On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 02:47:28AM +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Am 03.01.2016 um 17:15 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:
> 
> >I don't understand how installers work for 32-bit vs 64-bit. Normally
> >does our Windows installer contain both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries?
> 
> It contains only a 32bit version. Only with MSVC 2013 or never it is
> possible to compile LyX as 64bit application. But due to our problem with
> std::basic_istringstream (http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9892) Only MSVC
> 2010 can be used, or MinGW. Qt for MinGW is only available for 32bit. It
> needs some hacks to get a 64bit lyX binary with MinGW nevertheless:
> https://wiki.qt.io/MinGW-64-bit

Thanks for this summary. I understand the situation much better now.

Scott

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