Any Windows users test Beta 5 yet?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 04:21:00AM +0300, Udicoudco wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 3:38 AM Andrew Parsloe <ajparsloe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 12/09/2023 9:01 am, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > 2.4.0 Beta 5 was recently released (available here: http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/).
> > >
> > > Have any Windows users tested it yet? If so, has it gone smoothly?
> 
> Works great on my laptop.
> 
> > > Also, can you remind me: the beta 5 installs in parallel to your 2.3.x
> > > release right? So you can still use 2.3.x after installing it? Which one
> > > is default? For example, if you double-click to open a .lyx file, does
> > > it open with 2.3.x or with the newly installed Beta 5?
> 
> Yes to all, I think the default is the last one installed, but I'm not sure.
> 
> > I've just installed beta 5 on windows 10. It runs in parallel to 2.3.x.
> > The document I was working on in beta 3 opens and everything seems to be
> > OK except for the desktop icon which is featureless (lacks the LyX).
> > beta 5 is the default, even when clicking on old 2.3.x files.
> 
> Note that the the logo in 2.3.x on windows was not the correct one,
> it should be as in the attached image.

Thanks for the replies, Andrew and Udi! That is helpful to know.

Scott
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