diff --git a/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx b/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx index cf448fd979..40b4866e06 100644 --- a/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx +++ b/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -#LyX 1.6.0beta3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ -\lyxformat 335 +#LyX 1.6svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ +\lyxformat 338 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass article @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ \font_osf false \font_sf_scale 100 \font_tt_scale 100 + \graphics default \paperfontsize default \spacing single @@ -361,15 +362,20 @@ Does LyX run on my computer? \end_layout \begin_layout Standard -At this time, you need to have the X Window system to run LyX. - OS/2 and Win32 ports exist, but you need to have an Xserver installed and - running on these systems. - LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion - others): +LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion others): \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize -Linux: RedHat 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, SUSE 5.x, Mandrake 7.0, 7.2 +Linux distributions: Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Fedora, Ubuntu, etc +\end_layout + +\begin_layout Itemize +Microsoft Window NT, 2000, XP, Vista (Windows 95/98/Me editions are not + supported) +\end_layout + +\begin_layout Itemize +MacOSX (starting from 10.1) \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize @@ -397,9 +403,10 @@ How much hard disk space does LyX need? \end_layout \begin_layout Standard -On my system, the LyX binary consumes 2.0 MB of disk space, while the supporting - files occupy another 12.6 MB (9.1 MB of which is consumed by the docs! You - can delete the languages you don't care about to save some space). +Binary size depends on the system, the LyX binary consumes 13 MB of disk + space on Windows, while the supporting files occupy another 25 MB (17 MB + of which is consumed by the docs! You can delete the languages you don't + care about to save some space). Of course, you do need to have something like teTeX installed which consumes a mere 115 MB, as well as ghostscript, which is another 10 MB! \end_layout @@ -410,29 +417,9 @@ Is LyX really Open Source? \begin_layout Standard Yes. - The freely available X toolkit that LyX uses, xforms, was until recently - closed source. - Also the other toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary product - of Troll Tech, is used in its open source variant. - The LyX source itself is available under the GPL, so it qualifies. - -\end_layout - -\begin_layout Standard -Version 1.0 of xforms is available under the LGPL and its sources (and binaries) - can be found from -\begin_inset Flex URL -status collapsed - -\begin_layout Plain Layout - -http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz -\end_layout - -\end_inset - -, which however requires some tinkering to get running. - Qt tends to come with your distribution. + The freely available GUI toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary + product of Troll Tech, is used in its open source GPL variant. + The LyX source itself is also available under the GPL, so it qualifies. \end_layout \begin_layout Section @@ -801,12 +788,12 @@ LyX source code: lyx-1.x.x.tar.gz \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize -XForms library: xforms-0.88 or higher (using the latest version available - is recommended) +Qt library: Qt-4.2.0 or higher (using the latest version available is recommended) \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize -A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher +A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher on Linux, + MikTeX on Window \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize @@ -815,7 +802,7 @@ A PostScript® interpreter: ghostscript 7.0 or higher \begin_layout Itemize A modern C++ compiler. - If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 2.95.2. + If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 3.2.0. \end_layout \begin_layout Subsection @@ -847,8 +834,8 @@ I hate compiling. \begin_layout Standard Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries for a variety of Linux systems, perhaps others as well. - The LyX binaries are available as RPMS and a few other formats and may - be obtained from + The LyX binaries are available as RPMS, Windows and Mac installers, plus + a few other formats and may be obtained from \begin_inset Flex URL status collapsed