X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=de437f7f66dbb12c1cec74ff73a3f65b97aa2048;hb=f0833aa7748a78b5c5f1afe40f25ed6bafe27cd6;hp=8f43ac426aa28fdc113514c9d3c3568983ff1414;hpb=0cdf8ec74a0fc69579a1361b7604c638a1050547;p=lyx.git diff --git a/README b/README index 8f43ac426a..de437f7f66 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ What do I need to run LyX? * Mac OS 10.2 or newer A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. TeX Live for Linux, MikTeX for - Windows). + 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 + 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. How does the LyX version scheme work?