Re: Lyx for Windows
On 27-Oct-19 3:18 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I have a colleague with whom I would like to write a book chapter. I am under Linux, he uses Windows. Is the following advice sufficient or should I mention more points? Lyx for windows https://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows 1- Installing TeXLive for Windows over Internet https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html use Custom install and follow the proposal below the Texlive 2018 figure Click install texlive 2- Download Current stable version 2.3.0 using standard installer LyX-230-Installer-005.exe (58 MB) Open lyx and load the Photobiology-4th-Edition.lyx file which I will send you. * I would recommend using Git / GitHub to both of you if you are going to work on one document. GitHub gives free private repos to researchers for non-profit work. * For Windows, Microsoft did major updates to Windows and some versions of Windows cause issues. There are workarounds tough. * I would recommend to consider MikTex as an alternative to TeXLive. * I would recommend to install both MikTex and LyX for all users. Also I would recommend MikTeX to install packages on the fly without asking. * I would recommend to install imagemagick with convert tool and define a converter from PDF to PNG with convert -density 200 -trim -quality 100 -sharpen 0x1.0 $$i $$o * I suggest to use Sumatra PDF for PDF viewer and PDF XChange for PDF markup, edit and cropping. * Dictionary files downloaded from the LyX installer may be corrupted. Hunspell dictionary files can be downloaded and place in the resources/dict folder manually. * May need to edit the LyX file occasionally. I suggest to use Notepad++ for that purpose. -- ↓↓ Please bottom-post. Start your reply here: -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: More obvious feedback when a reconfigure is in process
On 27-Oct-19 1:07 AM, Cris Fuhrman wrote: > Hello, > > While trying some various installs of MiKTeX recently, I had to > reconfigure LyX several times. At one point, I was trying to change > the settings and the menu wasn't working. Finally I realized that the > reconfigure was still running, and that I had just been duped by the > fact that the only feedback is on a status line at the bottom of the > window (which wasn't changing because the step the reconfigure on was > one that takes more than 10 seconds on my machine sometimes (fonts?)). > > Anyway, I wondered why there isn't an progress-bar type dialog or > something with more feedback when doing a reconfigure? It can take as > long as a minute on one of my machines. > > Cheers, > > C. Fuhrman > On Windows with MikTeX, reconfiguring can take about 10 minutes especially if LyX asks MikTeX to install some packages. LyX Message Pane shows the configuration status, however it is not turned on automatically. Maybe you can request from the developers a feature that shows the messages pane during the configuration. Progress-bar may not be meaningful here as different TeX systems and different package status may result very different type of configuration times, which may not be possible to estimate. -- ↓↓ Please bottom-post. Start your reply here: -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Lyx for Windows
On 10/27/19 9:57 AM, Joel Kulesza wrote: I have a colleague with whom I would like to write a book chapter. I am under Linux, he uses Windows. Is the following advice sufficient or should I mention more points? Lyx for windows https://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows 1- Installing TeXLive for Windows over Internet https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html use Custom install and follow the proposal below the Texlive 2018 figure Click install texlive This is the same advice I’d give. However, I’ve generally had bad luck successfully installing TeXLive on Windows and still usually end up with MiKTeX. You might want to be prepared for this contingency. - Joel I am working with a coauthor on a paper, both using LyX. I'm on Linux + TeXLive; she's on Windows + MikTeX. We have had no problems with the collaboration, including using the change tracking features. So I agree with Joel that there is no need to mess with TeXLive on the Windows platform (where MikTeX is the more typical choice). Both parties just need to be sure they have any required packages installed. Paul -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Lyx for Windows
On 2019-10-27 07:57 -0600, Joel Kulesza wrote: > > > I have a colleague with whom I would like to write a book chapter. I am > > under Linux, he uses Windows. Is the following advice sufficient or should > > I mention more points? > > > > Lyx for windows > > https://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows > > > > 1- Installing TeXLive for Windows over Internet > > https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html > > use Custom install > > and follow the proposal below the Texlive 2018 figure > > Click install texlive > > This is the same advice I’d give. However, I’ve generally had bad luck > successfully installing TeXLive on Windows and still usually end up with > MiKTeX. You might want to be prepared for this contingency. > > - Joel > -- > lyx-users mailing list > lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users I have linux at home and windows at work and I occasionally move a lyx file from one to the other. It is perfectly straightforward. The key gotchas I can recall are these and they are not serious: - the lyx versions must be identical. - if there are any special modules, both must be present in both places. - the file might well look a little different in lyx on Windows and Linux. This is not a real problem for me but might be if your colleague is not co-located with you. - My Acrobat Reader on Windows is anti-social about closing the file. I always have to approve closing the existing version when I compile a new version. Best regards, John -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Lyx for Windows
> I have a colleague with whom I would like to write a book chapter. I am > under Linux, he uses Windows. Is the following advice sufficient or should I > mention more points? > > Lyx for windows > https://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows > > 1- Installing TeXLive for Windows over Internet > https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html > use Custom install > and follow the proposal below the Texlive 2018 figure > Click install texlive This is the same advice I’d give. However, I’ve generally had bad luck successfully installing TeXLive on Windows and still usually end up with MiKTeX. You might want to be prepared for this contingency. - Joel -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Lyx for Windows
I have a colleague with whom I would like to write a book chapter. I am under Linux, he uses Windows. Is the following advice sufficient or should I mention more points? Lyx for windows https://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows 1- Installing TeXLive for Windows over Internet https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html use Custom install and follow the proposal below the Texlive 2018 figure Click install texlive 2- Download Current stable version 2.3.0 using standard installer LyX-230-Installer-005.exe (58 MB) Open lyx and load the Photobiology-4th-Edition.lyx file which I will send you. -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
