--- On Sun, 6/27/10, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Liviu Andronic <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Lyx on Windows without admin privileges (2010) > To: "Jim Rockford" <[email protected]> > Cc: "lyx-users" <[email protected]> > Received: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 1:28 PM > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Jim > Rockford <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This issue has come up in older threads, and I was > curious to know where it > > stands today. As a long-time lyx user, I am in the > unfortunate position of > > being in a Windoze-only (XP) environment without > administrator privileges. > > Can anyone offer some insight as to whether I could > expect a smooth-running > > lyx experience with Lyx and MikTex installed to a > directory of choice for > > just a plain old ordinary Windoze user? Does Aspell > still require > > installation to the C:\ directory? > > > One possibility is to use a Linux LiveCD that contains > LaTeX and LyX > (for example Knoppix, but look on the wiki). You might also > want to > investigate using the Cygwin version of LyX in combination > with a > portable Cygwin Live CD. > Liviu > You might also want to have a look at LyTex http://code.google.com/p/lytex/ which installs quite nicely onto a USB stick.
