On 09/10/2018 09:43 AM, Daniel wrote: > On 10/09/2018 15:37, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 09/10/2018 04:26 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 09/09/2018 23:26, Steve Litt wrote: >>>> On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:05:36 -0400 >>>> Richard Kimberly Heck <rikih...@lyx.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 09/08/2018 09:15 PM, Peter Taylor wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have upgraded MiKTeX relatively recently – I don’t want to >>>>>> upgrade >>>>>> again if I don’t have to upgrade – so please could you update your >>>>>> webpage which says: >>>>>> >>>>>> (start quote) >>>>>> >>>>>> Due to a bug in MiKTeX, installation of LyX 2.3.0 can sometimes >>>>>> cause the MiKTeX installation to be corrupted. (See >>>>>> https://github.com/MiKTeX/miktex/issues/82.) If you run into >>>>>> problems, the solution will be to uninstall MiKTeX and then >>>>>> re-install. >>>>>> >>>>>> We highly recommend that MiKTeX users update to the latest version >>>>>> *before* installing LyX 2.3.0. If you have any questions about how >>>>>> to update MiKTeX, you can email lyx-users@lists.lyx.org for help. >>>>>> (You do not need to be subscribed to the mailing list to do so, but >>>>>> you may wish to do that anyway. See this page >>>>>> <https://www.lyx.org/MailingLists#toc2> for information on >>>>>> subscribing.) >>>>>> >>>>>> (end quote) >>>>>> >>>>>> This information does not mention specific versions – just says >>>>>> “latest version of MiKTeX”. My MiKTeX console window tells me it is >>>>>> version 2.9.6751. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am actually using another TeX editor which works fine for me >>>>>> but I >>>>>> want to collaborate with a colleague and I heard that LyX might be >>>>>> an easier editor for him to use on shared documents. Before doing >>>>>> that I want to check that LyX is something I can recommend to him. >>>>>> >>>>>> However seeing this message on your website has made me >>>>>> reluctant to >>>>>> try out LyX in case my MiKTeX installation gets corrupted. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There is currently some major bug in MiKTeX that is preventing any >>>>> kind of update. You might want to wait a little bit before doing >>>>> anything. >>>>> >>>>> Frankly, this is the second catastrophic bug in MiKTeX this year. I >>>>> myself have been workigng hard to disentangle LyX from MiKTeX and >>>>> make >>>>> it easier to use with TeX Live, which is a LOT more stable. >>>>> >>>>> Riki >>>> >>>> As far as I know, my LyX has been working perfectly, with TeXLive, for >>>> many years. Why would someone choose MiKTeX? >>> >>> Maybe because it installs and updates packages as needed/desired. >> >> https://ctan.org/pkg/texliveonfly?lang=en >> >> Riki > > Does this work on Windows? The readme only states that > > "The script was written on Ubuntu and should (hopefully) be compatible > with linux distributions."
It's a Python script, so I would suppose it would be portable, or easily made portable. Riki
