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This is meant to eventually become (or seed) some kind of introduction to the code for the Windows installer. It'll probably end up being a text (or .lyx) file in the repository.

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1. Installer source code
2. Binaries - J's code

1. Installer source code

There are currently two codes. They will be merged:

2. Binaries - J's code

lyx.exe: A wrapper application that is used to start the real LyX application (lyxc.exe). The source code for this is in LyxJoostInst:../../launcher/launcher.nsi
lyxc.exe: The LyX application. The source code is the real source code for LyX. The 'c' in the name stands for 'console' according to Joost.
pdfview.exe: An application for launching the PDF viewer on the system. This application is needed to work around a bug in Adobe Reader. This application uses pdfopen/pdfclose. (What are those? /C) The source for this application is LyxJoostInst:../../pdfview/pdfview.nsi If you are using GSView, this isn't needed because it doesn't lock files. This appliacation works both with View PDF and Update PDF.

Category: Development, Windows installer