As discussed with Vincent I added 3 new features:
* LyX can now also be installed over an existing installation of the same LyX version if the users really wants this.
(A message box appears recommending not to do so for test releases and when there are problems with an existing installation of the same release.)
* LyX can now also be installed if the uninstaller executable of a former LyX was accidentally deleted.
(That this case was not handled was more a bug. Thanks Vicent for the pointer.)
* If a user set MiKTeX's automatic package installation to "No" the installer will.
(As discussed with Vincent, if a user has disabled this MiKTeX feature he most probably know the consequences. So respect his decision.)
respect that and not re-enable it.
I would be happy if anybody can spend a translation of the changed installer message.
- known problem: if LyX 2.0.x is installed and you install 2.1rc1, the .lyx file associations will not be updated but if LyX 2.1 is installed on a new PC the file associations work (work is in progress)
- 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
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.
- 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
- 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
* 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
