Especially in your installer, you change MikTeX's setting, which is just rude
and forces me to
wait.
I explained several times in detail why this is the best solution ...
Yes, but I find it unethical. I choose to set MikTeX to Ask me and
Am 12.03.2012 20:40, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
Especially in your installer, you change MikTeX's setting, which is just rude
and forces me to
wait.
I explained several times in detail why this is the best solution ...
Yes, but I find it unethical. I choose to set MikTeX to "Ask me"
Especially in your installer, you change MikTeX's setting, which is
just rude and forces me to wait.
I explained several times in detail why this is the best solution ...
Yes, but I find it unethical. I choose to set MikTeX to Ask me and you
just override this. Tomorrow you decide to
Especially in your installer, you change MikTeX's setting, which is
just rude and forces me to wait.
I explained several times in detail why this is the best solution ...
Yes, but I find it unethical. I choose to set MikTeX to "Ask me" and you
just override this. Tomorrow you decide to
Am 29.02.2012 08:15, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
Yes, and I want the installer to ask me: Do you really want to wait ? Or do
you want to install the
packages on the fly when needed ?
This is not that easy to implement. However, note that the bundle installer is designed for new
Am 01.03.2012 05:33, schrieb Paul Johnson:
I think you are missing the point that in MikTeX it is a KNOWN bug
that the ASK option is broken and it fails to make the menu pop up and
ask the user about the packages.
Thus, the only way (according to the MikTeX folks) is to use YES or NO
on the
Am 01.03.2012 07:18, schrieb Paul Johnson:
Sorry to write again before waiting for you to answer. I could not
sleep, so decided to try the LyX-2.0.2-4 installs in the lab systems.
This time I tried several variations. I have ALL SUCCESS to report on
the Lyx Installer-2.0.2-4, but still a
Op 3-3-2012 14:31, Uwe Stöhr schreef:
Am 29.02.2012 08:15, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
Yes, and I want the installer to ask me: Do you really want to wait
? Or do you want to install the
packages on the fly when needed ?
This is not that easy to implement. However, note that the bundle
Am 03.03.2012 14:50, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
I didn't mention the bundle installer.
But this problem only occurs for new installations and thus only with the
bundle installer.
All this doesn't answer my question why we can't have the user decide what he
wants to do.
Because
Am 29.02.2012 08:15, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
Yes, and I want the installer to ask me: "Do you really want to wait ? Or do
you want to install the
packages on the fly when needed ?"
This is not that easy to implement. However, note that the bundle installer is designed for new
Am 01.03.2012 05:33, schrieb Paul Johnson:
I think you are missing the point that in MikTeX it is a KNOWN bug
that the ASK option is broken and it fails to make the menu pop up and
ask the user about the packages.
Thus, the only way (according to the MikTeX folks) is to use YES or NO
on the
Am 01.03.2012 07:18, schrieb Paul Johnson:
Sorry to write again before waiting for you to answer. I could not
sleep, so decided to try the LyX-2.0.2-4 installs in the lab systems.
This time I tried several variations. I have ALL SUCCESS to report on
the Lyx Installer-2.0.2-4, but still a
Op 3-3-2012 14:31, Uwe Stöhr schreef:
Am 29.02.2012 08:15, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
Yes, and I want the installer to ask me: "Do you really want to wait
? Or do you want to install the
packages on the fly when needed ?"
This is not that easy to implement. However, note that the
Am 03.03.2012 14:50, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
I didn't mention the bundle installer.
But this problem only occurs for new installations and thus only with the
bundle installer.
All this doesn't answer my question why we can't have the user decide what he
wants to do.
Because
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install a
package when needed ? At least we can ask the user if he wants to install
all possible packages and wait half an hour. So many people are put off by
having to wait so long the first time they try LyX.
Dear Vincent:
I
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn v...@lyx.org wrote:
I think you are missing the point that in MikTeX it is a KNOWN bug
that the ASK option is broken and it fails to make the menu pop up and
ask the user about the packages.
I didn't know that. It works perfectly for
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install a
package when needed ? At least we can ask the user if he wants to install
all possible packages and wait half an hour. So many people are put off by
having to wait so long the first time they try LyX.
Dear Vincent:
I
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
>
>> I think you are missing the point that in MikTeX it is a KNOWN bug
>> that the ASK option is broken and it fails to make the menu pop up and
>> ask the user about the packages.
>
>
> I didn't know that. It works
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn v...@lyx.org wrote:
The LyX windows installer SHOULD set the MikTex package install on
the fly option to NO,
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
and their LyX could not provide all its features.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
Am 20.02.2012 03:22, schrieb Paul Johnson:
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation and
their LyX could not provide all its features.
In my case, it hangs checking for dvilualatex.
This
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
>
>>> The LyX windows installer SHOULD set the MikTex package install "on
>>> the fly" option to NO,
>>
>>
>> No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
>> and their LyX could not provide
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Am 20.02.2012 03:22, schrieb Paul Johnson:
>
> No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation and
> their LyX could not provide all its features.
>
>
>> In my case, it hangs checking for "dvilualatex".
The LyX windows installer SHOULD set the MikTex package install on
the fly option to NO,
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
and their LyX could not provide all its features.
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install a
package
Am 28.02.2012 18:03, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
and their LyX could not provide all its features.
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install a
package when needed ?
We do. But we could
At least we can ask the user if he wants to install
all possible packages and wait half an hour.
But the installer is already telling you that it can take a long time.
You can also see the install progress in the installer.
Yes, and I want the installer to ask me: Do you really want to
> The LyX windows installer SHOULD set the MikTex package install "on
>> the fly" option to NO,
>>
>
> No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
> and their LyX could not provide all its features.
>
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install
Am 28.02.2012 18:03, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn:
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation
and their LyX could not provide all its features.
I still don't understand why we can't have Miktex to ask to install a
package when needed ?
We do. But we could
At least we can ask the user if he wants to install
all possible packages and wait half an hour.
But the installer is already telling you that it can take a long time.
You can also see the install progress in the installer.
Yes, and I want the installer to ask me: "Do you really want to
Am 20.02.2012 03:22, schrieb Paul Johnson:
The LyX windows installer SHOULD set the MikTex package install on
the fly option to NO,
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation and their LyX could not
provide all its features.
In my case, it hangs checking for
Am 20.02.2012 03:22, schrieb Paul Johnson:
The LyX windows installer SHOULD set the MikTex package install "on
the fly" option to NO,
No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation and their LyX could not
provide all its features.
In my case, it hangs checking for
I just ran another test. As the administrator, I set MikTeX to YES for
install packaes on the fly.
Then, working as a NON administrative user, I start LyX. LyX will
start if there is a pre-existing valid configuration. However,
running Reconfigure results in a bad situation. The
I just ran another test. As the administrator, I set MikTeX to YES for
install packaes on the fly.
Then, working as a NON administrative user, I start LyX. LyX will
start if there is a pre-existing valid configuration. However,
running Reconfigure results in a bad situation. The
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn v...@lyx.org wrote:
A LyX window does not appear on the screen, and Lyx does not appear as
an application. However, in the second tab, one can see processes
for LyxLauncher.exe and lyx.exe, and also processes for latex and
mf-config
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
>> A LyX window does not appear on the screen, and Lyx does not appear as
>> an application. However, in the second tab, one can see processes
>> for LyxLauncher.exe and lyx.exe, and also processes for latex and
>>
A LyX window does not appear on the screen, and Lyx does not appear as
an application. However, in the second tab, one can see processes
for LyxLauncher.exe and lyx.exe, and also processes for latex and
mf-config appear and disappear. LyX does not start, the processes stay
stuck, but if you
A LyX window does not appear on the screen, and Lyx does not appear as
an application. However, in the second tab, one can see processes
for LyxLauncher.exe and lyx.exe, and also processes for latex and
mf-config appear and disappear. LyX does not start, the processes stay
"stuck", but if you
Hi:
I posted yesterday about the problem that LyX will not start on
Windows 7 systems. I got no responses, but I've kept at it and I think
I have a suggestion about the LyX installer. I don't know why these
things go wrong the way they do, but I've replicated this
problem/solution on 7 different
Hi:
I posted yesterday about the problem that LyX will not start on
Windows 7 systems. I got no responses, but I've kept at it and I think
I have a suggestion about the LyX installer. I don't know why these
things go wrong the way they do, but I've replicated this
problem/solution on 7 different
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