Downloads and installs LyX for windows — install.LyX • installr

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of LyX for Windows.

install.LyX(
  page_with_download_url = "http://www.lyx.org/Download",
  new_installation,
  ...
)

Arguments

page_with_download_url	the URL of the LyX download page.
new_installation	boolean. TRUE means we should make a new installation of LyX. FALSE means to update an existing installation. Missing - prompts the user to decide.
...	extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Value

TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

Details

LyX is an advanced open source document processor running on Linux/Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. It is called a "document processor", because unlike standard word processors, LyX encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance.#' LyX lets you concentrate on writing, leaving details of visual layout to the software. LyX automates formatting according to predefined rule sets, yielding consistency throughout even the most complex documents. LyX produces high quality, professional output - using LaTeX, an open source, industrial strength typesetting engine, in the background.

References

LyX homepage: http://www.lyx.org/

Examples

if (FALSE) {
install.LyX() # installs the latest version of LyX
}