[eLyXer-users] Re: Loading eLyXer as a module

[Uwe Stöhr]

Alex Fernandez schrieb:

> On the lyx-devel mailing list we read that the version of Python
> included in the Windows installer cannot use eLyXer as a module:
>   http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg155134.html
> Just to clarify: what exactly is the problem? The Windows installer
> cannot install eLyXer as a module, because it lacks the capability; or
> is it that it cannot load the module? Does running:
>   > python -m elyxer --help
> work, once eLyXer is installed as a module (using the full version)?

My first problem is to install it as module. How do I do this?

> On Linux, the installation amounts to copying elyxer.py in a suitable
> location, e.g. /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/.

In case the user have already installed Python, I can install elyxer.py to that location. But when 
the user updates his Python installation elyxer.py gets erased. I fear that the users won't be aware 
that a Python update affects LyX. (For example at work the admins automatically update Python and 
the Python packages they are aware of, but of course not other ones like eLyXer.)
I therefore strictly divide the installation location of Python and its 
files/modules.

regards Uwe