From lyx-users Sun Feb 08 16:27:53 2009 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christian_Ridderstr=F6m?= Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:27:53 +0000 To: lyx-users Subject: Re: Strategies for Writing Co-operation with Non-LyX Users? Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=lyx-users&m=123411050816042 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="---310244551-1916543417-1234110473=:21421" ---310244551-1916543417-1234110473=:21421 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, typhoon@aanet.com.au wrote: >> I wasn't clear enough... I was actually thinking of Windows users, and >> that they'd be able to run LyX from the CD, but still inside Windows >> and not by booting into eg Knoppix. >> >> Using a virtual machine might be an idea, but then you have the problem >> of how the user will access the .lyx-file from inside the VM. > > And the whole thing has to be dead simple. We are mainly talking about > Word users, and nothing can be assumed about their computer skills. It > would be even nicer to have the whole thing on a USB stick. A USB stick is even better than a CD. Then the directory .lyx/ can stay on the USB stick. I just bought a 4GB stick for about 10 EUR, so it's not exactly pricey either... /Christian -- Christian Ridderström Mobile: +46-70 687 39 44 ---310244551-1916543417-1234110473=:21421--