On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:14 PM, aparsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > On 28/02/2015 6:22 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:50 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> as somewhat often I get errors but >>> a PDF does output (sometimes with useful clues on what really went >>> wrong, and pointers on how to fix it). >> >> LaTeX errors? Strange, for me if my document has LaTeX errors and LyX >> catches them by parsing the log, I do not get a PDF. I get the "LaTeX >> Errors" dialog. You get the PDF and the "LaTeX Errors" dialog? Can you >> send an example .lyx file that does this for you? >> >> Scott > > I've noticed that although LyX may report LaTeX errors and not display a > pdf, nonetheless one is still produced in the temporary directory and can be > displayed by double clicking. For example, create a math inset, insert an > undefined control sequence, e.g. \blah, and a symbol or two, say xyz, and > compile to pdf. LyX reports an undefined control sequence error and stops > without displaying the pdf, but it *is* created in the temporary directory > and will display a nicely typeset xyz.
Indeed. The question is: *should* LyX show the PDF? Scott
