OK, I now have the document I'm trying to open and convert on the Desktop, so there are no spaces in the path to it.
When I open the document with LyX 1.6.7 I get the error message "Document class not available", and the further information that the file article.layout is not usable. Proceeding with 1.6.7, the document comes up and can be modified, but when I try to convert it I get the error message "Couldn't export file". (Yesterday at this point I got the error message "Cannot convert file An error occurred whilst running phython -tt". This message doesn't appear today.) It's surely noteworthy that until a few days ago I had been using LyX 1.6.7 without problems for about a year. I don't know of any recent changes to the computer. When I open the document with LyX 2.0.0 I get the same error message, "Document class not available", and the further information that it wants me to install "article.cls". Unfortunately I don't understand the information given there on how to install the package files. Proceeding with 2.0.0, the document comes up and can be modified, but when I try to convert it I get the error message "File name error", which says that the directory path to the document can't contain spaces. This appears in spite of the fact that the document is now on the desktop. Any help will be appreciated. Bill Hanson On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > ** > On 06/23/2011 01:05 AM, William Hanson wrote: > > My LyX folder has the path C:\Program Files\LyX20. I can't get rifd of the > space in "Program Files". Are you suggesting that I move the LyX20 folder > somewhere else? > > No, he meant to put the document somewhere else. > > I'm going to try cc'ing some of the Windows folks and see if they can help. > > rh > > > Bill > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Julien Rioux <jri...@physics.utoronto.ca > > wrote: > >> On 22/06/2011 4:10 PM, William Hanson wrote: >> >>> Windows XP Users, >>> >>> The attached message string details my story. Basic Summary: >>> >>> My OS is Windows XP, and I've been using LyX 1.6.7 without problems for >>> about a year. Starting a couple of days ago I've been unable to update >>> or >>> view the DVI versions of my files. Clicking the dvi or PS icons brings >>> an >>> error message: "Cannot convert file An error occurred whilst running >>> phython -tt". >>> >>> I downloaded LyX 2.0.0, and I can open my documents using it. But, when >>> I >>> do, I get a message saying that I need the document class "article", and >>> I'm >>> directed to 3.1.2.2 of the User Guide. Unfortunately I don't understand >>> the >>> information given there on how to install the appropriate package files. >>> >>> After I get into one of my documents (using 2.0.0) and I click View >>> (which I >>> assume is asking for the compiled version that the dvi button yielded in >>> LyX >>> 1.6.7), I get a file name error message: "The directory path to the >>> document cannot contain spaces". >>> >>> The suggestions offered by Richard Heck and Julien Rioux, while much >>> appreciated, have not helped. >>> >>> Bill Hanson >>> >>> >> Given this new information, can you get any output if you put your LyX >> file in a directory path which does not contain spaces in its name? >> >> Regards, >> Julien >> >> > >
