On 11.02.20 01:49, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 05:38:08PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote: >> On 2/10/20 4:03 PM, Martin Weise wrote: >>> On 10.02.20 21:52, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 09:10:51PM +0100, Martin Weise wrote: >>>>> On 10.02.20 17:34, Kornel Benko wrote: >>>>>> Am Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:54:27 +0100 >>>>>> schrieb Martin Weise <m...@rtinweise.de>: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm wondering whether LyX successfully compiles the PDF file in the >>>>>>>> temp directory but then fails to copy or move it to the target >>>>>>>> directory. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> No, Document -> View (pdflatex) produces nothing either. Nor does the >>>>>>> LuaTeX way. LyX leaves no pdf file in the temp dir. It just leaves .aux, >>>>>>> .dvi,. log, .tex and .dep-pdf files. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Martin >>>>>> That (.dvi) is the clue probably. Select different output in >>>>>> Document->Settings...->Formats->Default output format: -> PDF (pdflatex) >>>>>> >>>>>> Kornel >>>>>> >>>>> No, I'm afraid that's not it. pdflatex keeps throwing the assertion >>>>> error message, when run through LyX, regardless of what I choose as the >>>>> default output format. >>>> Still I think Kornel picked up on an important clue: we need to figure >>>> out why there's a .dvi file in the temporary directory. If you exit LyX >>>> and start LyX again (which should use a fresh temp dir), and compile a >>>> simple .lyx file, can you confirm that there's a .dvi in the temporary >>>> directory? >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>> Positive. There's a .dvi file in the (new) temporary directory after I >>> choose File->Export->PDF (pdflatex). >>> >> Do you have an entry for "LaTeX (pdflatex) -> PDF (pdflatex)" in Tools > >> Preferences... > File Handling > Converters and, if so, what do the >> "Converter:" and "Extra flag:" boxes say? > In addition to Paul's question, can you send us your preferences file? > It is a text file and you can find its location by going to Help > About > and looking in the "User directory" path that is listed there. > > Best, > > Scott > My lyx user dir is ".lyx". But there is no preferences file.
I just noticed another strange phenomenon. When I try to include an image in my .lyx document, I just get a LaTeX error ("Cannot determine size of graphic in..." when exporting to pdflatex. This is new as well. The issues might be related. Martin -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users