LyX for Win32
Below you can download an experimental version of LyX for Win32, based on version 1.3.3. It’s
rather complete. There is also another (older) port at Claus
Hentschel’s page. Claus’ port needs a lot of extra stuff (X-Server, cygwin)
installed, which is the reason I started a genuine win32 port. This port here
uses Qt 2.3.0 non-commercial for windows.
For LyX to work, you’ll need:
MikTeX properly installed.
These fonts
installed in the windows fonts directory. (Some symbols like sum are shown too
high up, this is a bug in Qt-2.3.0)
Optionally, for graphics conversion you’ll need:
ImageMagick. The convert
executable needs to be in your path.
Spellchecking works, if you put the dictionaries in the right place
(lyx/lib/aspell and lyx/share/aspell). See http://aspell.net/win32/
for further info. You only need the dictionaries, the aspell executable is
useless for LyX.
As an example, here are the English dictionary files: lyx_aspell_dict_en.rar. Follow the directory
structure in this file. (Extract with WinRAR)
No need for fiddling with the speller setting in Preferences; aspell is
always used.
When lyx is run from a shortcut or terminal windows with –dbg 3, you’ll
see some nice debugging info.
Updates:
17-4-2003 Fixed graphics path bug. Added English dictionaries.
27-2-2003 Included stripped down version of Python and Perl. Included
docs. Fixed preferences and tables bug.
7-1-2003 Added libmmd.dll to the archive.
16-1-2003 Fixed a bug and added mathed icons
Known bugs:
-Screen updates too often; visible when browsing menus. Bug in Qt-2.3.0.
-Some scripts don’t work yet, supposed to work are: reLyX, lyx2lyx,
graphics conversion.
-Equal sign sometimes doesn’t show in math mode. Change
Preferences->Look and Feel->Screen Fonts->Zoom. Don’t ask!
Installation:
Just extract & go. Place it in a regularly named directory like
C:\Proggies, not in Program Files! No spaces allowed in pathnames….
Download:
lyx-1.3.3-win32.ex (rename to
lyx-1.3.3-win32.exe.)
(my provider doesn’t like large files….and .exe files)
Patches & extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some
extra header files & MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Support:
None. However, I’d appreciate any comments.