X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=645cee217e8e514f61a556fa7c8a97848fc03922;hb=148f2d648c8b43fd61120dca45a825b5b0ce4e91;hp=2658c62b4008baaac935aee4f2a044b1df757849;hpb=002d8c107a460b1d6010327e8efb6cc976c67b3a;p=lyx.git diff --git a/README b/README index 2658c62b40..645cee217e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -25,17 +25,22 @@ What is LyX? What do I need to run LyX? - Either of : + Either: * a Unix-like system (including Windows with cygwin) * Windows 2000 or newer - * Mac OS 10.2 or newer + * Mac OS 10.4 or newer A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. TeX Live for Linux, MikTeX for - Windows). - Python 2.3 or later to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts - (note that you need at least Python 2.3.4 for exporting LyX files + Windows). + + Python 2.3 or later to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts. + Note 1: Python 2.3.4 or later is required for exporting LyX files to a pre-unicode format, as previous versions are affected by a bug - about the normalization of unicode strings) + about the normalization of unicode strings. + Note 2: Python 2.4.0 or later is required for the clean_dvi.py script, + which, however, is only used on Windows, where at least Python 2.6.0 + is anyway recommended. + Note 3: Python 3.0 or later is not supported. How does the LyX version scheme work? @@ -91,8 +96,8 @@ What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution? gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.6.0, you need at least gcc 3.2.x. - * The Qt4 library, at least version 4.2.0. For all features - newer versions (e.g. Qt 4.5) are recommended. + * The Qt4 library, at least version 4.2.2. For all features + newer versions (e.g. Qt 4.6) are recommended. Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.