Richard Heck wrote:
My default technique here is as follows: Export to LaTeX and do
everything manually. If that works, then, well, it works, and you can at
least deal with it that way. If not, then I would hope to figure out
thereby what's wrong. And if you're not getting LaTeX runs after the
first, then I'm guessing you're getting an error during the BibTeX run.
Why, I don't know, but doing it all manually should show you. The other
option, suggested earlier, is to go to the temporary LyX directory and
run everything manually there. Since I'm not on Windows, I don't know
exactly how you'd do that. On Linux, it'd be:
#latex filename
#bibtex filename
#latex filename
#<..repeat as necessary...>
from the shell. Presumably, it's something similar in Windows.
Yes. Assuming that we're in the temp directory, with LyX still open,
after View->DVI has failed, there should already be a .tex file
containing the exported document. Call it mydoc.tex. Assuming that the
MikTeX bin directory (or the bin directory for whatever LaTeX
distribution Karin has) is on the system command path, she should run
latex mydoc
bibtex mydoc
latex mydoc (repeated as needed).
If the bin directory is not on the system path, supply a full path to
each command (e.g., "C:\Program Files\MikTeX\bin\latex.exe" mydoc, etc.).
Again, View->DVI appears to be doing the first two runs, so it might be
worthwhile to start with the third run (second latex run). If that does
not provide useful information, Karin should run the entire sequence above.
If Karin's .bbl file exists but is empty, chances are that BibTeX has
failed. This sometimes happens if a defective bibliographic entry
(meaning one that is incorrectly formatted in the .bib file) is used.
When that happens, the easiest way to track it down is bisection search.
Remove half the citations and try to compile. If the document compiles,
add in half the omitted citations; if it fails, remove half the
remaining citations. Keep doing this until the offending citation is
identified.
/Paul
