- it turned out that the hack to install a stripped-down Perl directly to MiKTEX is not only error-prone, requires admin permission but that it is also not safe because MiKTeX changes the folder structure from time to time. With the new solution Perl is installed directly for LyX like we do for ImageMagick, Python etc.
- for pdfcrop support there is a bug in pdfcriop that the requirement is hardcoded to Ghostscript 32bit - I contacted the pdfcrop author to fix this
- the installer will now recognize an already installed 64bit MiKTeX
- the installer will still install 32bit MiKTeX for new installations because biblatex does not yet work with 64bit MiKTeX
LyX 2.0.x supports currently 147 LaTeX-packages. When LyX is first installed on a PC it took therefore about 10 minutes to install all supported and required packages. With the new installation method the installation speed only depends on the Internet speed and lasts with an average bandwidth now only 3.5 minutes.
(chkconfig.ltx asks LaTeX for each package separately and after each package installation the file name database of LaTeX was rebuild. And that cost a lot of time/CPU power)
- LaTeX.nsh: assure that if MiKTeX is installed for all users also the missing packages will be installed during the configuration for all users
- configure.nsh: run configure.py twice to assure that really all missing packages are checked/installed
- LaTeX.nsh: fix bug that installer stopped working if LyX was installed the first time on a computer
- init.nsh:
- fix failing installation of Slovakian spellcheck dictionary
- expand list of available dictionaries as requested by users
- dictionaries.nsh: prevent case that the installer could run an infinite loop if the installation of dictionaries was interrupted
- settings.nsh: use a HTTP repository for MiKTeX instead of FTP because many companies deny FTP access by default in their firewalls
This is already done by the program pdfview every time it is called. This additionally fixes the bug that viewing PDF files could fail if Acrobat was not the default PDF viewer of the system while LyX was installed, but became later the default PDF viewer.
- avoid doubled semicolon in LaTeX editor path list
- correct path to the JabRef installation folder in LyX's PATH
- updated to JabRef 2.8.1
- rename the installer executables from LyX-205-x-Bundle.exe
- fix uninstallation of Metafile2EPS pinter
- fix un/installation of JabRef if the bundle version is executed without admin privileges
- some whitespace fixes
- dictionaries.nsh: code documentation and simplification
- lyx.nsi: comment out currently unused code
- init.nsh: some corrections and fix bug that info that JabRef and MiKTeX were installed together with LyX was deleted before the uninstaller was really run
- LaTeX.nsh: documentation and fix a bug (for an unknown reason SHCTX can be used to read and delte but not to write in the registry)
- gui.nsh: enable descriptions
- detection: move dictionary code to dictionaries
- detection.nsh:
- fixed detection of the LaTeX source file editors
- removed support for obsolete LaTeX source file editors
- init.nsh:
- don't allow to install an older LyX version over a newer one
- support dictionaries for new languages that will be supported by LyX 2.1
- remove registry entries of current LyX version when installing a newer version over it
- remove the error-prone method of finding dictionaries by renaming some
- add new dictionaries for future LyX 2.1 (more to come)
- update and correct some dictionary sizes
- fix detection of the possible 64bit programs jedit, Gimp, GhostScript and GSview
- remove detection of old Vim version
- settings.nsh: update to LyX 2.0.5
- thesaurus.nsh:
- don't download already existing dictionaries when installing over an existing LyX installation
- the list of available dictionaries is 120
- detection:
- detect existing dictionaries
- fix detection of Gimp and Photoshop
- init.nsh: detect existing dictionaries and modify the list of available dictionaries accordingly in the installer sections
- the proposed install folder is now "LyX 2.0" as discussed
- promote our wiki and also our website (as almost all other programs do as well and which is quite helpful)
- uninstall.nsh: don't uninstall the user preferences by default
- configure.nsh:
- set also the .lyx file association when the user is not admin
- fix the path in which the LyX start menu shortcut is executed
- fix bundle installer so that MiKTeX is installed before LyX
- fix some ImageMagick settings
- cleanups and visual feedback for new installations
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@40533 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
- fix 2 uninstaller issues
- remove support for AFPL Ghostscript (license clash)
- only install Ghostscript if not already installed
- in case there are several Ghostscript installations, use the newest one
- remove an unused variable
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@39582 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
- accept compound words is Aspell-only and thus not needed
- we use pdfview to show PDF files but this is only necessary if Acrobat or Adobe Reader is used
- update to latest MiKTeX version
- ImageMagick requires registry settings
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@39372 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
- get rid if GSview (this will not be bundled)
- get rid of now unnecessary setting of PDF file format settings via lyxrc.dist
- fix deletion of LyX's preferences folder when the user selected this option in the uninstaller
- some fixes for the standard installer (that doesn't have the JabRef installation section)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@38991 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
* updates for new dependencies packages
* use NSISdl plug-in for downloads
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@37719 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
* remove old text in uninstaller
* remove language selection in installer (now integrated in LyX prefs)
* updates for MSVC 2010
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@37714 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
* setting for compilation on Vista
* select random SourceForge mirror
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@25190 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
* Add option to bundle required ImageMagick/Ghostscript files without the need to modify registry keys that belong to the original applications. This allows for full support for installation by limited users, gives different users the possibility to have a different setup of all LyX tools and reduces download size. The necessary files will be included in the dependency package.
* Python, ImageMagick and Ghostscript will now all be compiled using the same MSVC compiler and can use the same C runtimes. This reduces the installer size.
* Compile Python files during installation to improve performance. Limited users may not have access to the installation folders so the files cannot be compiled afterwards.
* Only the settings that typically need to be changed for LyX releases are now in settings.nsh.
* Rename launcher executable to LyXLauncher.exe to match the alternative installer.
* Minor fixes and cleanup.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@24574 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
* use nsDialogs instead of InstallOptions for custom wizard pages, faster & easier to customize
* upgrade to Modern UI 2
* use MultiUser.nsh to support multiple installation modes (all users / current user) in a much more simple way
* use LangFile.nsh for the language files, again less scripting required
* simplified installer structure
* more meaningful variable names
* more comments
* minor fixes
git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@24062 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
