Dear All,
I think the idea to make a bundle LyX installer is very interesting
for people who start working with LyX. I know many people who will
I was thinking to create a set of files to download to create a
this is really works package. (for localised users)
I think this should be
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2005 23:32 schrieb Mike Meyer:
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo
Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
The last question is that whether or not the developers are required,
or willing, to please these 'ignorant' windows users
It doesn't matter whether or not they are willing -
Dear All,
>> I think the idea to make a bundle LyX installer is very interesting
>> for people who start working with LyX. I know many people who will
I was thinking to create a set of files to download to create a
"this is really works" package. (for localised users)
I think this should be
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2005 23:32 schrieb Mike Meyer:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo
Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> > The last question is that whether or not the developers are required,
> > or willing, to please these 'ignorant' windows users
>
> It doesn't matter whether or not they are
Bo Peng wrote:
So, at least there is no license issue that prevents us from bundling
everything into a single lyx distribution.
I download all these things once, when I first install LyX. Why would I
want to download them again when I upgrade LyX? I'm likely to tweak MikTeX
and the Aspell
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 11:54:50 AM, Angus wrote:
AL Bo Peng wrote:
So, at least there is no license issue that prevents us from bundling
everything into a single lyx distribution.
AL I download all these things once, when I first install LyX. Why would I
AL want to download them again when
Joachim Krieg wrote:
AL In case you hadn't noticed, I think that this is just a bad
AL idea and a waste of time.
Hi,
I'm only a small user of LyX. I follow the discussions of this
mailinglist because I'm very interested in the development status of
LyX.
I think the idea to make a bundle
Joachim Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 11:54:50 AM, Angus wrote:
AL Bo Peng wrote:
So, at least there is no license issue that prevents us from bundling
everything into a single lyx distribution.
AL I download all these things once, when I first install
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
Joachim Krieg wrote:
I think the idea to make a bundle LyX installer is very interesting
for people who start working with LyX. I know many people who will
never try out LyX because installing it is very difficult for them.
IMHO
Luis Rivera wrote:
Perhaps it's easier to do something like the protext distribution for
MiKTeX. Basically, you set up a pdf file with installation instructions
and hyperlinks, pointing to the places you need to go to download
whatever you need. See http://tug.org/protext/
Now THIS is a great
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 12:21:04PM +0200, Joachim Krieg wrote:
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 11:54:50 AM, Angus wrote:
AL In case you hadn't noticed, I think that this is just a bad idea and a
AL waste of time.
I think the idea to make a bundle LyX installer is very interesting
for people
Dear all,
There are some fundamental differences between Linux and windows.
Roughly speaking, Linux is consist of many small tools that are
designed to work with each other and windows is consist of large
independent applications. That is why, under Linux, we have stdin,
stdout, hundreds of
Bo Peng wrote:
Although the developers may disagree, I am 100% sure windows users
will welcome a bundle version of lyx. (This does not have to conflict
with an upgrade version with only lyx). I can set up a poll in
lyx-user list if this is still in doubt.
Hi, Bo.
Have you had a look at
Angus Leeming wrote:
Luis Rivera wrote:
Perhaps it's easier to do something like the protext distribution for
MiKTeX. Basically, you set up a pdf file with installation instructions
and hyperlinks, pointing to the places you need to go to download
whatever you need. See http://tug.org/protext/
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
The last question is that whether or not the developers are required,
or willing, to please these 'ignorant' windows users
It doesn't matter whether or not they are willing - they are neither
required nor necessary.
Most of the tools
Have you had a look at Luis's suggestion that we have a look at
http://tug.org/protext/
I think that is a more complicated case where uses have more than one
choices. And more importantly, users need to know what these
components are and how to use them. However, I do not think lyx users
need
So, if you want such a distribution, you should feel free to create
it.
I personally do not *want* such a distribution since I am a linux
user. I was trying to tell lyx developers that current windows
installer is not good enough to attract windows users and suggest that
they make the
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
I personally do not *want* such a distribution since I am a linux
user. I was trying to tell lyx developers that current windows
installer is not good enough to attract windows users and suggest that
they make the installation process
Why do you think we have to wait? Aren't all those things GPLed? If
so, they can be bundled along with everything else. It just makes the
bundlge bigger.
Among these components, convert.exe, aspell.exe are small. Python is
known to be easily incorporated in any program (there are instructions
Bo Peng wrote:
> So, at least there is no license issue that prevents us from bundling
> everything into a single lyx distribution.
I download all these things once, when I first install LyX. Why would I
want to download them again when I upgrade LyX? I'm likely to tweak MikTeX
and the Aspell
Saturday, October 8, 2005, 11:54:50 AM, Angus wrote:
AL> Bo Peng wrote:
>> So, at least there is no license issue that prevents us from bundling
>> everything into a single lyx distribution.
AL> I download all these things once, when I first install LyX. Why would I
AL> want to download them
Joachim Krieg wrote:
> AL> In case you hadn't noticed, I think that this is just a bad
> AL> idea and a waste of time.
>
> Hi,
> I'm only a small user of LyX. I follow the discussions of this
> mailinglist because I'm very interested in the development status of
> LyX.
> I think the idea to make
Joachim Krieg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Saturday, October 8, 2005, 11:54:50 AM, Angus wrote:
>
> AL> Bo Peng wrote:
> >> So, at least there is no license issue that prevents us from bundling
> >> everything into a single lyx distribution.
>
> AL> I download all these things once, when I
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> Joachim Krieg wrote:
> > I think the idea to make a bundle LyX installer is very interesting
> > for people who start working with LyX. I know many people who will
> > never try out LyX because installing it is very difficult for
Luis Rivera wrote:
> Perhaps it's easier to do something like the protext distribution for
> MiKTeX. Basically, you set up a pdf file with installation instructions
> and hyperlinks, pointing to the places you need to go to download
> whatever you need. See http://tug.org/protext/
Now THIS is a
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 12:21:04PM +0200, Joachim Krieg wrote:
> Saturday, October 8, 2005, 11:54:50 AM, Angus wrote:
>
> AL> In case you hadn't noticed, I think that this is just a bad idea and a
> AL> waste of time.
>
> I think the idea to make a bundle LyX installer is very interesting
> for
Dear all,
There are some fundamental differences between Linux and windows.
Roughly speaking, Linux is consist of many small tools that are
designed to work with each other and windows is consist of large
independent applications. That is why, under Linux, we have stdin,
stdout, hundreds of
Bo Peng wrote:
> Although the developers may disagree, I am 100% sure windows users
> will welcome a bundle version of lyx. (This does not have to conflict
> with an upgrade version with only lyx). I can set up a poll in
> lyx-user list if this is still in doubt.
Hi, Bo.
Have you had a look at
Angus Leeming wrote:
Luis Rivera wrote:
Perhaps it's easier to do something like the protext distribution for
MiKTeX. Basically, you set up a pdf file with installation instructions
and hyperlinks, pointing to the places you need to go to download
whatever you need. See http://tug.org/protext/
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> The last question is that whether or not the developers are required,
> or willing, to please these 'ignorant' windows users
It doesn't matter whether or not they are willing - they are neither
required nor necessary.
Most of the
> Have you had a look at Luis's suggestion that we have a look at
> http://tug.org/protext/
I think that is a more complicated case where uses have more than one
choices. And more importantly, users need to know what these
components are and how to use them. However, I do not think lyx users
need
> So, if you want such a distribution, you should feel free to create
> it.
I personally do not *want* such a distribution since I am a linux
user. I was trying to tell lyx developers that current windows
installer is not good enough to attract windows users and suggest that
they make the
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> I personally do not *want* such a distribution since I am a linux
> user. I was trying to tell lyx developers that current windows
> installer is not good enough to attract windows users and suggest that
> they make the installation
> Why do you think we have to wait? Aren't all those things GPLed? If
> so, they can be bundled along with everything else. It just makes the
> bundlge bigger.
Among these components, convert.exe, aspell.exe are small. Python is
known to be easily incorporated in any program (there are
Just checked a few sites:
Miktex: http://www.miktex.org/faq/general.html#license
The MiKTeX distribution is a conglomerate of many software packages.
To the best of our knowledge, all packages meet the requirements of
the Debian Free Software Guidelines. This means that MiKTeX may be
freely
Just checked a few sites:
Miktex: http://www.miktex.org/faq/general.html#license
The MiKTeX distribution is a conglomerate of many software packages.
To the best of our knowledge, all packages meet the requirements of
the Debian Free Software Guidelines. This means that MiKTeX may be
freely
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