On May 25, 2011, at 3:04 AM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: > There is a much smaller package that can be installed that has all the TeX > files required by LyX. See here:http://www.tug.org/mactex/morepackages.html > > Indeed there is ... but the Mac pages on the LyX wiki only mention the full > MacTeX distribution and then take the user straight to the download > directory. If the wiki link used http://www.tug.org/mactex/ instead then > prospective users would be alerted to the choice from the very beginning.
On the MacTeX home page http://www.tug.org/mactex/ there is a clear reference to "smaller packages." I did a bit of exploring of TeX, LaTeX, and LaTeX front ends before deciding what I wanted to do -- all of probably a couple hours max. A good idea when getting into something as complex and fundamental to your future work as LyX/LaTeX/TeX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net
