Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! I tested it - lyx

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Some of you said: being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! This is possible with the Network variant of my installer. Setting a wrong path to the latex.exe will do the trick. The next installer version will have a separate option for this. regards uwe

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! I tested it - lyx

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Some of you said: being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! This is possible with the Network variant of my installer. Setting a wrong path to the latex.exe will do the trick. The next installer version will have a separate option for this. regards uwe

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! I tested it - lyx

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Some of you said: being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! This is possible with the Network variant of my installer. Setting a wrong path to the latex.exe will do the trick. The next installer version will have a separate option for this. regards uwe

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: shrug You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than HKLM. /shrug There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. I'm afraid we're

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once again, Uwe. ;-) We aren't fundamentalists! It's not the

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

] To: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:57 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies. The current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours. I tried it but there were too many problems to cover all specialities of the third-party programs. If the user has admin privileges I can assure

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: * You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX. I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed. * There are certainly latex distributions out there that don't

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: * You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX. I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed. there are a lot of other tools ... * There are

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! i almost decided to go with that solution on my laptop from

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:24:39 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:28 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: shrug You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hä? Run a program is not just starting it. If I run LyX I want to be able to get a result. Your definition of result is different to mine then. I want to write a paper on my laptop. I don't need to see the thing typeset. This is the reason why I build the new installer! No,

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Herbert == Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Herbert Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX Herbert system and try to run LyX ... ;-) You are supposed to be able to edit files without LaTeX installed. If it does not work, there is a bug. JMarc

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

David == David L Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David I don't want to get too involved in the debate, but I also find David being able to install lyx on a computer that does not have TeX David is a good option. On my Zaurus, there is not only not enough David room for TeX, there is no direct

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:16 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) Angus Leeming wrote: There are reasons that not every user is allowed

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: shrug You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than HKLM. /shrug There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. I'm afraid we're

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once again, Uwe. ;-) We aren't fundamentalists! It's not the

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

] To: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:57 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies. The current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours. I tried it but there were too many problems to cover all specialities of the third-party programs. If the user has admin privileges I can assure

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: * You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX. I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed. * There are certainly latex distributions out there that don't

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: * You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX. I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed. there are a lot of other tools ... * There are

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! i almost decided to go with that solution on my laptop from

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:24:39 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:28 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: shrug You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Hä? Run a program is not just starting it. If I run LyX I want to be able to get a result. Your definition of result is different to mine then. I want to write a paper on my laptop. I don't need to see the thing typeset. This is the reason why I build the new installer! No,

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Herbert == Herbert Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Herbert Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX Herbert system and try to run LyX ... ;-) You are supposed to be able to edit files without LaTeX installed. If it does not work, there is a bug. JMarc

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

David == David L Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David I don't want to get too involved in the debate, but I also find David being able to install lyx on a computer that does not have TeX David is a good option. On my Zaurus, there is not only not enough David room for TeX, there is no direct

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:16 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) Angus Leeming wrote: There are reasons that not every user is allowed

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than HKLM. There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. I'm afraid we're going to

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. I'm afraid we're going to just have to disagree fundamentally once again, Uwe. ;-) We aren't fundamentalists! It's not the

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

< [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:57 AM > Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) > > > > > > > argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admi

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: It's not the installer's business to enforce such policies. The current installer runs without admin priviliges; so should yours. I tried it but there were too many problems to cover all specialities of the third-party programs. If the user has admin privileges I can assure

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: * You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX. I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed. * There are certainly latex distributions out there that don't

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: * You say ImageMagick does, but ImageMagick isn't *required* to run LyX. I never said this. But ImageMagick is of course required to run LyX. A wordprocessor is useless when no images can be processed. there are a lot of other tools ... * There are

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

> > >> admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. > Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and > try to run LyX ... ;-) being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a good and useful thing! i almost decided to go with that solution on my laptop

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:24:39 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >> admin priviliges. Again, you don't *need* latex installed to run LyX. > > Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX system and > > try to run LyX ... ;-) > > > > being able to run lyx without latex is IMHO a

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:28 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) Uwe Stöhr wrote: Angus Leeming wrote: You can modify the registry wi

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Hä? "Run" a program is not just starting it. If I run LyX I want to be > able to get a result. Your definition of "result" is different to mine then. I want to write a paper on my laptop. I don't need to see the thing typeset. > This is the reason why I build the new

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

> "Herbert" == Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Herbert> Angus, then try to install LyX without an installed TeX Herbert> system and try to run LyX ... ;-) You are supposed to be able to edit files without LaTeX installed. If it does not work, there is a bug. JMarc

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

> "David" == David L Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> I don't want to get too involved in the debate, but I also find David> being able to install lyx on a computer that does not have TeX David> is a good option. On my Zaurus, there is not only not enough David> room for TeX, there

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Angus Leeming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:16 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) Angus Leeming wrote:

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems. Installing to C:\Program Files on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges. i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems. Installing to C:\Program Files on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges. i just tried again running

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i just tried again running LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exehttp://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exeand before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator privileges. Not my installer. Bug reports to Uwe Stöhr please.

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to open/save files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has that weird setup for network syncing where my home directory is a network dir (\\server\...) synced locally as My Documents. since the widget

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

nice thx! does work... On 11/28/05, Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to open/save files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has that weird setup for network syncing where my home

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i just tried again running LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exehttp://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exeand before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: http://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exe and before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator privileges. Yes it requires admin privileges. This is described in the Readme-files and on the startpage of the installer.

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:59 AM Subject: lyx on windows (and printing notes) argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6 installer after installing

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: shrug You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than HKLM. /shrug There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. But anyway, HKLM is needed to get

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Stephen Harris wrote: I may have understood this incorrectly. Admin privileges are sufficient to change the admin password. On a network, can't other groups that can write to the registry be created? I ask because mamato is on a network, and before, John Kane who was on a network installed LyX

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems. Installing to C:\Program Files on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges. i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems. Installing to C:\Program Files on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges. i just tried again running

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i just tried again running LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exehttp://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exeand before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator privileges. Not my installer. Bug reports to Uwe Stöhr please.

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to open/save files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has that weird setup for network syncing where my home directory is a network dir (\\server\...) synced locally as My Documents. since the widget

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

nice thx! does work... On 11/28/05, Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to open/save files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has that weird setup for network syncing where my home

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i just tried again running LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exehttp://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exeand before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: http://download.berlios.de/lyxwininstall/LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exe and before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator privileges. Yes it requires admin privileges. This is described in the Readme-files and on the startpage of the installer.

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:59 AM Subject: lyx on windows (and printing notes) argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6 installer after installing

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: shrug You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than HKLM. /shrug There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. But anyway, HKLM is needed to get

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Stephen Harris wrote: I may have understood this incorrectly. Admin privileges are sufficient to change the admin password. On a network, can't other groups that can write to the registry be created? I ask because mamato is on a network, and before, John Kane who was on a network installed LyX

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ No it doesn't. I regularly install at J:\Program Files\LyX without problems. Installing to C:\Program Files on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges. > i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

> > > argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ > > No it doesn't. I regularly install at >J:\Program Files\LyX > without problems. Installing to >C:\Program Files > on WinXP certainly *does* require admin privileges. i just tried again running

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i just tried again running > LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exeand > before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need > administrator privileges. Not my installer. Bug reports to Uwe Stöhr

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to open/save files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has that weird setup for network syncing where my home directory is a network dir (\\server\...) synced locally as My Documents. since the widget

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

nice thx! does work... On 11/28/05, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > another annoying thing is the dialog boxes used by winlyx to open/save > > files. it's old school drive:\dir and my work laptop has that weird > setup > > for network syncing

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i just tried again running LyXWin136Complete-0-4.exeand before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i need administrator

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> >> and before anything else (ex specifying directory), it says that i >> need administrator privileges. > Yes it requires admin privileges. This is described in the Readme-files > and on the startpage of the

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:59 AM Subject: lyx on windows (and printing notes) argh!! LyXWinInstaller requires admin privileges :/ i managed to install it using the LyX 1.3.6 installer after

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

- Original Message - From: "Uwe Stöhr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: argh!! LyXWinInstall

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Angus Leeming wrote: You can modify the registry without admin priviliges as HKCU rather than HKLM. There are reasons that not every user is allowed to install programs. If you don't have admin privileges your employer knows in most cases why. But anyway, HKLM is needed to get all

Re: lyx on windows (and printing notes)

Stephen Harris wrote: I may have understood this incorrectly. Admin privileges are sufficient to change the admin password. On a network, can't other groups that can write to the registry be created? I ask because mamato is on a network, and before, John Kane who was on a network installed LyX