Thanks for the answers Miki
"TechTonics" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Miki Dovrat wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Do the features view/export HTML work in lyx 1.4.2? >> >> They don't work on my lyx 1.4.2 Windows XP with MikTex 2.5 even though >> htlatex is installed and works via command line. >> >> In html view, I get an error saying lyx can't find the file >> c:\tmp\lyxtmpdir..\lyx_tmpbuf0\myfile.html >> >> In html export, I see that a dvi is generated in the directory but no >> html. >> >> If I take an exported latex file and use htlatex in a command line window >> everything works. >> >> So, does anyone know what is wrong? Using a command line is fine by me, >> however a little tedious. >> >> Thanks > > The basic structure of the html file is created, the problem > is that the file is named foo.htm rather than foo.html which > is the filename Lyx looks for. If you navigate to that tmp > folder and rename foo.htm to foo.html and run View->Html > again, then it will display because it finds the right filename. > > The wrong filename is not the major problem. This process does > not work like running htlatex foo(.tex) from the command line > which does incorporate image files generated (.pngs default). > > I don't think the generated image filenames are correct. I > think this is similar to bug #2299 > http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2299 > > Georg wrote: I also know the cause: dvipdfm needs .bb files for all > graphics. LyX simply does not know that and does not copy these files > to the temporary directory where latex and dvipdfm are run. > > Changing the filename output from .htm to .html is minor. > I don't know if the fix Georg made for bug #2299 will fix > this problem although they seem related. Even on a file with > no equations like splash.lyx, the conversion to filename htm > which should be splash.html loses its formatting that is maintained > if you run htlatex from the command line, meaning if you navigate > to the tmp_buf* folder and type htlatex splash.tex, then use > View->Html from LyX, it looks pretty good, but not from how Lyx > invokes htlatex from the View command normally = bad splash.html > > Regards, > Stephen > >
