Re: LyX 2.3.6 Windows Installer

[Yu Jin]

Am Fr., 4. Dez. 2020 um 04:31 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck <
rikih...@lyx.org>:

> On 12/3/20 3:49 PM, Bert Lloyd wrote:
> > Thanks to all for your work on this update.
> >
> > I have a few custom modules in my AppData, will these be affected by
> > uninstalling my previous release? If so, is there a recommended way to
> > back them up or restore them?
>
Just don't enable "LyX's users preferences" when uninstalling the old LyX,
that way your user folder will not be deleted. Then install the new LyX and
your modules should still be there.

>
> I don't think the installer will delete them, but you may need to copy
> them over manually to the new user directory (if there is one). Of
> course, it's probably a good idea to back these up before installing the
> new version. And regularly for any reason.
>
 Actually, since it is still LyX2.3, there is no need to copy anything. It
should work out of the box if the preferences are not chosen to be deleted
when uninstalling old LyX. The installer does not delete anything in
AppData, if it gets deleted then only by the uninstaller.

>
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > BL
> >
> > PS - LyX 2.3.5.2 with MikTeX 2.9 on Windows 10 Ed
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:32 PM Richard Kimberly Heck 
> wrote:
> >> As noted in the announcement of LyX 2.3.6, there is now an updated
> >> installer available for Windows, including a 64 bit version. In order to
> >> update to 2.3.6 on Windows using the new installer, you should uninstall
> >> the previous 2.3 releases using the uninstaller or from within the
> >> control panel/Windows settings beforehand. Make sure to not install LyX
> >> 2.3.6 into an existing LyX directory by choosing an empty folder for the
> >> installation.


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Re: LyX 2.3.6 Windows Installer

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 12/3/20 3:49 PM, Bert Lloyd wrote:
> Thanks to all for your work on this update.
>
> I have a few custom modules in my AppData, will these be affected by
> uninstalling my previous release? If so, is there a recommended way to
> back them up or restore them?

I don't think the installer will delete them, but you may need to copy
them over manually to the new user directory (if there is one). Of
course, it's probably a good idea to back these up before installing the
new version. And regularly for any reason.

Riki


>
> Many thanks,
> BL
>
> PS - LyX 2.3.5.2 with MikTeX 2.9 on Windows 10 Ed
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:32 PM Richard Kimberly Heck  wrote:
>> As noted in the announcement of LyX 2.3.6, there is now an updated
>> installer available for Windows, including a 64 bit version. In order to
>> update to 2.3.6 on Windows using the new installer, you should uninstall
>> the previous 2.3 releases using the uninstaller or from within the
>> control panel/Windows settings beforehand. Make sure to not install LyX
>> 2.3.6 into an existing LyX directory by choosing an empty folder for the
>> installation.
>>
>> Riki
>>
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Re: LyX 2.3.6 Windows Installer

[Bert Lloyd]

Thanks to all for your work on this update.

I have a few custom modules in my AppData, will these be affected by
uninstalling my previous release? If so, is there a recommended way to
back them up or restore them?

Many thanks,
BL

PS - LyX 2.3.5.2 with MikTeX 2.9 on Windows 10 Ed

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 1:32 PM Richard Kimberly Heck  wrote:
>
> As noted in the announcement of LyX 2.3.6, there is now an updated
> installer available for Windows, including a 64 bit version. In order to
> update to 2.3.6 on Windows using the new installer, you should uninstall
> the previous 2.3 releases using the uninstaller or from within the
> control panel/Windows settings beforehand. Make sure to not install LyX
> 2.3.6 into an existing LyX directory by choosing an empty folder for the
> installation.
>
> Riki
>
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LyX 2.3.6 Windows Installer

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

As noted in the announcement of LyX 2.3.6, there is now an updated
installer available for Windows, including a 64 bit version. In order to
update to 2.3.6 on Windows using the new installer, you should uninstall
the previous 2.3 releases using the uninstaller or from within the
control panel/Windows settings beforehand. Make sure to not install LyX
2.3.6 into an existing LyX directory by choosing an empty folder for the
installation.

Riki


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Re: how to install lyx on windows

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 28.12.19 um 06:58 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:

On 12/27/19 9:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

I have asked this before, but there were different opinions on how to
proceed (texlive vs miktex).

A colleague of mine in Trondheim  (Norway) has his son at home in
these days and he would like to help his father in installing. What
should he use? I am on Linux and can't help therefore.

Either should work but TeXLive seems to be more stable.

Riki


Thanks, Riki, and thanks to all in the list who contribute and help so 
efficiently.


All the best for the New Year!

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Re: how to install lyx on windows

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 12/27/19 9:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> I have asked this before, but there were different opinions on how to
> proceed (texlive vs miktex).
>
> A colleague of mine in Trondheim  (Norway) has his son at home in
> these days and he would like to help his father in installing. What
> should he use? I am on Linux and can't help therefore.

Either should work but TeXLive seems to be more stable.

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how to install lyx on windows

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

I have asked this before, but there were different opinions on how to 
proceed (texlive vs miktex).


A colleague of mine in Trondheim  (Norway) has his son at home in these 
days and he would like to help his father in installing. What should he 
use? I am on Linux and can't help therefore.


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Re: Lyx for Windows

[John Beattie]

On 2019-10-30 16:08 +0100, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> 
> Am 30.10.19 um 13:35 schrieb Baris Erkus:
> >On 28-Oct-19 10:30 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> >>Does John's advice to use identical versions of LyX mean to use 2.3.3
> >>(which I use) also under Windows? I did not find this version for MikTeX.
> >>
> >>
> >This question is not clear. MikTeX and LyX are two seperate packages.
> >The latest version of LyX is compatible with the latest version of
> >MikTeX as I have tried it just yesterday on a fresh PC.
> >
> >If you are asking if two LyX versions should be same or not, I think, if
> >you are using versions of 2.3.x, it should not be a problem, as I have
> >tried this with some of my students and we did not have an issue.
> Good.
> >
> >In my opinion, even if one of the LyX has version of LyX 2.2.x, and the
> >other is 2.3.x, it should not be a problem as long as both LyX programs
> >are setup and running properly. However, there maybe certain features in
> >versions 2.3.x that may not be available in 2.2.x, which may create some
> >warnings when opening in v 2.2.x. Maybe you should ask this as a
> >separate question to the list, if you are using an older version o LyX.
> >
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My experience is only that there is a format version number for LyX at the head
of each lyx file. If those are not the same, then whichever is the older LyX
will refuse to handle the newer format.

Meanwhile, the newer LyX will upgrade an older file to the new format.

Of course this is correct behaviour, I merely have to ensure that I have the
same version in both places. Yes, I agree, it does not have to be the same
beyond the minor version, i.e. at present any 2.3.x.

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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 30.10.19 um 13:35 schrieb Baris Erkus:

On 28-Oct-19 10:30 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

Does John's advice to use identical versions of LyX mean to use 2.3.3
(which I use) also under Windows? I did not find this version for MikTeX.



This question is not clear. MikTeX and LyX are two seperate packages.
The latest version of LyX is compatible with the latest version of
MikTeX as I have tried it just yesterday on a fresh PC.

If you are asking if two LyX versions should be same or not, I think, if
you are using versions of 2.3.x, it should not be a problem, as I have
tried this with some of my students and we did not have an issue.

Good.


In my opinion, even if one of the LyX has version of LyX 2.2.x, and the
other is 2.3.x, it should not be a problem as long as both LyX programs
are setup and running properly. However, there maybe certain features in
versions 2.3.x that may not be available in 2.2.x, which may create some
warnings when opening in v 2.2.x. Maybe you should ask this as a
separate question to the list, if you are using an older version o LyX.


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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Baris Erkus]

On 28-Oct-19 10:30 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> Does John's advice to use identical versions of LyX mean to use 2.3.3 
> (which I use) also under Windows? I did not find this version for MikTeX.
>
>
This question is not clear. MikTeX and LyX are two seperate packages. 
The latest version of LyX is compatible with the latest version of 
MikTeX as I have tried it just yesterday on a fresh PC.

If you are asking if two LyX versions should be same or not, I think, if 
you are using versions of 2.3.x, it should not be a problem, as I have 
tried this with some of my students and we did not have an issue.

In my opinion, even if one of the LyX has version of LyX 2.2.x, and the 
other is 2.3.x, it should not be a problem as long as both LyX programs 
are setup and running properly. However, there maybe certain features in 
versions 2.3.x that may not be available in 2.2.x, which may create some 
warnings when opening in v 2.2.x. Maybe you should ask this as a 
separate question to the list, if you are using an older version o LyX.

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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Joel Kulesza]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 1:30 AM Wolfgang Engelmann <
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:

>
> I remember a
> note where TeXLive was recommended over MikTeX for some reason. I guess
> this is no issue any more.


I remember this guidance, and it feels like a "more-pure" approach, so that
is why I try it first each time I must install on Windows.  However,
because of my poor success with getting the TeXLive installer to complete
successfully on Windows, I end up with MiKTeX with no ill effects (thus
far).  Admittedly, I use Windows rather infrequently, so I'm not the best
authority for the approach here.

Thanks,
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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 28.10.19 um 01:08 schrieb Paul A. Rubin:

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

I am overwhelmed by the many helpful advises. For the time being I will 
use my linux LyX and ask my colleague to use MikTeX, since at the start 
I want him to be able to read all my lyx notes in which I collected the 
results of new publications since the last edition in 2015. I remember a 
note where TeXLive was recommended over MikTeX for some reason. I guess 
this is no issue any more. I have to dig into the Github proposal for a 
possible later use. Does John's advice to use identical versions of LyX 
mean to use 2.3.3 (which I use) also under Windows? I did not find this 
version for MikTeX.


Thanks a lot to all of you,

Wolfgang


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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Baris Erkus]

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.

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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Paul A. Rubin]

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.


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Re: Lyx for Windows

[John Beattie]

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. 
> 
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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.


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Re: Lyx for Windows

[Joel Kulesza]

> 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. 

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Lyx for Windows

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

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 
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Re: Workaround for: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 09/05/2018 06:05 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 05/09/2018 à 11:45, Uwe Stöhr a écrit :
>> @developers: Maybe now you see that the Win installer must do more
>> and forcing a MiKTeX update is necessary as you can see in this case.
>> We cannot say "not our fault". Yes, LyX is not to blame but what
>> matters is if users can use LyX. In my case I wanted to write an
>> urgent letter with LyX but could not use it and had to use
>> LibreOffice instead.
>
> Hello Uwe,
>
> What I see now is that miktex should provide a small "repair pack" to
> fix these things. Or that switching to texlive is more reasonable for
> our users.

+1

Riki

Re: Workaround for: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Andrew Parsloe]

On 5/09/2018 9:45 p.m., Uwe Stöhr wrote:
As of today the update servers are working again. However, one needs a 
workaround because the buggy DLL of MiKTeX prevents the updates from 
being applied.


it seems that the bug affects all users of Windows 7 while Win 10 is 
not affected. For the affected users there is a workaround but you 
need admin permissions and some knowledge:


- open a Windows console as admin (type in "cmd" in the Windows Start 
field, and right-click on it to run it with admin privileges)

- execute these 2 commands subsequently:
initexmf --admin --update-fndb
and
initexmf --admin --mklinks --force
- close the Windows console
- now start the MiKTeX console
- choose there to restart with admin privileges
- check for updates and if there are any apply them

From my point of view I see no other option than to provide a new LyX 
for Windows installer that repairs broken system by executing these 
commands in the background after LyX was installed. This way users 
with problems can just run the Win installer again and get a working 
LyX back in a minute without the need to know about console commands etc.


@developers: Maybe now you see that the Win installer must do more and 
forcing a MiKTeX update is necessary as you can see in this case. We 
cannot say "not our fault". Yes, LyX is not to blame but what matters 
is if users can use LyX. In my case I wanted to write an urgent letter 
with LyX but could not use it and had to use LibreOffice instead.


regards Uwe
I'm on windows 7 and MiKTeX 2.9.  MiKTeX update failed about a week ago 
and I couldn't compile to pdf, nor did instant preview work. The 
following day I tried updating again, and everything worked as it 
should, and as it has done since (including 11 packages updated just a 
few minutes ago). MiKTeX updates from ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de which 
seems a bit odd for someone in New Zealand but MiKTeX selected this 
itself with no help from me. (I think using the "random package on the 
internet" option in the console.) I've now also, after the update, 
compiled a complicated master-child document to pdf, so everything is 
working as it ought.


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Re: Workaround for: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 05/09/2018 à 11:45, Uwe Stöhr a écrit :
@developers: Maybe now you see that the Win installer must do more and 
forcing a MiKTeX update is necessary as you can see in this case. We 
cannot say "not our fault". Yes, LyX is not to blame but what matters is 
if users can use LyX. In my case I wanted to write an urgent letter with 
LyX but could not use it and had to use LibreOffice instead.


Hello Uwe,

What I see now is that miktex should provide a small "repair pack" to 
fix these things. Or that switching to texlive is more reasonable for 
our users.


JMarc

Workaround for: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

As of today the update servers are working again. However, one needs a 
workaround because the buggy DLL of MiKTeX prevents the updates from 
being applied.


it seems that the bug affects all users of Windows 7 while Win 10 is not 
affected. For the affected users there is a workaround but you need 
admin permissions and some knowledge:


- open a Windows console as admin (type in "cmd" in the Windows Start 
field, and right-click on it to run it with admin privileges)

- execute these 2 commands subsequently:
initexmf --admin --update-fndb
and
initexmf --admin --mklinks --force
- close the Windows console
- now start the MiKTeX console
- choose there to restart with admin privileges
- check for updates and if there are any apply them

From my point of view I see no other option than to provide a new LyX 
for Windows installer that repairs broken system by executing these 
commands in the background after LyX was installed. This way users with 
problems can just run the Win installer again and get a working LyX back 
in a minute without the need to know about console commands etc.


@developers: Maybe now you see that the Win installer must do more and 
forcing a MiKTeX update is necessary as you can see in this case. We 
cannot say "not our fault". Yes, LyX is not to blame but what matters is 
if users can use LyX. In my case I wanted to write an urgent letter with 
LyX but could not use it and had to use LibreOffice instead.


regards Uwe

Re: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 29.08.2018 um 03:30 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


I hope this issue will be fixed soon and report back.


Status report: The problem persists. The fix for MiKTeX was already 
released but the main update server of MiKTeX is down. One cannot 
retrieve any update yet, no matter what update server is chosen.


regards Uwe

Re: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

  > I had this problem trying to install MikTeX and LateX on a new Windows computer. I got that message about an unknown procedure entry point. After uninstalling and re-installing several times, I got MikTex to work. Lyx still tells me there is no PDF viewer installed, as I described in another thread.Hi Rick, yes the problem you having is exactly the one I described. So currently there is no workaround than to wait until MiKTeX is fixed.Regards Uwe

WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyX Windows users,

yesterday I noticed a severe bug in the LaTeX system "MiKTeX" that LyX 
is usually using under Windows. The problem is that if you

- upgrade MiKTeX or LyX
or
- install a new LaTeX package
or
- refresh the MiKTeX package database

you will end up in a broken LaTeX with error messages like "unknown 
procedure entry point".


I experimented around for more than 2 hours but could not find a 
workaround once LaTeX is broken. Even a reinstallation of LyX or MiKTeX 
doesn't help since the result are always broken DLLs and I could not 
find a way to prevent this.


Therefore I strongly recommend not to change anything in your LaTeX 
setup nor to compile LyX documents that might use special LaTeX packages 
hat are not yet installed on your PC.

Also don't install another version of LyX or reinstall LyX.

I hope this issue will be fixed soon and report back.

regards Uwe

Re: Official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries

[Matías]

Dear Scott,

Thank you very much for your answer.  I will install and test Lyx 2.3.0.

Best,

Matías

2018-05-11 17:44 GMT+02:00 Scott Kostyshak :

> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:24:41PM +, Matías wrote:
> > To whom it may concern:
>
> Dear Matias,
>
> Thank you for your interest.
>
> > The LyX  2.2.4 and LyX 2.3.0 versions do not have Windows binaries. I
> would
> > like to know if this structure is going to be continued in the following
> > versions.
>
> We are not happy with the current situation and our goal is to provide
> official Windows binaries. Note that there are unofficial binaries
> available that have been made by a LyX developer, that have been tested,
> and that from what I've heard from users work well. The LyX 2.3.0
> installers (both the bundle and the simple installer) need to
> automatically update your MiKTeX installation to the newest MiKTeX
> version (LyX 2.3.0 requires this on Windows). If you are fine with your
> MiKTeX installation being automatically updated during the installation,
> you could consider using these binaries, which have been posted by the
> LyX developer here:
>
>   http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/
>
> > Furthermore, are both the LyX .2.2.3 and 2.3.0 compatible?
>
> LyX 2.3.0 can open files that were saved with LyX 2.2.3, but LyX 2.2.3
> cannot open files that were saved by LyX 2.2.3.
>
> Best,
>
> Scott
>

Re: Official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 03:52:41PM +, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 11/05/2018 à 17:44, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> > LyX 2.3.0 can open files that were saved with LyX 2.2.3, but LyX 2.2.3
> > cannot open files that were saved by LyX 2.2.3.
> 
> The last 2.2.3 should be 2.3.0, of course :)

Yes, thank you.

Scott


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Re: Official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 11/05/2018 à 17:44, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :

LyX 2.3.0 can open files that were saved with LyX 2.2.3, but LyX 2.2.3
cannot open files that were saved by LyX 2.2.3.


The last 2.2.3 should be 2.3.0, of course :)

Note that LyX 2.2.3 and 2.2.4 are completely compatible, but that 2.2.4 
can open files produced by 2.3.0 (with some loss if new features have 
been used, of course).

Re: Official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:24:41PM +, Matías wrote:
> To whom it may concern:

Dear Matias,

Thank you for your interest. 

> The LyX  2.2.4 and LyX 2.3.0 versions do not have Windows binaries. I would
> like to know if this structure is going to be continued in the following
> versions.

We are not happy with the current situation and our goal is to provide
official Windows binaries. Note that there are unofficial binaries
available that have been made by a LyX developer, that have been tested,
and that from what I've heard from users work well. The LyX 2.3.0
installers (both the bundle and the simple installer) need to
automatically update your MiKTeX installation to the newest MiKTeX
version (LyX 2.3.0 requires this on Windows). If you are fine with your
MiKTeX installation being automatically updated during the installation,
you could consider using these binaries, which have been posted by the
LyX developer here:

  http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/

> Furthermore, are both the LyX .2.2.3 and 2.3.0 compatible?

LyX 2.3.0 can open files that were saved with LyX 2.2.3, but LyX 2.2.3
cannot open files that were saved by LyX 2.2.3.

Best,

Scott


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Official LyX 2.3.0 Windows binaries

[Matías]

To whom it may concern:

The LyX  2.2.4 and LyX 2.3.0 versions do not have Windows binaries. I would
like to know if this structure is going to be continued in the following
versions. Furthermore, are both the LyX .2.2.3 and 2.3.0 compatible?
Thank you for your effort, please reply at your earliest convenience.

Matías

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 09:50:30AM -0400, Cris Fuhrman wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:
> 
> > I'm not sure exactly what happens and if there is platform-specific
> > behavior. To see the discussion I was referencing, see:
> >
> > https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9778
> 
> 
> Thanks for the details. Clearly LyX is trying to render SVG without using
> conversion rules. In https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9778#comment:10 a
> work-around to force LyX to use the conversion rules is to remove a library
> file. I tried this on my Windows 10 (it's a DLL) and it breaks the GUI of
> LyX.
> 
> Because SVG is a moving standard (1.1 is last official one and was released
> in 2011, 1.2 is still a draft, Tiny 1.2 exists as a separate standard, 2.x
> is still in draft mode, etc.), LyX users should have more control over how
> SVG is rendered with the tool they prefer. SVG is not like GIF or JPEG
> (yet).
> 
> I see there was already a patch
> https://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/6bd5263405/lyxgit that was supposed to
> make this work. But from my experiences with 2.2.3 in Windows, it doesn't
> seem to be working (anymore).
> 
> Would it be constructive to make a feature request in LyX to allow the
> option of bypassing native SVG rendering?

Enrico proposed a patch for stable that might make it in 2.2.4 [1]. If
you think there's room for improvement, yes please go ahead and make
a separate feature request.

Scott

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Cris Fuhrman]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:

> I'm not sure exactly what happens and if there is platform-specific
> behavior. To see the discussion I was referencing, see:
>
> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9778


Thanks for the details. Clearly LyX is trying to render SVG without using
conversion rules. In https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9778#comment:10 a
work-around to force LyX to use the conversion rules is to remove a library
file. I tried this on my Windows 10 (it's a DLL) and it breaks the GUI of
LyX.

Because SVG is a moving standard (1.1 is last official one and was released
in 2011, 1.2 is still a draft, Tiny 1.2 exists as a separate standard, 2.x
is still in draft mode, etc.), LyX users should have more control over how
SVG is rendered with the tool they prefer. SVG is not like GIF or JPEG
(yet).

I see there was already a patch
https://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/6bd5263405/lyxgit that was supposed to
make this work. But from my experiences with 2.2.3 in Windows, it doesn't
seem to be working (anymore).

Would it be constructive to make a feature request in LyX to allow the
option of bypassing native SVG rendering?

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 04:54:52PM -0400, Cris Fuhrman wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:
> 
> > Qt has
> > problems with some (valid) SVG files and only supports a certain
> > implementation of the SVG fileformat.
> >
> 
> Can you confirm that Qt is overriding the SVG -> PNG conversion in LyX
> 2.2.3? This seems like a bug to me, for reasons that I pointed out here.
> Not the end of the world, but 2.2.3 is a small step back for me if this is
> something new.

I'm not sure exactly what happens and if there is platform-specific
behavior. To see the discussion I was referencing, see:

https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9778

Scott


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Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Cris Fuhrman]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:

> Qt has
> problems with some (valid) SVG files and only supports a certain
> implementation of the SVG fileformat.
>

Can you confirm that Qt is overriding the SVG -> PNG conversion in LyX
2.2.3? This seems like a bug to me, for reasons that I pointed out here.
Not the end of the world, but 2.2.3 is a small step back for me if this is
something new.

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 05:24:42PM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> So apparently there's something "off" about the SVG files that caused LyX to
> spit up the error messages, and maybe there is similarly something different
> about Cris's images.

Or it could be that the SVG files are different SVG versions. Qt has
problems with some (valid) SVG files and only supports a certain
implementation of the SVG fileformat.

Scott

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 06/22/2017 01:55 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

On 06/22/2017 12:13 PM, Cris Fuhrman wrote:


While debugging some issues with SVG converters, I'm a bit confused 
now. I had configured an SVG -> PNG conversion rule in my 
preferences, hoping to control the tool that will visualize my SVG 
images when editing in LyX. Sadly, it seems that LyX is not applying 
the rule anymore. Here's the message log info:


graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (416): Converting it to format.

Format.cpp (393): filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Couldn't find a known format!

Format.cpp (504): will guess format from file extension: svg -> svg

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (386):
[CacheItem::Impl::convertToDisplayFormat]

Attempting to convert image file: C:/REDACTED.svg

with displayed filename: C:/REDACTED.svg

Format.cpp (393): filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Couldn't find a known format!

Format.cpp (504): will guess format from file extension: svg -> svg

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (393):

The file contains svg format data.

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (398): No conversion needed (from
== to)!

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (295): Loading image.

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (301): Image loading succeeded.


I just checked with LyX 2.2.3 on Linux Mint, and the same thing 
happens to me (minus the part about Inkscape, which I do not have 
installed). LyX claims to have the ability to display SVG files 
directly, says it's doing a non-conversion (from == to) and then can't 
convert the file.


I'd be inclined to suspect a missing library, but I have libqt4-svg 
and libqt4-svg:i386 installed, along with a half-dozen other SVG 
libraries. That said, GIMP shows my test file as a blank canvas, and 
the default image viewer will not load it.
Okay, I partially retract what I said. I don't have a lot of SVG files 
lying around, and the first ones I tested (all from the same source) 
generated exactly the same error messages Cris reported.


Just now, though, I tried a few others I tracked down on my drive, 
including some .svgz files provided by LyX (in /usr/share/lyx/images on 
Linux systems) and the only .svg file I could find from LyX 
(/usr/share/lyx/doc/clipart/SVG-Drawing.svg). They all worked fine, as 
did a non-LyX SVG file I found in one of my folders.


So apparently there's something "off" about the SVG files that caused 
LyX to spit up the error messages, and maybe there is similarly 
something different about Cris's images.


Paul

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Kornel Benko]

Am Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2017 um 12:13:26, schrieb Cris Fuhrman 

> Hello,
> 
> While debugging some issues with SVG converters, I'm a bit confused now. I
> had configured an SVG -> PNG conversion rule in my preferences, hoping to
> control the tool that will visualize my SVG images when editing in LyX.
> Sadly, it seems that LyX is not applying the rule anymore. Here's the
> message log info:
> 

To my understanding, we depend on QT to do the convert for us.
For it to work, we have to install the appropriate svg module.
On debian-linuxes the needed packages are:
libqt4-svg (for QT 4.8)
libqt5svg5 (for QT 5.x)
Without this, display of svg-images is not working.
Kornel

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Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 06/22/2017 12:13 PM, Cris Fuhrman wrote:

Hello,

While debugging some issues with SVG converters, I'm a bit confused 
now. I had configured an SVG -> PNG conversion rule in my preferences, 
hoping to control the tool that will visualize my SVG images when 
editing in LyX. Sadly, it seems that LyX is not applying the rule 
anymore. Here's the message log info:


graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (416): Converting it to format.

Format.cpp (393): filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Couldn't find a known format!

Format.cpp (504): will guess format from file extension: svg -> svg

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (386):
[CacheItem::Impl::convertToDisplayFormat]

Attempting to convert image file: C:/REDACTED.svg

with displayed filename: C:/REDACTED.svg

Format.cpp (393): filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Couldn't find a known format!

Format.cpp (504): will guess format from file extension: svg -> svg

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (393):

The file contains svg format data.

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (398): No conversion needed (from
== to)!

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (295): Loading image.

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (301): Image loading succeeded.



Here are my questions:

  * Which tool is converting my SVG to show on the screen if the log
says "No conversion needed"? Are SVG files now somehow "native" to
LyX 2.2.3?
  * Is it not the SVG -> PNG rule I should be overriding?
  * Why is my SVG -> PNG converter (the one I thought should be
executed) being ignored?

The reason I need to do this is that the rendering of flowed (wrapped) 
text in SVG (something I use quite a lot in figures) is very dependent 
on the converter. Inkscape lets me edit pretty well, but I'd been 
having issues with it hanging and so I switched it to rsvg-convert 
while debugging. That tool doesn't quite handle wrapped text so well, 
as it is a controversial (moving target) part of the standard. See 
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#What_about_flowed_text.3F


My SVG -> PDF (pdf2latex) etc. overrides seem to work just fine when I 
test.
I just checked with LyX 2.2.3 on Linux Mint, and the same thing happens 
to me (minus the part about Inkscape, which I do not have installed). 
LyX claims to have the ability to display SVG files directly, says it's 
doing a non-conversion (from == to) and then can't convert the file.


I'd be inclined to suspect a missing library, but I have libqt4-svg and 
libqt4-svg:i386 installed, along with a half-dozen other SVG libraries. 
That said, GIMP shows my test file as a blank canvas, and the default 
image viewer will not load it.


FWIW,
Paul

Re: LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:13:26PM -0400, Cris Fuhrman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> While debugging some issues with SVG converters, I'm a bit confused now. I
> had configured an SVG -> PNG conversion rule in my preferences, hoping to
> control the tool that will visualize my SVG images when editing in LyX.
> Sadly, it seems that LyX is not applying the rule anymore.

Anymore after what? After an upgrade of LyX?

Have you tried using Insert > File > External Materials and choosing
"Inkscape figure"? I wonder if that will work better for your workflow.

Scott

LyX 2.2.3, Windows 10 and showing SVG in the editor

[Cris Fuhrman]

Hello,

While debugging some issues with SVG converters, I'm a bit confused now. I
had configured an SVG -> PNG conversion rule in my preferences, hoping to
control the tool that will visualize my SVG images when editing in LyX.
Sadly, it seems that LyX is not applying the rule anymore. Here's the
message log info:

graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (416): Converting it to format.
>
> Format.cpp (393): filetools(getFormatFromContents)
>
> Couldn't find a known format!
>
> Format.cpp (504): will guess format from file extension: svg -> svg
>
> graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (386):
> [CacheItem::Impl::convertToDisplayFormat]
>
> Attempting to convert image file: C:/REDACTED.svg
>
> with displayed filename: C:/REDACTED.svg
>
> Format.cpp (393): filetools(getFormatFromContents)
>
> Couldn't find a known format!
>
> Format.cpp (504): will guess format from file extension: svg -> svg
>
> graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (393):
>
> The file contains svg format data.
>
> graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (398): No conversion needed (from == to)!
>
> graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (295): Loading image.
>
> graphics/GraphicsCacheItem.cpp (301): Image loading succeeded.
>
>
>
Here are my questions:

   - Which tool is converting my SVG to show on the screen if the log says
   "No conversion needed"? Are SVG files now somehow "native" to LyX 2.2.3?
   - Is it not the SVG -> PNG rule I should be overriding?
   - Why is my SVG -> PNG converter (the one I thought should be executed)
   being ignored?

The reason I need to do this is that the rendering of flowed (wrapped) text
in SVG (something I use quite a lot in figures) is very dependent on the
converter. Inkscape lets me edit pretty well, but I'd been having issues
with it hanging and so I switched it to rsvg-convert while debugging. That
tool doesn't quite handle wrapped text so well, as it is a controversial
(moving target) part of the standard. See
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#What_about_flowed_text.3F

My SVG -> PDF (pdf2latex) etc. overrides seem to work just fine when I
test.

Re: Lyx on Windows 10 phone

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 05:36:51PM +0200, Littra wrote:
> Hi, has anyone been able to install Lyx on a Windows 10 mobile phone, i.e.
> incl. MikTeX etc.? If not, what is the best LaTeX editor on either Windows
> 10 or Android mobile phones? Thanks, Marco Weber

I've heard of users having success with:

  https://www.rollapp.com/app/lyx

If you try it and have a positive experience, we'd be curious to know.

Scott


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2017-03-30 18:07 GMT+02:00 CarLaTeX <carlatex...@gmail.com>:

> 2017-03-30 17:36 GMT+02:00 Littra <a...@littra.com>:
>
>> Hi, has anyone been able to install Lyx on a Windows 10 mobile phone,
>> i.e. incl. MikTeX etc.? If not, what is the best LaTeX editor on either
>> Windows 10 or Android mobile phones? Thanks, Marco Weber
>>
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> I use Verbosus (https://www.verbosus.com/latex.html) on Android, it's
> good, you've only to install the app. Unfortunately, the free version has
> the limitation of only 4 project at one time.
>
> Otherwise you can use directly Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/) or
> ShareLaTeX (https://it.sharelatex.com/project).
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Re: Lyx on Windows 10 phone

[CarLaTeX]

2017-03-30 17:36 GMT+02:00 Littra <a...@littra.com>:

> Hi, has anyone been able to install Lyx on a Windows 10 mobile phone, i.e.
> incl. MikTeX etc.? If not, what is the best LaTeX editor on either Windows
> 10 or Android mobile phones? Thanks, Marco Weber
>
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I use Verbosus (https://www.verbosus.com/latex.html) on Android, it's good,
you've only to install the app. Unfortunately, the free version has the
limitation of only 4 project at one time.

Otherwise you can use directly Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/) or
ShareLaTeX (https://it.sharelatex.com/project).

For other solutions, see this post on TeX.SE:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/83114/full-latex-on-tablet-devices.

Bye!
Carla

Lyx on Windows 10 phone

[Littra]

Hi, has anyone been able to install Lyx on a Windows 10 mobile phone, i.e.
incl. MikTeX etc.? If not, what is the best LaTeX editor on either Windows
10 or Android mobile phones? Thanks, Marco Weber

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Re: Problem with Lyx 2.2.0 Windows Install

[Thomas LaBone]

I uninstalled Miktex and Lyx and reinstalled both from the beginning. 
Everything works fine now.



On 5/30/2016 6:58 AM, Thomas LaBone wrote:

Greetings,

I installed Lyx 2.2.0 on a Windows 10 machine and everything worked 
perfectly out of the box. On my 64-bit Windows 7 machine I got an 
error during the installation "platex.exe - entry point not found" 
which is displayed again when I try to reconfigure Lyx (which fails). 
Basic documents compile properly but anything with knitr fails with a 
"Lyx can not convert file" error. Any ideas on how to fix this?


Tom

Problem with Lyx 2.2.0 Windows Install

[Thomas LaBone]

Greetings,

I installed Lyx 2.2.0 on a Windows 10 machine and everything worked 
perfectly out of the box. On my 64-bit Windows 7 machine I got an error 
during the installation "platex.exe - entry point not found" which is 
displayed again when I try to reconfigure Lyx (which fails). Basic 
documents compile properly but anything with knitr fails with a "Lyx can 
not convert file" error. Any ideas on how to fix this?


Tom

Re: Documentation for compiling LyX on Windows?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 01:37:28PM -0500, PhilipPirrip wrote:
> On 02/25/2016 09:28 AM, Samer Afach wrote:
> >Hello everyone:
> >
> >Is there any documentation at all for how to compile LyX on Windows? I
> >was able to compile LyX on Linux myself, but on Windows, it wasn't clear
> >and I couldn't find any documentation about it.
> 
> Hi Samer,
> If I remember correctly, these instructions worked pretty well for me
> http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/INSTALL.Win32
> 
> (they are for Visual C++ 2010, some people reported problems with newer
> versions I think)

Hi Samer,

If you get stuck, please let us know. We would love it if more people
were able to compile and test on Windows. There are some developers
around here that would be able to help you if you post the exact
commands you're running and which errors you see.

We only have a couple of developers who use Windows, so the more people
we have compiling on more platforms, the better.

Scott


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Re: Documentation for compiling LyX on Windows?

[PhilipPirrip]

On 02/25/2016 09:28 AM, Samer Afach wrote:

Hello everyone:

Is there any documentation at all for how to compile LyX on Windows? I
was able to compile LyX on Linux myself, but on Windows, it wasn't clear
and I couldn't find any documentation about it.


Hi Samer,
If I remember correctly, these instructions worked pretty well for me 
http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/INSTALL.Win32


(they are for Visual C++ 2010, some people reported problems with newer 
versions I think)

Documentation for compiling LyX on Windows?

[Samer Afach]

  
  
Hello everyone:

Is there any documentation at all for how to compile LyX on Windows?
I was able to compile LyX on Linux myself, but on Windows, it wasn't
clear and I couldn't find any documentation about it.

Thank you.

Best,
Samer Afach
  

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

[Benedict Holland]

You get the privilege of giving money to Microsoft. Also, I think it
prevents that really annoying pop-up saying THIS MIGHT BE UNSAFE RUN RUN
RUN~ OR YOUR COMPUTER WILL CRASH AND DIE HORRIBLY. NEVER TRUST
ANYTHING NOT VERIFIED BY US. Do you wish to install the application anyway?

AFAIK, this is the only benefit. Certification isn't too hard though, but
it costs about $1,000 every 2 years or something for a verisign licence.
This was all about 5 years ago. It might have changed but at work, we
refereed to this as the Microsoft tax.

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com
wrote:

 On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:05:07 + (UTC)
 Kevin Jones kevinpjon...@outlook.com wrote:

  I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
  Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?
 

 What would be the benefit of LyX 2.1.3 being certified on Windows 10?

 SteveT

 Steve Litt
 July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
 http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

[Benedict Holland]

You get the privilege of giving money to Microsoft. Also, I think it
prevents that really annoying pop-up saying THIS MIGHT BE UNSAFE RUN RUN
RUN~ OR YOUR COMPUTER WILL CRASH AND DIE HORRIBLY. NEVER TRUST
ANYTHING NOT VERIFIED BY US. Do you wish to install the application anyway?

AFAIK, this is the only benefit. Certification isn't too hard though, but
it costs about $1,000 every 2 years or something for a verisign licence.
This was all about 5 years ago. It might have changed but at work, we
refereed to this as the Microsoft tax.

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:05:07 + (UTC)
> Kevin Jones <kevinpjon...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> > I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
> > Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?
> >
>
> What would be the benefit of LyX 2.1.3 being "certified" on Windows 10?
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
> July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21
>

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

[Anders Ekberg]

I don't know about certified, but I installed and it seems to work fine under 
windows 10 (didn't do any massive testing though).

All the best!
Anders

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Den 9 aug 2015 20:10, kI 20:10, Kevin Jones kevinpjon...@outlook.com skrev:
I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?

Lyx and Windows 10

[Kevin Jones]

I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:05:07 + (UTC)
Kevin Jones kevinpjon...@outlook.com wrote:

 I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
 Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?
 

What would be the benefit of LyX 2.1.3 being certified on Windows 10?

SteveT

Steve Litt 
July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21

Lyx and Windows 10

[Kevin Jones]

I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

[Anders Ekberg]

I don't know about certified, but I installed and it seems to work fine under 
windows 10 (didn't do any massive testing though).

All the best!
Anders

Skickat från TypeMail



Den 9 aug 2015 20:10, kI 20:10, Kevin Jones <kevinpjon...@outlook.com> skrev:
>I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
>Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?

Re: Lyx and Windows 10

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:05:07 + (UTC)
Kevin Jones <kevinpjon...@outlook.com> wrote:

> I had a Lyx 2.1.3 installation on Windows 8.1. I have now upgraded to
> Windows 10 - is Lyx 2.1.3 certified on Windows 10?
> 

What would be the benefit of LyX 2.1.3 being "certified" on Windows 10?

SteveT

Steve Litt 
July 2015 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.1.4 Windows Binaries

[Richard Heck]

Windows binaries for LyX 2.1.4 are now available for download.





Public release of LyX version 2.1.4
===

We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.4.  This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.

Please note that, at this time, there are no binaries for Windows. These
will be released when some issues with the bundled LaTeX distribution
have been fixed.

LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based
on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
released under a Free and Open Source Software license.

You can download LyX 2.1.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.

LyX 2.1.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version
even more reliable and stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made
a number of improvements. Many of these were minor, but there were a
few crashes we fixed, too. We strongly encourage all LyX users to upgrade
to this version.

If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.1.4, please open a bug report at
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it
really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel
at lists.lyx.org) and ask.

If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
documentation that comes with LyX and the LyX wiki, which lives at
http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX
users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.1.4.

The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org



What's new
==

** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- New support for PDF forms.

- New method to view PDF files if Acrobat Reader is used as PDF viewer:
  Clicking the view button will also update the PDF view.
  (Windows-only, bug 9512).

- Add low-resolution PDF export format (needs an installed ghostscript).

- Add possibility via the layout file to prevent LyX from loading inputenc.

- Add Sweave and knitr importers (bug 8734).

- Correctly save files created from the command line (bug 9544).


* USER INTERFACE

- The icons for Standard, Itemize and Enumerate layouts are now
  toggled properly (bug 9463).

- support for the math commands  \lvert, \rvert, \lVert, and \rVert (bug 
3538).


- Fix some missing symbols in math completer.

- Fix the profile script used on cygwin to comply with the latest cygwin/X
  X server which, by default, does not anymore listen to tcp connections.

- Add a Do not show again checkbox to the warning that is issued when the
  LaTeX class/packages are missing for a given layout (bug 9420).

- Fix display of limits for some math operators provided by stmaryrd.sty
  (bug 9458).

- Allow using icon names other than lfun's as argument for info-insert 
icon.


- Add icons for the Fonts math panel.

- Split different indices in the outliner (bug 7012).

- Clarify the function of Tools  Preferences  Look  Feel  Save Documents
  Compressed by Default (bug 7822).

- Update instant previews when modifying the screen zoom factor (bug 8258).


* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- New example file PDF-form.lyx describing the new support for PDF forms.

- New Brazilian Portuguese translation of the LyX user interface 
localization.


- New French and German translation of the MultilingualCaptions example 
file.


- New French translation of the PDF-comment example file.

- New German translation of the FeynmanDiagrams example file.

- Updated Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Slovak 
and Swedish

  user interface localization.


* BUILD/INSTALLATION

- Allow automake 1.15.

- Use symlinks for duplicated dictionaries and thesauri when creating the
  package on Mac OS X.


** Bug fixes:
*

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Update path of included files when saving a document to a different
  location (bugs 9528, 5115).

- Fix LaTeX errors caused by too late loading of fixltx2e package
  (bugs 9452, 9361).

- Fix loading order of amsmath and amsthm, thereby prevent a LaTeX
  error (bug 7233).

- Do not output \protect unnecessarily before \caption (bug 9177).

- Do not output \protect unnecessarily in subfigure contents (bug 9421).

- Do \protect phantoms in fragile environments (such as captions)
  (bug 9456).

- Fix LaTeX error with font sizes in caption (bug 9470).

- Fix wrong listings preamble encoding (bug 9382).

- Fix reversion of beamer description overlay arguments.

- Fix loading of bicaption package (bug 9449).

- Use local babel language switch in fixed width cells in order to prevent
  unwanted whitespace (bug 9455).

- Mark the \lightning symbol as textmode such that it can be inserted in
  a text mode environment without being enclosed in \ensuremath by LyX.

- Take into account compressed documents when creating a LyX archive.

- Fix test for urwclassico font (bug 9576).

- Fix issues with instant preview and math macros (bugs 6369 and 9354).

- Fix instant preview for the Math manual (bug 9508

[ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.1.4 Windows Binaries

[Richard Heck]

Windows binaries for LyX 2.1.4 are now available for download.





Public release of LyX version 2.1.4
===

We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.4.  This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.

Please note that, at this time, there are no binaries for Windows. These
will be released when some issues with the bundled LaTeX distribution
have been fixed.

LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based
on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
released under a Free and Open Source Software license.

You can download LyX 2.1.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.

LyX 2.1.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version
even more reliable and stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made
a number of improvements. Many of these were minor, but there were a
few crashes we fixed, too. We strongly encourage all LyX users to upgrade
to this version.

If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.1.4, please open a bug report at
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it
really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel
 lists.lyx.org) and ask.

If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
documentation that comes with LyX and the LyX wiki, which lives at
http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX
users' list (lyx-users  lists.lyx.org).

We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.1.4.

The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org



What's new
==

** Updates:
***

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- New support for PDF forms.

- New method to view PDF files if Acrobat Reader is used as PDF viewer:
  Clicking the view button will also update the PDF view.
  (Windows-only, bug 9512).

- Add low-resolution PDF export format (needs an installed ghostscript).

- Add possibility via the layout file to prevent LyX from loading inputenc.

- Add Sweave and knitr importers (bug 8734).

- Correctly save files created from the command line (bug 9544).


* USER INTERFACE

- The icons for Standard, Itemize and Enumerate layouts are now
  toggled properly (bug 9463).

- support for the math commands  \lvert, \rvert, \lVert, and \rVert (bug 
3538).


- Fix some missing symbols in math completer.

- Fix the profile script used on cygwin to comply with the latest cygwin/X
  X server which, by default, does not anymore listen to tcp connections.

- Add a "Do not show again" checkbox to the warning that is issued when the
  LaTeX class/packages are missing for a given layout (bug 9420).

- Fix display of limits for some math operators provided by stmaryrd.sty
  (bug 9458).

- Allow using icon names other than lfun's as argument for "info-insert 
icon".


- Add icons for the "Fonts" math panel.

- Split different indices in the outliner (bug 7012).

- Clarify the function of Tools > Preferences > Look & Feel > Save Documents
  Compressed by Default (bug 7822).

- Update instant previews when modifying the screen zoom factor (bug 8258).


* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- New example file "PDF-form.lyx" describing the new support for PDF forms.

- New Brazilian Portuguese translation of the LyX user interface 
localization.


- New French and German translation of the MultilingualCaptions example 
file.


- New French translation of the PDF-comment example file.

- New German translation of the FeynmanDiagrams example file.

- Updated Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Slovak 
and Swedish

  user interface localization.


* BUILD/INSTALLATION

- Allow automake 1.15.

- Use symlinks for duplicated dictionaries and thesauri when creating the
  package on Mac OS X.


** Bug fixes:
*

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Update path of included files when saving a document to a different
  location (bugs 9528, 5115).

- Fix LaTeX errors caused by too late loading of fixltx2e package
  (bugs 9452, 9361).

- Fix loading order of amsmath and amsthm, thereby prevent a LaTeX
  error (bug 7233).

- Do not output \protect unnecessarily before \caption (bug 9177).

- Do not output \protect unnecessarily in subfigure contents (bug 9421).

- Do \protect phantoms in fragile environments (such as captions)
  (bug 9456).

- Fix LaTeX error with font sizes in caption (bug 9470).

- Fix wrong listings preamble encoding (bug 9382).

- Fix reversion of beamer description overlay arguments.

- Fix loading of bicaption package (bug 9449).

- Use local babel language switch in fixed width cells in order to prevent
  unwanted whitespace (bug 9455).

- Mark the \lightning symbol as textmode such that it can be inserted in
  a text mode environment without being enclosed in \ensuremath by LyX.

- Take into account compressed documents when creating a LyX archive.

- Fix test for urwclassico font (bug 9576).

- Fix issues with instant preview and math macros (bugs 6369 and 9

Lyx on Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server

[Frithjof Merten]

Hello,

just one simple question: 
Are there known problems using Lyx on Windows 2008 R2 Terminal-Server-
Environments?
The wiki says nothing about using Lyx on Windows Terminal Servers.

Thanks.

Lyx on Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server

[Frithjof Merten]

Hello,

just one simple question: 
Are there known problems using Lyx on Windows 2008 R2 Terminal-Server-
Environments?
The wiki says nothing about using Lyx on Windows Terminal Servers.

Thanks.

Lyx on Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server

[Frithjof Merten]

Hello,

just one simple question: 
Are there known problems using Lyx on Windows 2008 R2 Terminal-Server-
Environments?
The wiki says nothing about using Lyx on Windows Terminal Servers.

Thanks.

Re: lyx for Windows 8

[Richard Heck]

On 01/28/2014 09:58 AM, Roberto Campagnola wrote:

Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?


We have not heard about any problems. Normal bugs, but nothing unsafe.

rh

lyx for Windows 8

[Roberto Campagnola]

Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?
thanks

Re: lyx for Windows 8

[John Kane]

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19t=23095




On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:02:53 AM, Roberto Campagnola 
r.campagn...@gmail.com wrote:
 
Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?
thanks

Re: lyx for Windows 8

[Richard Heck]

On 01/28/2014 09:58 AM, Roberto Campagnola wrote:

Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?


We have not heard about any problems. Normal bugs, but nothing unsafe.

rh

lyx for Windows 8

[Roberto Campagnola]

Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?
thanks

Re: lyx for Windows 8

[John Kane]

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19t=23095




On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:02:53 AM, Roberto Campagnola 
r.campagn...@gmail.com wrote:
 
Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?
thanks

Re: lyx for Windows 8

[Richard Heck]

On 01/28/2014 09:58 AM, Roberto Campagnola wrote:

Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?


We have not heard about any problems. Normal bugs, but nothing unsafe.

rh

lyx for Windows 8

[Roberto Campagnola]

Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?
thanks

Re: lyx for Windows 8

[John Kane]

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19=23095




On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:02:53 AM, Roberto Campagnola 
<r.campagn...@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Dear lyx developers,
does lyx works with Windows 8, can I download it safely?
thanks

lyx in windows

[palmxintreo]

Hello

I just download the 2.0.6 windows binary installation file, but after 
installation, i found lyx.exe could not run with some command options, such 
like lyx.exe -e pdf2 xxx.lyx, but lyx.exe  -userdir  run as in linux.


Any one has same problem?

Regards

palmxin

lyx in windows

[palmxintreo]

Hello

I just download the 2.0.6 windows binary installation file, but after 
installation, i found lyx.exe could not run with some command options, such 
like lyx.exe -e pdf2 xxx.lyx, but lyx.exe  -userdir  run as in linux.


Any one has same problem?

Regards

palmxin

lyx in windows

[palmxintreo]

Hello

I just download the 2.0.6 windows binary installation file, but after 
installation, i found lyx.exe could not run with some command options, such 
like "lyx.exe -e pdf2 xxx.lyx", but "lyx.exe  -userdir " run as in linux.


Any one has same problem?

Regards

palmxin

Re: attachment of the error for LYX on windows 7

[Richard Heck]

On 06/07/2013 03:34 PM, Y.A. Sharif wrote:

Dear Rubin and  Jacob
I am attaching here the snapshots of my lyx path and error messages.
Looking forward for your kind reply.


The configure log should be in your LyX user directory. Go to HelpAbout 
LyX to find out where that is.


Richard

Re: attachment of the error for LYX on windows 7

[Richard Heck]

On 06/07/2013 03:34 PM, Y.A. Sharif wrote:

Dear Rubin and  Jacob
I am attaching here the snapshots of my lyx path and error messages.
Looking forward for your kind reply.


The configure log should be in your LyX user directory. Go to HelpAbout 
LyX to find out where that is.


Richard

Re: attachment of the error for LYX on windows 7

[Richard Heck]

On 06/07/2013 03:34 PM, Y.A. Sharif wrote:

Dear Rubin and  Jacob
I am attaching here the snapshots of my lyx path and error messages.
Looking forward for your kind reply.


The configure log should be in your LyX user directory. Go to Help>About 
LyX to find out where that is.


Richard

Lyx under Windows 8?

[Holger Stenius]

Hello. Does anyone know whether Lyx works under windows 8?

Lyx under Windows 8?

[Holger Stenius]

Hello. Does anyone know whether Lyx works under windows 8?

Lyx under Windows 8?

[Holger Stenius]

Hello. Does anyone know whether Lyx works under windows 8?

Re: Lyx on Windows: pdf problem

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Marc Wijnand marc.wijn...@ugent.be wrote:
 Hello

 A colleague of mine installed Lyx on Windows. The pdfs that he produces seem
 to be bitmap images, rather then the desired vector format. How could he fix
 this problem?

This is a font problem. If a vector font is installed, he can change
to it in Document Settings:

Try:
Document  Settings  Fonts  Roman  Latin Modern Roman

Scott

Re: Lyx on Windows: pdf problem

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 11.03.2013 23:06, schrieb Marc Wijnand:


OK. Thank you.


For further info, have a look at section 3.7 Fonts and Text Styles of the LyX 
UserGuide.

regards Uwe

Re: Lyx on Windows: pdf problem

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Marc Wijnand marc.wijn...@ugent.be wrote:
 Hello

 A colleague of mine installed Lyx on Windows. The pdfs that he produces seem
 to be bitmap images, rather then the desired vector format. How could he fix
 this problem?

This is a font problem. If a vector font is installed, he can change
to it in Document Settings:

Try:
Document  Settings  Fonts  Roman  Latin Modern Roman

Scott

Re: Lyx on Windows: pdf problem

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 11.03.2013 23:06, schrieb Marc Wijnand:


OK. Thank you.


For further info, have a look at section 3.7 Fonts and Text Styles of the LyX 
UserGuide.

regards Uwe

Re: Lyx on Windows: pdf problem

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Marc Wijnand <marc.wijn...@ugent.be> wrote:
> Hello
>
> A colleague of mine installed Lyx on Windows. The pdfs that he produces seem
> to be bitmap images, rather then the desired vector format. How could he fix
> this problem?

This is a font problem. If a vector font is installed, he can change
to it in Document Settings:

Try:
Document > Settings > Fonts > Roman > Latin Modern Roman

Scott

Re: Lyx on Windows: pdf problem

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 11.03.2013 23:06, schrieb Marc Wijnand:


OK. Thank you.


For further info, have a look at section "3.7 Fonts and Text Styles" of the LyX 
UserGuide.

regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 27.06.2012 20:37, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

Am 27.06.2012 11:27, schrieb Rick Blok:


When I start the installer, it complains that lyx is already installed, and
that I should remove it first. However, since I don't have admin rights, I
can't do that.


But this means that LyX was once installed with admin permissions. There is no 
other way to
uninstall it without admin privileges in this case.


I think I now know why you got this: LyX was first installed as admin and later on again without 
admin privileges. This is now no longer possible in the new installer version:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/

Have you in the meantime been able to uninstall LyX? If not try this:

1. uninstall LyX as admin
2. remove in the registry all occurrences of LyX
3. login as user without admin privileges
4. check if you can find a lyx.exe on your PC, if so, delete the whole Lyx 
installation folder
5. remove again in the registry all occurrences of LyX (this time you will clean up residues in the 
user-specific area of the registry)


regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 27.06.2012 20:37, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

Am 27.06.2012 11:27, schrieb Rick Blok:


When I start the installer, it complains that lyx is already installed, and
that I should remove it first. However, since I don't have admin rights, I
can't do that.


But this means that LyX was once installed with admin permissions. There is no 
other way to
uninstall it without admin privileges in this case.


I think I now know why you got this: LyX was first installed as admin and later on again without 
admin privileges. This is now no longer possible in the new installer version:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/

Have you in the meantime been able to uninstall LyX? If not try this:

1. uninstall LyX as admin
2. remove in the registry all occurrences of LyX
3. login as user without admin privileges
4. check if you can find a lyx.exe on your PC, if so, delete the whole Lyx 
installation folder
5. remove again in the registry all occurrences of LyX (this time you will clean up residues in the 
user-specific area of the registry)


regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 27.06.2012 20:37, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

Am 27.06.2012 11:27, schrieb Rick Blok:


When I start the installer, it complains that lyx is already installed, and
that I should remove it first. However, since I don't have admin rights, I
can't do that.


But this means that LyX was once installed with admin permissions. There is no 
other way to
uninstall it without admin privileges in this case.


I think I now know why you got this: LyX was first installed as admin and later on again without 
admin privileges. This is now no longer possible in the new installer version:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/

Have you in the meantime been able to uninstall LyX? If not try this:

1. uninstall LyX as admin
2. remove in the registry all occurrences of LyX
3. login as user without admin privileges
4. check if you can find a "lyx.exe" on your PC, if so, delete the whole Lyx 
installation folder
5. remove again in the registry all occurrences of LyX (this time you will clean up residues in the 
user-specific area of the registry)


regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 27.06.2012 11:27, schrieb Rick Blok:


When I start the installer, it complains that lyx is already installed, and
that I should remove it first. However, since I don't have admin rights, I
can't do that.


But this means that LyX was once installed with admin permissions. There is no other way to 
uninstall it without admin privileges in this case.


If LyX was installed without admin permissions you can also uninstall without 
them.


Is there any file that I can remove such that the installer
let me install again?


No because as in your case LyX was installed as admin, the registry settings are in HKLM and they 
cannot be modified by normal users.


regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 27.06.2012 11:27, schrieb Rick Blok:


When I start the installer, it complains that lyx is already installed, and
that I should remove it first. However, since I don't have admin rights, I
can't do that.


But this means that LyX was once installed with admin permissions. There is no other way to 
uninstall it without admin privileges in this case.


If LyX was installed without admin permissions you can also uninstall without 
them.


Is there any file that I can remove such that the installer
let me install again?


No because as in your case LyX was installed as admin, the registry settings are in HKLM and they 
cannot be modified by normal users.


regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 27.06.2012 11:27, schrieb Rick Blok:


When I start the installer, it complains that lyx is already installed, and
that I should remove it first. However, since I don't have admin rights, I
can't do that.


But this means that LyX was once installed with admin permissions. There is no other way to 
uninstall it without admin privileges in this case.


If LyX was installed without admin permissions you can also uninstall without 
them.


Is there any file that I can remove such that the installer
let me install again?


No because as in your case LyX was installed as admin, the registry settings are in HKLM and they 
cannot be modified by normal users.


regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 06.06.2012 11:04, schrieb Rick Blok - LR:


I've just checked the computer were I don't have admin rights, and I don't see 
perl.exe in the bin folder, and I also don't have a lib-folder.


Not good. However in the meantime it is possible to install LyX without admin privileges. I also 
fixed several bugs in the installer. Could you please give it again a try:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.4/

thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.06.2012 11:56, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


Btw, what problems are there with Imagemagick when lyx is installed without 
admin rights?


Because it requires registry settings in HKLM. After discussing this with the 
ImAgemagick
developers, they changs it but I haven't found the time to test and implement 
this yet.


This is now fixed in ImageMagick and so the installer supports installing 
without admin privileges:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.4/

regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 06.06.2012 11:04, schrieb Rick Blok - LR:


I've just checked the computer were I don't have admin rights, and I don't see 
perl.exe in the bin folder, and I also don't have a lib-folder.


Not good. However in the meantime it is possible to install LyX without admin privileges. I also 
fixed several bugs in the installer. Could you please give it again a try:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.4/

thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.06.2012 11:56, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


Btw, what problems are there with Imagemagick when lyx is installed without 
admin rights?


Because it requires registry settings in HKLM. After discussing this with the 
ImAgemagick
developers, they changs it but I haven't found the time to test and implement 
this yet.


This is now fixed in ImageMagick and so the installer supports installing 
without admin privileges:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.4/

regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 06.06.2012 11:04, schrieb Rick Blok - LR:


I've just checked the computer were I don't have admin rights, and I don't see 
perl.exe in the bin folder, and I also don't have a lib-folder.


Not good. However in the meantime it is possible to install LyX without admin privileges. I also 
fixed several bugs in the installer. Could you please give it again a try:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.4/

thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.06.2012 11:56, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


Btw, what problems are there with Imagemagick when lyx is installed without 
admin rights?


Because it requires registry settings in HKLM. After discussing this with the 
ImAgemagick
developers, they changs it but I haven't found the time to test and implement 
this yet.


This is now fixed in ImageMagick and so the installer supports installing 
without admin privileges:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.4/

regards Uwe

RE: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Rick Blok - LR]

I've attached my test file.

Btw, what problems are there with Imagemagick when lyx is installed without 
admin rights? The installer says that it can't install it, but it is in my lyx 
folder? I installed lyx 203 w/o admin rights and I haven't got any problems 
with image conversion. However, with this installer I have.

Kind regards,
Rick Blok

-Original Message-
From: Uwe Stöhr [mailto:uwesto...@web.de] 
Sent: vrijdag 8 juni 2012 3:20
To: rickb...@gmail.com
Cc: Rick Blok - LR; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

Am 06.06.2012 08:42, schrieb rickb...@gmail.com:

 If still not working, could you give me a list of new files you see 
 in
 MiKTeX's
 bin folder

 No. I noticed that files were changed because I had the explorer 
 window open but it happened so fast I couldn't see which ones. The 
 newest date modified is of January, and newest date created of march. 
 But I've attached a list with all folder contents.

Thanks. It shows that the perl interpreter is no in place - this worked at 
least.

  but when I compile a document with multiple   indexes, I see only my text 
  and no indexes.

As the Perl interpreter is there, it can be that I need to deliver more of its 
plugins. To find this out, can you please send me your LyX test file?

 and do you have a older named ~\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\lib which
 contains the subfolders Exporter, File, Getopt, IO and warnings?

 Yes, that I have. In my program files folder though, not in my home folder.

This is correct.

Note that the installer is not yet ready to be used without admin priviledges. 
There are still many open issues but I'm currently working on this.

thanks and regards
Uwe


nieuwbestand1.lyx
Description: nieuwbestand1.lyx

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.06.2012 10:34, schrieb Rick Blok - LR:


I've attached my test file.


Thanks. This file works fine here, so strange that it doesn't for you.


Btw, what problems are there with Imagemagick when lyx is installed without 
admin rights?


Because it requires registry settings in HKLM. After discussing this with the ImAgemagick 
developers, they changs it but I haven't found the time to test and implement this yet.



The installer says that it can't install it, but it is in my lyx folder?


Because as user you cannot write to HKLM in the registry.


I installed lyx 203 w/o admin rights and I haven't got any problems with image 
conversion.


This is because we used a self-compiled ImageMagick which doesn't require keys in HKLM. But this is 
no proper solution, because we would then not always up to date with the latest IM version. Moreover 
we should not fork programs if there are tiny problems but try to encourage the developers to fix this.
Check what version of IM you have in your 2.0.3 and what in the testing 2.0.4 and you see that yours 
is outdated (contains even security issues).



However, with this installer I have.


Give me some time.

regards Uwe

Re: testers needed for LyX\'s Windows installer

[Juha Meriluoto]

On 8.6.2012 11:34, Rick Blok - LR wrote:
 I've attached my test file.
 
 Btw, what problems are there with Imagemagick when lyx is installed without 
 admin rights? The installer says that it can't install it, but it is in my 
 lyx folder? I installed lyx 203 w/o admin rights and I haven't got any 
 problems with image conversion. However, with this installer I have.
 
 Kind regards,
 Rick Blok
 
I just made a quick try with your test file.  Seems to be working all
right here.  I have Window$ XP SP3 and MikTeX 2.9 installed with admin
rights.

 - Juha