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Description
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This is the readme of the variant "complete" of the LyXWinInstaller. Please read
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this file carefully to prevent troubles with the installer.
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The LyXWinInstaller installs a complete LaTeX-environment together with the
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wordprocessor "LyX" (www.lyx.org) and needed programs on Windows 2000/XP/XPx64.
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! Win95, Win98, and WinME are NOT supported. !
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Prerequisites
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To use the installer you need administrator privileges.
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An open internet connection is recommended as several LaTeX-packages and
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spellchecker dictionaris can than be downloaded and installed automatically.
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It is not essential but would be an advantage if you have the PDF-viewer
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"Adobe Reader" installed before running the installer.
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If you want to use a LaTeX-distribution from a network drive or a live-CD/DVD
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then use the installer version "small".
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Installed Applications
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The variant "complete" of the LyXWinInstaller analyses your system and installs,
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if needed, a fully functional version of:
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- MiKTeX, a LaTeX-distribution
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- Aspell, a spellchecker
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- Ghostscript, an interpreter for Postscript and PDF
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- ImageMagick, an image converter
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- (optional) GSview, a viewer for Postscript and PDF-documents
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- (optional) JabRef, an editor for BibTeX database files
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ImageMagick and Ghostscript won't appear in the list of the installed programs
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in Window's system control because they are installed in a special version to
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use them with LyX. But if you decide to install another version of the programs
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you can do this without problems and without uninstalling LyX.
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If you want to install GSview manually later you can do this without a new
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installation of Ghostscript.
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After the Installation
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To view/edit external files like images LyX uses the default program set in the registry
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for a file extension. This installer checks for many programs so that you only need to type
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the name of their executables in LyX's preferences to change this.
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For example the default viewer for PNG-images on Windows is "Paint". To change it to Gimp,
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set "gimp-2.2" as viewer/editor for the PNG file format in LyX's preferences.
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Known Problems
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You can't install LyX to a folder that has accents or umlauts in its name.
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If you use LyX with a computer user account that has accents or umlauts in its name,
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change LyX's paths in the menu Edit -> Preferences so that they don't contain accents
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and restart LyX.
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The live-variant of TeX-Live don't work together with LyX due to incompatible Ghostscript
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and dv2dt/dt2dv versions.
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TeX-Live will only work together with LyX when it is installed without Ghostscript.
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The Uninstaller
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LyXWinInstall's uninstaller uninstalls LyX. Aspell, Ghostscript, GSview, ImageMagick, JabRef,
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and MiKTeX are only uninstalled when they were installed together with LyX. You can uninstall
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Aspell, GSview, JabRef, and MiKTeX also separately via Window's Software menu in the system
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control.
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Internationalization
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The installer language string files can be found in the subfolder
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"lyx_languages" of the sourcecode package:
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https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117
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If you want to help the project you can translate them or create a new language
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string file based on the file "english.nsh".
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Please send the modified files as patch to
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http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?group_id=5117
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or to
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uwestoehr<at>web.de.
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License
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The scripts of the LyXWinInstaller are released under the GNU General Public
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License (GPL). A package with the sourcecode can be found
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in the section "LyxWinInstallerSource" of
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http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117
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The license files of all used pgrograms can be found in the subdirectory "bin"
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of LyX's installation folder.
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