I never noticed before but I am seeing the same blank vs All files display with Lyx 2.3.2 with Ubuntu 18.04
On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 at 13:35, Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/28/19 12:50 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:00 AM Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 2/28/19 10:39 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: > >>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 9:36 AM Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >> Interesting. What version of Qt do you use (4.8.7 here), and what > >> desktop environment for Sarah (MATE here)? Did you compile LyX yourself > >> or get a binary somewhere? > > The desktop environment is Cinnamon. But it's not Cinnamon vs. > > MATE--I just logged into MATE and it's got the same issue here. > Does your file dialog look the same in MATE, or does it look like mine? > In particular, in MATE does the file filter ("Files of type:") show the > full details ("LaTeX (plain) (*.tex)")? > > > > Here is the LyX build Info, in case that helps: > > > > LyX 2.3.2 (2018-12-08) > > Configuration > > Host type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > Special build flags: build=release std-regex use-hunspell use-aspell > use-enchant > > Bundled libraries: (none) > > C++ Compiler: g++ (5.4.0) > > C++ Compiler flags: -O2 -std=c++14 > > C++ Compiler user flags: > > Linker flags: > > Linker user flags: > > Qt Frontend: > > Qt version: 4.8.7 > > Packaging: posix > > LyX binary dir: /usr/bin > > LyX files dir: /usr/share/lyx > That's an exact match to what I have. > > > > I cannot remember how I installed LyX originally, to be honest. But I > > have this in my var/lib/apt/lists: > > > > ppa.launchpad.net_lyx-devel_release_ubuntu_dists_xenial_InRelease > > > ppa.launchpad.net_lyx-devel_release_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_Packages > > > ppa.launchpad.net_lyx-devel_release_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_binary-i386_Packages > > > ppa.launchpad.net_lyx-devel_release_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_i18n_Translation-en > > > ppa.launchpad.net_lyx-devel_release_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_source_Sources > > > > Which I think means that at some point I added Liviu's PPA and have > > been just getting it with apt updates. > I use Liviu's PPA, and I have all the same files except the last one. I > install binaries from the PPA. > > > >> Your file dialog looks substantially different from mine (screen shot > >> attached). Some of that may be MATE v. Cinnamon (or whatever you're > >> using), but I find it interesting that your filter drop-down just says > >> "LaTeX" whereas mine is specific as to the "flavor" of LaTeX. The window > >> title is properly specific (and matches what I get). The reason I'm so > >> interested in the filter button is that I'm wondering whether the filter > >> you are getting is incorrect (for instance, fails to specify .tex as the > >> extension it wants). > > I am fairly sure this is a virgin install, without any configuration > > tinkering--I don't do much personalizing because I switch between > > machines so much. > > > > Maria > > > > > I wonder if this could be a MIME-type issue? If you go to the relevant > directory in your file manager (Caja in my case), right click one of the > .tex files and click on "Properties", what type is it? On my system, the > MIME type is "TeX document (text/x-tex)". > > Paul > > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada