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================================================================ LyX/Cygwin
README for Cygwin by Ruurd Reitsma (R.A.Reitsma@wbmt.tudelft.nl) Ruurd Reitsma <R.A.Reitsma@wbmt.tudelft.nl>
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LyX has been ported to Win32 using the Cygwin environement. The port There are two ways to run LyX on Windows:
consists of a few small tweaks to deal with DOS-style pathnames, so * as a native Windows application, using the Qt/Win Free clone of
LyX can use Win32 TeX distros like fptex and MiKTeX. There's also a Trolltech's cross-platform Qt toolkit.
cygwin TeTeX port, but the native Win32 ports have a definite speed * as a POSIX application running under the Cygwin environment.
advantage. Besides that, nothing fancy.
This README describes what is needed for the latter of these two
options. Please refer to README.Win32 if you'd like to run LyX
as a native Windows application.
The Cygwin port consists of a few small tweaks to the original
Unix sources to deal with DOS-style pathnames, so that LyX can use
Win32 TeX distros like fptex and MiKTeX. There's also a cygwin TeTeX port,
but the native Win32 ports have a definite speed advantage. Besides that,
nothing fancy.
The prerequisites are (obviously?): The prerequisites are (obviously?):
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by hand. Be sure to include -lregex, because cygwin's builtin regex is by hand. Be sure to include -lregex, because cygwin's builtin regex is
sortof weird (filedialogs will turn up empty...) sortof weird (filedialogs will turn up empty...)
If you want to run lyx with no console windows open, there's a small If you want to run LyX with no console windows open, there's a small
program in development/Win32 that will set the proper environment vars program in development/Win32 that will set the proper environment vars
and start lyx. and start LyX.
Compile with: Compile with: