ar.po: update from Hatim

[lyx.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 17592e1a2717878cb4b5d7e12d315300effee8f0..cc056ef924fc13ad474d79d26a2341af71dec5af 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ These four steps will compile, test and install LyX:
           distribution).
 
        1) ./configure configures LyX according to your system. You
           distribution).
 
        1) ./configure configures LyX according to your system. You

-          may have to set --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
-          (for example, "--with-qt4-dir=/usr/share/qt4/") if the
+          may have to set --with-qt-dir=<path-to-your-qt-installation>
+          (for example, "--with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt4/") if the

           environment variable QTDIR is not set and pkg-config is not
           available.
 
           environment variable QTDIR is not set and pkg-config is not
           available.
 


@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ Note for Git checkouts
 -----------------------------
 
 If you have checked this out from Git, you need to have:
 -----------------------------
 
 If you have checked this out from Git, you need to have:

-* automake >= 1.8
-* autoconf >= 2.59d
-* gettext >= 0.16.1
+* automake (supported versions are 1.8--1.15)
+* autoconf (supported versions are 2.60--2.69)

 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration
 files and proceed as stated above/below.
 
 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration
 files and proceed as stated above/below.
 


@@ -55,10 +54,11 @@ LyX makes great use of the C++ Standard Template Library (STL).
 This means that gcc users will have to install the relevant libstdc++
 library to be able to compile this version of LyX.
 
 This means that gcc users will have to install the relevant libstdc++
 library to be able to compile this version of LyX.
 

-For full LyX usability we suggest to use at least Qt 4.8 which has been
-widely tested. For compilation you need to compile against at least
-Qt 4.5.0. The only special point to make is that you must ensure that both
-LyX and the Qt libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler.
+For full LyX usability we suggest to use Qt 4.x and at least Qt 4.8 which 
+has been widely tested. For compilation you need to compile against at
+least Qt 4.5.0 and at Windows we advise at highest Qt 4.8.4. The only
+special point to make is that you must ensure that both LyX and the 
+Qt libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler.

 
 To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to
 install at least one of the development packages of the spell checker
 
 To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to
 install at least one of the development packages of the spell checker


@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ libraries. See the RELEASE-NOTES for details.
 
 * Other things to note
 
 
 * Other things to note
 

-If you make modifications to files in src/ (for example by applying a
-patch), you will need to have the GNU gettext package installed, due
-to some dependencies in the makefiles. You can get the latest version
-from:
+If you make modifications to the source that affect any of the
+translations or you change the translation files themselves (po/*.po)
+files, you will need to have the GNU gettext package installed to 
+compile LyX with up-to-date translations (at least gettext version
+0.16.1 is needed). You can get the latest version from:

        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
 
 The two following programs should be available at configuration time:
        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
 
 The two following programs should be available at configuration time:


@@ -79,11 +80,11 @@ The two following programs should be available at configuration time:
     as. Otherwise, LyX will not be able to run a number of tests. Note
     that users can run these tests manually with Tools>Reconfigure.
 
     as. Otherwise, LyX will not be able to run a number of tests. Note
     that users can run these tests manually with Tools>Reconfigure.
 

-  o Python 2.4 or newer must be installed. Python is used for many
-    simple tasks that are executed by external scripts, such as the
-    automatic configuration step and the import of older LyX documents
-    with the lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when
-    opening a file). Python 3.0 or later is not supported.
+  o Python 2.7 must be installed. Python is used for many simple tasks
+    that are executed by external scripts, such as the automatic
+    configuration step and the import of older LyX documents with the
+    lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when opening a
+    file). Python 3 (3.3 or later) support is work in progress.

 
 
 Creating the Makefile
 
 
 Creating the Makefile


@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ you want the object files and executables to go and run the
 `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the source
 code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
 
 `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the source
 code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
 

-If you have to use a `make' that does not supports the `VPATH'
+If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'

 variable, you have to compile LyX for one architecture at a time in
 the source code directory.  After you have installed LyX for one
 architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
 variable, you have to compile LyX for one architecture at a time in
 the source code directory.  After you have installed LyX for one
 architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another