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Ken Brown writes:
> 
> I don't use lyx (though I use tex extensively), so maybe there's 
> something I don't understand.  But is it really necessary for Cygwin's 
> lyx to support a native Windows tex?

Necessary? No. Useful? Yes.

> Wouldn't it be more reasonable for 
> users of a native Windows tex to use a native Windows lyx?

Until recently, the only Cygwin TeX engine was teTeX, which does not
support XeTeX. If you wanted a Cygwin version of lyx, you could not
have used XeTeX, unless you used MikTeX, for example.

-- 
Enrico




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