Re: Instant Preview and TIPA in LyX 1.4.1
Maria Gouskova wrote: Example file attached. Although everything dvi's correctly, in LyX \textglotstop shows up as textglotstop, \alpha shows up as an alpha symbol, and \Tree[.a b c ] shows up as []Tree[.abc] in italics. Two problems: 1. the \Tree was not in math-text mode, but in math-math mode (mark the whole command and hit C-m again). 2. a missing blank. You had \Tree[.abc] instead of \Tree[.abc ] (or rather \Tree[.a b c ]). That's because probably blanks are suppressed. in math-math mode. Obviously the wrong \tree syntax breaks the whole previewing process. I remember this is a known issue. Corrected file attached. Works for me. I didn't use noepic here--is it crucial for Instant Preview? But it doesn't make a difference for TIPA, anyway. It's needed if preview is done by means of dvipng (which is default as of 1.4.0). Otherwise some lines are missing (also in the pdflatex output). It's spelled noeepic btw. Strange enough, however, this does not work with your example. The slow performance is with larger files that have multiple Instant Preview parts, all in TIPA. The document is very slow to open (a full 8 seconds on a PowerBook 1.33 GHz/512 MB RAM) and navigates sluggishly (cursor takes a while to move, etc.). I see. This is probably because the previews are not loaded in the background. I think this is a regression. Jürgen Maria tipa_example-2.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX png and eps
On Monday 08 May 2006 03:11, Angus Wallace wrote: Any pointers appreciated! Could you run Reconfigure: Tools-Reconfigure and then exit and restart lyx. Does the problem remains? Cheers, -Angus -- José Abílio
Lyx subfigurer problem
Hello,
As soon as I add subfigures to the included graphics I receive the
following error message:
Latex error: file subfigure.sty not found.
\usepackage
[dvips]{graphicx}
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)
As a consequence no output is generated.
Is that a problem with my installation or is it a bug?
Thanks for your help.
J.Augustin.
Re: Lyx subfigurer problem
Augustin, Joerg (J.W.) schrieb: As soon as I add subfigures to the included graphics I receive the following error message: Latex error: file subfigure.sty not found. The subfigure-package isn't installed. If you're on Windows, open an internet connection and reconfigure LyX. It should then automatically install missing packages. If you're working with user permissions use MiKTeX's package manager to install subfigure. regards Uwe
Re: Comment in Lyx .4.1 for windows results in space on DVI output
Hi See attachement for a whitespace footprint by a comment in lyx 1.4.1 for Win Paul A. Rubin wrote: christiaan pauw wrote: Hallo All I have installed 1.4.1 on my windows box at work. Everything works well. After some searching I found the comment format under INSERTNOTEComment. . This is weird but fine. I have had two problems. 1. It is now necessary to highlight an entire section to be commented. My ... problem is that there is a whitespace footprint (something like an open line ) in the DVI output. Can this be fixed? I'm unable to reproduce the whitespace. Can you post a minimal example? Regards and thanks Christiaan Whitespacecomment.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document Whitespacecomment.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX png and eps
I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria On May 8, 2006, at 3:30 AM, Jose' Matos wrote: On Monday 08 May 2006 03:11, Angus Wallace wrote: Any pointers appreciated! Could you run Reconfigure: Tools-Reconfigure and then exit and restart lyx. Does the problem remains? Cheers, -Angus -- José Abílio
Re: Instant Preview and TIPA in LyX 1.4.1
Never mind--I reconfigured LyX for another problem (see the LyX png and eps thread) and this fixed the instant Preview issue. It's still very slow but at least now it works. mg On May 8, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: Example file attached. Although everything dvi's correctly, in LyX \textglotstop shows up as textglotstop, \alpha shows up as an alpha symbol, and \Tree[.a b c ] shows up as []Tree[.abc] in italics. Two problems: 1. the \Tree was not in math-text mode, but in math-math mode (mark the whole command and hit C-m again). 2. a missing blank. You had \Tree[.abc] instead of \Tree[.abc ] (or rather \Tree[.a b c ]). That's because probably blanks are suppressed. in math-math mode. Obviously the wrong \tree syntax breaks the whole previewing process. I remember this is a known issue. Corrected file attached. Works for me. I didn't use noepic here--is it crucial for Instant Preview? But it doesn't make a difference for TIPA, anyway. It's needed if preview is done by means of dvipng (which is default as of 1.4.0). Otherwise some lines are missing (also in the pdflatex output). It's spelled noeepic btw. Strange enough, however, this does not work with your example. The slow performance is with larger files that have multiple Instant Preview parts, all in TIPA. The document is very slow to open (a full 8 seconds on a PowerBook 1.33 GHz/512 MB RAM) and navigates sluggishly (cursor takes a while to move, etc.). I see. This is probably because the previews are not loaded in the background. I think this is a regression. Jürgen Maria tipa_example-2.lyx
Good Morning
Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Thank you for your time, Sarah Gray
Re: Good Morning
Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File-Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Georg
Re: LyX png and eps
On May 8, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria There is a known problem with image conversion using dvipdfm, though the symptom is merely the absence of images in the final output. I take it that's not the problem here. Using pdflatex and ps2pdf to generate output, I have no problems using .eps, .jpg, or .png on a stock installation of LyX-1.4.1. You must have ImageMagick installed to do the conversion, but LyX handles the settings for that automatically. If you move aside your preferences file (~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences) and restart LyX, do things work? Bennett
Re: LyX png and eps
Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac Prerequisites 2. Use the fink package management system to install tetex, ghostscript, and imagemagick. Imagemagick is the standard program used on all platforms for image conversion. The installer is supposed to check for the installation of Imagemagick and automatically use it, if found. pdflatex works on .png, jpeg, pdf, gif files but an eps format needs to be converted in order for pdflatex to work. If you don't have (free) Imagemagick installed, install it and then reconfigure LyX. My solution only covers this possibility. But sometimes the LyX installer doesn't find the proper (Paths) converters and viewers even though they are on the hard drive. I think the troubleshooting order should start with ImageMagick. Regards, Stephen
Re: LyX png and eps
If you move aside your preferences file (~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences) and restart LyX, do things work? Yes! Maria
Re: LyX png and eps
Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria On May 8, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac Prerequisites 2. Use the fink package management system to install tetex, ghostscript, and imagemagick. Imagemagick is the standard program used on all platforms for image conversion. The installer is supposed to check for the installation of Imagemagick and automatically use it, if found. pdflatex works on .png, jpeg, pdf, gif files but an eps format needs to be converted in order for pdflatex to work. If you don't have (free) Imagemagick installed, install it and then reconfigure LyX. My solution only covers this possibility. But sometimes the LyX installer doesn't find the proper (Paths) converters and viewers even though they are on the hard drive. I think the troubleshooting order should start with ImageMagick. Regards, Stephen
Re: Mistake II
Carlos Knauer wrote:
Hi.
LyX wites $\\mathbb {R}^{3}$ like $\mathbb{R^3}$.
That depends on how you enter it. In a math inset, type \mathbb and hit
space. You'll get an inset (rectangle) within the math inset, and the
status line will say mathbb. Type R, then right arrow (once) to get out
of the inner (mathbb) inset, then ^3, and you should get what you want.
/Paul
Re: LyX png and eps
On May 8, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria Well, I'd hope that's not the correct advice! User preferences should be respected on upgrading to a new version. If the installer somehow corrupted the preferences file, that should be fixed. Is it possible for you to send me copies of your old and new preferences files so that I can try to determine what went wrong? Thanks. Bennett
Re: LyX png and eps
Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MacInstall * If you had a ~/.lyx/preferences file from a previous installation of another version of LyX, either delete it or make sure the entries for viewers do not override the LyX/Mac defaults. SH: For Windows one of the few advantages is that LyX1.3.7 and LyX1.4.1 can co-exist without any problem that I know of. I'm not sure how dual installations are worked out for Mac or Linux. I suppose the old Pref file isn't deleted by default because there may not be a backup file of modifications, key bindings or whatever. I used to get my 137 tex2lyx improvement to relyx erased all the time. Have a good day, Stephen
Re: Feature Request
The same happens to me too (lyx preview displaying an earlier equation); so I guess it is a bug. Any solutions for this
cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
I try to install Lyx 1.4.1 (Setup 2.1 complete) on a WinXP system, but Lyx is not configured during the installation. As described at the homepage I tried to configure Lyx by entering the command 'sh configure'. But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 What can I do to be able to configure Lyx anyway ?
Re: Good Morning
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File-Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cutpaste someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre'
Re: Good Morning
Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File-Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cutpaste someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre' If LyX is going to allow editing from a read-only source, then a number of things are probably going to have to be recoded: how to handle timed backups if a separate backup directory was not specified; what to do if the user attempts to export the document; and perhaps a few others I'm not thinking of right now. Clearly it could be done, but is it a good use of the developers' time (meaning: how often do people need to load from a read-only source)? /Paul
Re: LyX png and eps
I cannot say that I understand what LyX does with the preferences file exactly, because the installer appears to copy the preferences on its own during the installation process. But it isn't clear which preferences file it copies. After poking around my hard drive, I realized that I now have at least *three* LyX preferences files: one in Library/Application Support/LyX (original 1.3.7 file), one in / Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4 (contents identical to the first one, from what I can see), and in Applications/LyX.app/Contents/ Resources (different contents). The directory LyX-1.4 was installed by LyX 1.4.1, and the directory LyX (inside Lib/App Support) is leftover from LyX 1.3.7, apparently unchanged by the upgrade. Everything righted itself after I deleted the second file, Library/ Application Support/LyX-1.4. I am attaching all three files for your perusal. Maria preferences_1_4_1 Description: Binary data preferences_inside_lyx Description: Binary data preferences1_3_7 Description: Binary data On May 8, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MacInstall * If you had a ~/.lyx/preferences file from a previous installation of another version of LyX, either delete it or make sure the entries for viewers do not override the LyX/Mac defaults. SH: For Windows one of the few advantages is that LyX1.3.7 and LyX1.4.1 can co-exist without any problem that I know of. I'm not sure how dual installations are worked out for Mac or Linux. I suppose the old Pref file isn't deleted by default because there may not be a backup file of modifications, key bindings or whatever. I used to get my 137 tex2lyx improvement to relyx erased all the time. Have a good day, Stephen
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Gerhard Schaffer schrieb: But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 that means that you've installed cygwin and that the cygwin version of the sh.exe interfers with the one delivered with the installer. You don't need cygwin for LyX. If possible deinstall it, deinstall also LyX completely after that, reboot and then reinstall LyX. This should fix your problem. regards Uwe
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Gerhard Schaffer wrote: I try to install Lyx 1.4.1 (Setup 2.1 complete) on a WinXP system, but Lyx is not configured during the installation. As described at the homepage I tried to configure Lyx by entering the command 'sh configure'. But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 What can I do to be able to configure Lyx anyway ? That means you probably dont have Msys in your Windows PATH, or you have Cygwin in your PATH, which has a different version of sh.exe, before Msys. This advice is about if you have used the installer where you download the needed helper programs. OTOH, the LyXWinInstaller provides the Msys version of sh.exe So if you used that version, temporarily remove Cygwin from your path. Suppose that you have Msys etc installed in C:\Msys\1.0\bin and bin is where sh.exe is located. Then you should try [using the dos cmd prompt] you would be in your ~lyx\resources\lyx directory which contains the configure file, and type in C:\Msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure enter from you resources directory which contains configure (but no quotes when you type it) from the lyx\resources\lyx directory. For LyX 1.3.7, \lyx\resources\ contains the configure file for 1.4.1 For me this looks like: C:\Lyx\resources\lyx C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure enter But you want to substitute your actual installation location, maybe c:\program files\lyx\resources\lyx, in place of my location, or in 1.4.1 ~\lyx\resources (A lyx sub-directory is no longer used.) I will summarize: Temporarily take Cygwin out of the Windows PATH. From the directory which contains your configure file, type the full path to the sh.exe file configure then enter for example type from C:\Lyx\resources C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure enter for LyX1.4.1 Use the directories and paths for your system, which will likely not be exactly the same as mine. You want to avoid using Cygwin unless you are doing a WinCygLyx installation.
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gerhard Schaffer schrieb: But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 that means that you've installed cygwin and that the cygwin version of the sh.exe interfers with the one delivered with the installer. You don't need cygwin for LyX. If possible deinstall it, deinstall also LyX completely after that, reboot and then reinstall LyX. This should fix your problem. I am sorry, but this is simply FUD. If he cannot even start sh, there is a problem with his cygwin installation. To the OP: please check your cygwin installation and when everything is working you may want to try this cygwin version of LyX: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.1/lyx-1.4.1-cygwin.tar.gz -- Enrico
Re: Instant Preview and TIPA in LyX 1.4.1
Maria Gouskova wrote: Example file attached. Although everything dvi's correctly, in LyX \textglotstop shows up as textglotstop, \alpha shows up as an alpha symbol, and \Tree[.a b c ] shows up as []Tree[.abc] in italics. Two problems: 1. the \Tree was not in math-text mode, but in math-math mode (mark the whole command and hit C-m again). 2. a missing blank. You had \Tree[.abc] instead of \Tree[.abc ] (or rather \Tree[.a b c ]). That's because probably blanks are suppressed. in math-math mode. Obviously the wrong \tree syntax breaks the whole previewing process. I remember this is a known issue. Corrected file attached. Works for me. I didn't use noepic here--is it crucial for Instant Preview? But it doesn't make a difference for TIPA, anyway. It's needed if preview is done by means of dvipng (which is default as of 1.4.0). Otherwise some lines are missing (also in the pdflatex output). It's spelled noeepic btw. Strange enough, however, this does not work with your example. The slow performance is with larger files that have multiple Instant Preview parts, all in TIPA. The document is very slow to open (a full 8 seconds on a PowerBook 1.33 GHz/512 MB RAM) and navigates sluggishly (cursor takes a while to move, etc.). I see. This is probably because the previews are not loaded in the background. I think this is a regression. Jürgen Maria tipa_example-2.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX png and eps
On Monday 08 May 2006 03:11, Angus Wallace wrote: Any pointers appreciated! Could you run Reconfigure: Tools-Reconfigure and then exit and restart lyx. Does the problem remains? Cheers, -Angus -- José Abílio
Lyx subfigurer problem
Hello,
As soon as I add subfigures to the included graphics I receive the
following error message:
Latex error: file subfigure.sty not found.
\usepackage
[dvips]{graphicx}
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)
As a consequence no output is generated.
Is that a problem with my installation or is it a bug?
Thanks for your help.
J.Augustin.
Re: Lyx subfigurer problem
Augustin, Joerg (J.W.) schrieb: As soon as I add subfigures to the included graphics I receive the following error message: Latex error: file subfigure.sty not found. The subfigure-package isn't installed. If you're on Windows, open an internet connection and reconfigure LyX. It should then automatically install missing packages. If you're working with user permissions use MiKTeX's package manager to install subfigure. regards Uwe
Re: Comment in Lyx .4.1 for windows results in space on DVI output
Hi See attachement for a whitespace footprint by a comment in lyx 1.4.1 for Win Paul A. Rubin wrote: christiaan pauw wrote: Hallo All I have installed 1.4.1 on my windows box at work. Everything works well. After some searching I found the comment format under INSERTNOTEComment. . This is weird but fine. I have had two problems. 1. It is now necessary to highlight an entire section to be commented. My ... problem is that there is a whitespace footprint (something like an open line ) in the DVI output. Can this be fixed? I'm unable to reproduce the whitespace. Can you post a minimal example? Regards and thanks Christiaan Whitespacecomment.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document Whitespacecomment.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX png and eps
I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria On May 8, 2006, at 3:30 AM, Jose' Matos wrote: On Monday 08 May 2006 03:11, Angus Wallace wrote: Any pointers appreciated! Could you run Reconfigure: Tools-Reconfigure and then exit and restart lyx. Does the problem remains? Cheers, -Angus -- José Abílio
Re: Instant Preview and TIPA in LyX 1.4.1
Never mind--I reconfigured LyX for another problem (see the LyX png and eps thread) and this fixed the instant Preview issue. It's still very slow but at least now it works. mg On May 8, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: Example file attached. Although everything dvi's correctly, in LyX \textglotstop shows up as textglotstop, \alpha shows up as an alpha symbol, and \Tree[.a b c ] shows up as []Tree[.abc] in italics. Two problems: 1. the \Tree was not in math-text mode, but in math-math mode (mark the whole command and hit C-m again). 2. a missing blank. You had \Tree[.abc] instead of \Tree[.abc ] (or rather \Tree[.a b c ]). That's because probably blanks are suppressed. in math-math mode. Obviously the wrong \tree syntax breaks the whole previewing process. I remember this is a known issue. Corrected file attached. Works for me. I didn't use noepic here--is it crucial for Instant Preview? But it doesn't make a difference for TIPA, anyway. It's needed if preview is done by means of dvipng (which is default as of 1.4.0). Otherwise some lines are missing (also in the pdflatex output). It's spelled noeepic btw. Strange enough, however, this does not work with your example. The slow performance is with larger files that have multiple Instant Preview parts, all in TIPA. The document is very slow to open (a full 8 seconds on a PowerBook 1.33 GHz/512 MB RAM) and navigates sluggishly (cursor takes a while to move, etc.). I see. This is probably because the previews are not loaded in the background. I think this is a regression. Jürgen Maria tipa_example-2.lyx
Good Morning
Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Thank you for your time, Sarah Gray
Re: Good Morning
Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File-Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Georg
Re: LyX png and eps
On May 8, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria There is a known problem with image conversion using dvipdfm, though the symptom is merely the absence of images in the final output. I take it that's not the problem here. Using pdflatex and ps2pdf to generate output, I have no problems using .eps, .jpg, or .png on a stock installation of LyX-1.4.1. You must have ImageMagick installed to do the conversion, but LyX handles the settings for that automatically. If you move aside your preferences file (~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences) and restart LyX, do things work? Bennett
Re: LyX png and eps
Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac Prerequisites 2. Use the fink package management system to install tetex, ghostscript, and imagemagick. Imagemagick is the standard program used on all platforms for image conversion. The installer is supposed to check for the installation of Imagemagick and automatically use it, if found. pdflatex works on .png, jpeg, pdf, gif files but an eps format needs to be converted in order for pdflatex to work. If you don't have (free) Imagemagick installed, install it and then reconfigure LyX. My solution only covers this possibility. But sometimes the LyX installer doesn't find the proper (Paths) converters and viewers even though they are on the hard drive. I think the troubleshooting order should start with ImageMagick. Regards, Stephen
Re: LyX png and eps
If you move aside your preferences file (~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences) and restart LyX, do things work? Yes! Maria
Re: LyX png and eps
Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria On May 8, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in PreferencesConverters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac Prerequisites 2. Use the fink package management system to install tetex, ghostscript, and imagemagick. Imagemagick is the standard program used on all platforms for image conversion. The installer is supposed to check for the installation of Imagemagick and automatically use it, if found. pdflatex works on .png, jpeg, pdf, gif files but an eps format needs to be converted in order for pdflatex to work. If you don't have (free) Imagemagick installed, install it and then reconfigure LyX. My solution only covers this possibility. But sometimes the LyX installer doesn't find the proper (Paths) converters and viewers even though they are on the hard drive. I think the troubleshooting order should start with ImageMagick. Regards, Stephen
Re: Mistake II
Carlos Knauer wrote:
Hi.
LyX wites $\\mathbb {R}^{3}$ like $\mathbb{R^3}$.
That depends on how you enter it. In a math inset, type \mathbb and hit
space. You'll get an inset (rectangle) within the math inset, and the
status line will say mathbb. Type R, then right arrow (once) to get out
of the inner (mathbb) inset, then ^3, and you should get what you want.
/Paul
Re: LyX png and eps
On May 8, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria Well, I'd hope that's not the correct advice! User preferences should be respected on upgrading to a new version. If the installer somehow corrupted the preferences file, that should be fixed. Is it possible for you to send me copies of your old and new preferences files so that I can try to determine what went wrong? Thanks. Bennett
Re: LyX png and eps
Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MacInstall * If you had a ~/.lyx/preferences file from a previous installation of another version of LyX, either delete it or make sure the entries for viewers do not override the LyX/Mac defaults. SH: For Windows one of the few advantages is that LyX1.3.7 and LyX1.4.1 can co-exist without any problem that I know of. I'm not sure how dual installations are worked out for Mac or Linux. I suppose the old Pref file isn't deleted by default because there may not be a backup file of modifications, key bindings or whatever. I used to get my 137 tex2lyx improvement to relyx erased all the time. Have a good day, Stephen
Re: Feature Request
The same happens to me too (lyx preview displaying an earlier equation); so I guess it is a bug. Any solutions for this
cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
I try to install Lyx 1.4.1 (Setup 2.1 complete) on a WinXP system, but Lyx is not configured during the installation. As described at the homepage I tried to configure Lyx by entering the command 'sh configure'. But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 What can I do to be able to configure Lyx anyway ?
Re: Good Morning
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File-Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cutpaste someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre'
Re: Good Morning
Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File-Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cutpaste someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre' If LyX is going to allow editing from a read-only source, then a number of things are probably going to have to be recoded: how to handle timed backups if a separate backup directory was not specified; what to do if the user attempts to export the document; and perhaps a few others I'm not thinking of right now. Clearly it could be done, but is it a good use of the developers' time (meaning: how often do people need to load from a read-only source)? /Paul
Re: LyX png and eps
I cannot say that I understand what LyX does with the preferences file exactly, because the installer appears to copy the preferences on its own during the installation process. But it isn't clear which preferences file it copies. After poking around my hard drive, I realized that I now have at least *three* LyX preferences files: one in Library/Application Support/LyX (original 1.3.7 file), one in / Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4 (contents identical to the first one, from what I can see), and in Applications/LyX.app/Contents/ Resources (different contents). The directory LyX-1.4 was installed by LyX 1.4.1, and the directory LyX (inside Lib/App Support) is leftover from LyX 1.3.7, apparently unchanged by the upgrade. Everything righted itself after I deleted the second file, Library/ Application Support/LyX-1.4. I am attaching all three files for your perusal. Maria preferences_1_4_1 Description: Binary data preferences_inside_lyx Description: Binary data preferences1_3_7 Description: Binary data On May 8, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MacInstall * If you had a ~/.lyx/preferences file from a previous installation of another version of LyX, either delete it or make sure the entries for viewers do not override the LyX/Mac defaults. SH: For Windows one of the few advantages is that LyX1.3.7 and LyX1.4.1 can co-exist without any problem that I know of. I'm not sure how dual installations are worked out for Mac or Linux. I suppose the old Pref file isn't deleted by default because there may not be a backup file of modifications, key bindings or whatever. I used to get my 137 tex2lyx improvement to relyx erased all the time. Have a good day, Stephen
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Gerhard Schaffer schrieb: But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 that means that you've installed cygwin and that the cygwin version of the sh.exe interfers with the one delivered with the installer. You don't need cygwin for LyX. If possible deinstall it, deinstall also LyX completely after that, reboot and then reinstall LyX. This should fix your problem. regards Uwe
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Gerhard Schaffer wrote: I try to install Lyx 1.4.1 (Setup 2.1 complete) on a WinXP system, but Lyx is not configured during the installation. As described at the homepage I tried to configure Lyx by entering the command 'sh configure'. But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 What can I do to be able to configure Lyx anyway ? That means you probably dont have Msys in your Windows PATH, or you have Cygwin in your PATH, which has a different version of sh.exe, before Msys. This advice is about if you have used the installer where you download the needed helper programs. OTOH, the LyXWinInstaller provides the Msys version of sh.exe So if you used that version, temporarily remove Cygwin from your path. Suppose that you have Msys etc installed in C:\Msys\1.0\bin and bin is where sh.exe is located. Then you should try [using the dos cmd prompt] you would be in your ~lyx\resources\lyx directory which contains the configure file, and type in C:\Msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure enter from you resources directory which contains configure (but no quotes when you type it) from the lyx\resources\lyx directory. For LyX 1.3.7, \lyx\resources\ contains the configure file for 1.4.1 For me this looks like: C:\Lyx\resources\lyx C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure enter But you want to substitute your actual installation location, maybe c:\program files\lyx\resources\lyx, in place of my location, or in 1.4.1 ~\lyx\resources (A lyx sub-directory is no longer used.) I will summarize: Temporarily take Cygwin out of the Windows PATH. From the directory which contains your configure file, type the full path to the sh.exe file configure then enter for example type from C:\Lyx\resources C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure enter for LyX1.4.1 Use the directories and paths for your system, which will likely not be exactly the same as mine. You want to avoid using Cygwin unless you are doing a WinCygLyx installation.
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gerhard Schaffer schrieb: But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\binsh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 that means that you've installed cygwin and that the cygwin version of the sh.exe interfers with the one delivered with the installer. You don't need cygwin for LyX. If possible deinstall it, deinstall also LyX completely after that, reboot and then reinstall LyX. This should fix your problem. I am sorry, but this is simply FUD. If he cannot even start sh, there is a problem with his cygwin installation. To the OP: please check your cygwin installation and when everything is working you may want to try this cygwin version of LyX: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.1/lyx-1.4.1-cygwin.tar.gz -- Enrico
Re: Instant Preview and TIPA in LyX 1.4.1
Maria Gouskova wrote: > Example file attached. Although everything dvi's correctly, in LyX > \textglotstop shows up as "textglotstop", \alpha shows up as an alpha > symbol, and \Tree[.a b c ] shows up as "[]Tree[.abc]" in italics. Two problems: 1. the \Tree was not in math-text mode, but in math-math mode (mark the whole command and hit C-m again). 2. a missing blank. You had \Tree[.abc] instead of \Tree[.abc ] (or rather \Tree[.a b c ]). That's because probably blanks are suppressed. in math-math mode. Obviously the wrong \tree syntax breaks the whole previewing process. I remember this is a known issue. Corrected file attached. Works for me. > I didn't use noepic here--is it crucial for Instant Preview? But it > doesn't make a difference for TIPA, anyway. It's needed if preview is done by means of dvipng (which is default as of 1.4.0). Otherwise some lines are missing (also in the pdflatex output). It's spelled "noeepic" btw. Strange enough, however, this does not work with your example. > The slow performance is with larger files that have multiple Instant > Preview parts, all in TIPA. The document is very slow to open (a full > 8 seconds on a PowerBook 1.33 GHz/512 MB RAM) and navigates > sluggishly (cursor takes a while to move, etc.). I see. This is probably because the previews are not loaded in the background. I think this is a regression. Jürgen > Maria tipa_example-2.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX png and eps
On Monday 08 May 2006 03:11, Angus Wallace wrote: > Any pointers appreciated! Could you run Reconfigure: Tools->Reconfigure and then exit and restart lyx. Does the problem remains? > Cheers, > -Angus -- José Abílio
Lyx subfigurer problem
Hello,
As soon as I add subfigures to the included graphics I receive the
following error message:
Latex error: file "subfigure.sty" not found.
\usepackage
[dvips]{graphicx}
*** (cannot \read from terminal in nonstop modes)
As a consequence no output is generated.
Is that a problem with my installation or is it a bug?
Thanks for your help.
J.Augustin.
Re: Lyx subfigurer problem
Augustin, Joerg (J.W.) schrieb: As soon as I add subfigures to the included graphics I receive the following error message: Latex error: file "subfigure.sty" not found. The subfigure-package isn't installed. If you're on Windows, open an internet connection and reconfigure LyX. It should then automatically install missing packages. If you're working with user permissions use MiKTeX's package manager to install subfigure. regards Uwe
Re: Comment in Lyx .4.1 for windows results in space on DVI output
Hi See attachement for a whitespace footprint by a comment in lyx 1.4.1 for Win Paul A. Rubin wrote: christiaan pauw wrote: Hallo All I have installed 1.4.1 on my windows box at work. Everything works well. After some searching I found the comment format under INSERT>NOTE>Comment. . This is weird but fine. I have had two problems. 1. It is now necessary to highlight an entire section to be commented. My ... problem is that there is a whitespace footprint (something like an open line ) in the DVI output. Can this be fixed? I'm unable to reproduce the whitespace. Can you post a minimal example? Regards and thanks Christiaan Whitespacecomment.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document Whitespacecomment.lyx Description: application/lyx
Re: LyX png and eps
I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in Preferences>Converters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria On May 8, 2006, at 3:30 AM, Jose' Matos wrote: On Monday 08 May 2006 03:11, Angus Wallace wrote: Any pointers appreciated! Could you run Reconfigure: Tools->Reconfigure and then exit and restart lyx. Does the problem remains? Cheers, -Angus -- José Abílio
Re: Instant Preview and TIPA in LyX 1.4.1
Never mind--I reconfigured LyX for another problem (see the "LyX png and eps" thread) and this fixed the instant Preview issue. It's still very slow but at least now it works. mg On May 8, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: Example file attached. Although everything dvi's correctly, in LyX \textglotstop shows up as "textglotstop", \alpha shows up as an alpha symbol, and \Tree[.a b c ] shows up as "[]Tree[.abc]" in italics. Two problems: 1. the \Tree was not in math-text mode, but in math-math mode (mark the whole command and hit C-m again). 2. a missing blank. You had \Tree[.abc] instead of \Tree[.abc ] (or rather \Tree[.a b c ]). That's because probably blanks are suppressed. in math-math mode. Obviously the wrong \tree syntax breaks the whole previewing process. I remember this is a known issue. Corrected file attached. Works for me. I didn't use noepic here--is it crucial for Instant Preview? But it doesn't make a difference for TIPA, anyway. It's needed if preview is done by means of dvipng (which is default as of 1.4.0). Otherwise some lines are missing (also in the pdflatex output). It's spelled "noeepic" btw. Strange enough, however, this does not work with your example. The slow performance is with larger files that have multiple Instant Preview parts, all in TIPA. The document is very slow to open (a full 8 seconds on a PowerBook 1.33 GHz/512 MB RAM) and navigates sluggishly (cursor takes a while to move, etc.). I see. This is probably because the previews are not loaded in the background. I think this is a regression. Jürgen Maria
Good Morning
Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Thank you for your time, Sarah Gray
Re: Good Morning
Sarah Gray wrote: > Hello, > > I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack > 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my > documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very > computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on > them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File->Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Georg
Re: LyX png and eps
On May 8, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in Preferences>Converters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria There is a known problem with image conversion using dvipdfm, though the symptom is merely the absence of images in the final output. I take it that's not the problem here. Using pdflatex and ps2pdf to generate output, I have no problems using .eps, .jpg, or .png on a stock installation of LyX-1.4.1. You must have ImageMagick installed to do the conversion, but LyX handles the settings for that automatically. If you move aside your preferences file (~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences) and restart LyX, do things work? Bennett
Re: LyX png and eps
Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in Preferences>Converters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac Prerequisites 2. Use the fink package management system to install tetex, ghostscript, and imagemagick. Imagemagick is the standard program used on all platforms for image conversion. The installer is supposed to check for the installation of Imagemagick and automatically use it, if found. pdflatex works on .png, jpeg, pdf, & gif files but an eps format needs to be converted in order for pdflatex to work. If you don't have (free) Imagemagick installed, install it and then reconfigure LyX. My solution only covers this possibility. But sometimes the LyX installer doesn't find the proper (Paths) converters and viewers even though they are on the hard drive. I think the troubleshooting order should start with ImageMagick. Regards, Stephen
Re: LyX png and eps
If you move aside your preferences file (~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/preferences) and restart LyX, do things work? Yes! Maria
Re: LyX png and eps
Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria On May 8, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: I have the same exact problem, also on Mac OS 10.4.6--upgrading from 1.3x to 1.4 broke image support. I used JPEG images, and LyX says it cannot find a converter. Reconfiguring LyX didn't fix it. What is the converter for JPEG images, just so I can manually define it in Preferences>Converters? And should LyX maybe define one by default, since it used to work in LyX 1.3.7? Thanks, Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnMac Prerequisites 2. Use the fink package management system to install tetex, ghostscript, and imagemagick. Imagemagick is the standard program used on all platforms for image conversion. The installer is supposed to check for the installation of Imagemagick and automatically use it, if found. pdflatex works on .png, jpeg, pdf, & gif files but an eps format needs to be converted in order for pdflatex to work. If you don't have (free) Imagemagick installed, install it and then reconfigure LyX. My solution only covers this possibility. But sometimes the LyX installer doesn't find the proper (Paths) converters and viewers even though they are on the hard drive. I think the troubleshooting order should start with ImageMagick. Regards, Stephen
Re: Mistake II
Carlos Knauer wrote:
Hi.
LyX wites $\\mathbb {R}^{3}$ like $\mathbb{R^3}$.
That depends on how you enter it. In a math inset, type \mathbb and hit
space. You'll get an inset (rectangle) within the math inset, and the
status line will say mathbb. Type R, then right arrow (once) to get out
of the inner (mathbb) inset, then ^3, and you should get what you want.
/Paul
Re: LyX png and eps
On May 8, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria Well, I'd hope that's not the correct advice! User preferences should be respected on upgrading to a new version. If the installer somehow corrupted the preferences file, that should be fixed. Is it possible for you to send me copies of your old and new preferences files so that I can try to determine what went wrong? Thanks. Bennett
Re: LyX png and eps
Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MacInstall * "If you had a ~/.lyx/preferences file from a previous installation of another version of LyX, either delete it or make sure the entries for viewers do not override the LyX/Mac defaults." SH: For Windows one of the few advantages is that LyX1.3.7 and LyX1.4.1 can co-exist without any problem that I know of. I'm not sure how dual installations are worked out for Mac or Linux. I suppose the old Pref file isn't deleted by default because there may not be a backup file of modifications, key bindings or whatever. I used to get my 137 tex2lyx improvement to relyx erased all the time. Have a good day, Stephen
Re: Feature Request
The same happens to me too (lyx preview displaying an earlier equation); so I guess it is a bug. Any solutions for this
cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
I try to install Lyx 1.4.1 (Setup 2.1 complete) on a WinXP system, but Lyx is not configured during the installation. As described at the homepage I tried to configure Lyx by entering the command 'sh configure'. But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin>sh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 What can I do to be able to configure Lyx anyway ?
Re: Good Morning
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > Sarah Gray wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack > > 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my > > documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very > > computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on > > them? > > Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with > File->Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX > prevents you from editing them. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cut someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre'
Re: Good Morning
Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on them? Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with File->Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX prevents you from editing them. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cut someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre' If LyX is going to allow editing from a read-only source, then a number of things are probably going to have to be recoded: how to handle timed backups if a separate backup directory was not specified; what to do if the user attempts to export the document; and perhaps a few others I'm not thinking of right now. Clearly it could be done, but is it a good use of the developers' time (meaning: how often do people need to load from a read-only source)? /Paul
Re: LyX png and eps
I cannot say that I understand what LyX does with the preferences file exactly, because the installer appears to copy the preferences on its own during the installation process. But it isn't clear which preferences file it copies. After poking around my hard drive, I realized that I now have at least *three* LyX preferences files: one in Library/Application Support/LyX (original 1.3.7 file), one in / Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4 (contents identical to the first one, from what I can see), and in Applications/LyX.app/Contents/ Resources (different contents). The directory LyX-1.4 was installed by LyX 1.4.1, and the directory LyX (inside Lib/App Support) is leftover from LyX 1.3.7, apparently unchanged by the upgrade. Everything righted itself after I deleted the second file, Library/ Application Support/LyX-1.4. I am attaching all three files for your perusal. Maria preferences_1_4_1 Description: Binary data preferences_inside_lyx Description: Binary data preferences1_3_7 Description: Binary data On May 8, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: Maria Gouskova wrote: Well, I am no pro at this, but it appears that ImageMagick was in fact installed on my machine, because deleting the preferences file (as per Bennett Helm's suggestion) fixed the problem. That was all I had to do. My guess is that the installer script somehow messed up in my case when it converted my 1.3.7 preferences/settings to 1.4.1. I had a couple of problems after conversion, including Instant Preview and this. My advice to anyone with the same setup (Mac OS 10.4.6, LyX 1.3 to 1.4 upgrade) is to reconfigure LyX and to delete the preferences file and reset preferences manually after upgrading. It won't hurt and it might fix a few things. Maria http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MacInstall * "If you had a ~/.lyx/preferences file from a previous installation of another version of LyX, either delete it or make sure the entries for viewers do not override the LyX/Mac defaults." SH: For Windows one of the few advantages is that LyX1.3.7 and LyX1.4.1 can co-exist without any problem that I know of. I'm not sure how dual installations are worked out for Mac or Linux. I suppose the old Pref file isn't deleted by default because there may not be a backup file of modifications, key bindings or whatever. I used to get my 137 tex2lyx improvement to relyx erased all the time. Have a good day, Stephen
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Gerhard Schaffer schrieb: But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin>sh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 that means that you've installed cygwin and that the cygwin version of the sh.exe interfers with the one delivered with the installer. You don't need cygwin for LyX. If possible deinstall it, deinstall also LyX completely after that, reboot and then reinstall LyX. This should fix your problem. regards Uwe
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Gerhard Schaffer wrote: I try to install Lyx 1.4.1 (Setup 2.1 complete) on a WinXP system, but Lyx is not configured during the installation. As described at the homepage I tried to configure Lyx by entering the command 'sh configure'. But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin>sh AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State 0x1 P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 What can I do to be able to configure Lyx anyway ? That means you probably dont have Msys in your Windows PATH, or you have Cygwin in your PATH, which has a different version of sh.exe, before Msys. This advice is about if you have used the installer where you download the needed helper programs. OTOH, the LyXWinInstaller provides the Msys version of sh.exe So if you used that version, temporarily remove Cygwin from your path. Suppose that you have Msys etc installed in C:\Msys\1.0\bin and bin is where sh.exe is located. Then you should try [using the dos cmd prompt] you would be in your ~lyx\resources\lyx directory which contains the configure file, and type in "C:\Msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure" from you resources directory which contains configure (but no quotes when you type it) from the lyx\resources\lyx directory. For LyX 1.3.7, \lyx\resources\ contains the configure file for 1.4.1 For "me" this looks like: C:>\Lyx\resources\lyx> C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure But you want to substitute your actual installation location, maybe c:\program files\lyx\resources\lyx, in place of "my" location, or in 1.4.1 ~\lyx\resources (A lyx sub-directory is no longer used.) I will summarize: Temporarily take Cygwin out of the Windows PATH. From the directory which contains your configure file, type the full path to the sh.exe file configure then for example type from C:>\Lyx\resources C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe configure for LyX1.4.1 Use the directories and paths for your system, which will likely not be exactly the same as mine. You want to avoid using Cygwin unless you are doing a WinCygLyx installation.
Re: cannot confiogure lyx on WinXP
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Gerhard Schaffer schrieb: > > > But the problem is, that I cannot start sh and get an error message > > > > P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin>sh > > AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x715B, RegionSize 0x4D, State > > 0x1 > > P:\Utility\LaTex\LyX141\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for > > cygwin's heap, Win32 error 6 > > that means that you've installed cygwin and that the cygwin version of > the sh.exe interfers with the one delivered with the installer. > > You don't need cygwin for LyX. If possible deinstall it, deinstall also > LyX completely after that, reboot and then reinstall LyX. > > This should fix your problem. I am sorry, but this is simply FUD. If he cannot even start sh, there is a problem with his cygwin installation. To the OP: please check your cygwin installation and when everything is working you may want to try this cygwin version of LyX: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.1/lyx-1.4.1-cygwin.tar.gz -- Enrico
