Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex
Do you have GS view. The instant preview didn't work perfectly (didn't show equation signs) when the gs view was not in the path. Once I put it in the path, this seemed to work well.
Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex
Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ed Gatzke wrote: > > Yes, thanks for a great new version! Things run terrrific for me overall. > > my silly Alt-F4 to close works in the new version on XP, thanks! > Another thing to add to the "mystery of alt-F4". I did not see alt-F4 listed as a bug fix in the release notes, but who cares! > > My only problem so far is the win installer still did not get the equation > > instant preview files loaded. > > Works out of the box for me. I wish I had a clean box to test the new installer on. I never installed all the tools, it seemed to detect the current installs, but everything works amazingly. > >> Besides the LaTeX-package "preview" you need these two files in LyX's > >> installation subfolder "\bin": libnetpbm10.dll pnmcrop.exe > That's slightly dated. LyX 1.4.2 (the small installer) installs them > automatically in the "latextools" folder under the LyX root folder. Do > you not have them there? It may have been a previous install problem, or some other problem. The preview works great now. They also fixed some annoying navigation bugs (at least on XP) where you could get stuck in a view and never navigate to a new window. Should we post thank-yous on the dev list? Do they read over here?
Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex
Ed Gatzke wrote: Yes, thanks for a great new version! Things run terrrific for me overall. Even my silly Alt-F4 to close works in the new version on XP, thanks! Another thing to add to the "mystery of alt-F4". My only problem so far is the win installer still did not get the equation instant preview files loaded. Works out of the box for me. From a wiki: Besides the LaTeX-package "preview" you need these two files in LyX's installation subfolder "\bin": libnetpbm10.dll pnmcrop.exe That's slightly dated. LyX 1.4.2 (the small installer) installs them automatically in the "latextools" folder under the LyX root folder. Do you not have them there? First, thanks to the developers for another fine update. The Windows 1.4.2 installer ran error-free for me. However, subsequent to installing it, I lost View->PDF (pdflatex) in 1.4.1 (and presumably 1.4.2, but I'm keeping 1.4.1 as my production version for the moment). I have seen this here as well. You may want to keep separate folders for each version of lyx. I have seen oddness when running both 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 on XP. C:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/Lyx1.4.x is the working directory on XP, so make a /Lyx1.4.1 and a /Lyx1.4.2 directory you copy over to /Lyx1.4.x everytime you start. You won't be able to run both side by side I think, but it may help until you swap over to the new version. Actually, for this problem at least it suffices to add back the LaTeX->PDF (pdflatex) converter. So far, that's the only incompatibility I've seen introduced in the preference file, and I'm able to run them side-by-side. Of course, I haven't reconfigured 1.4.2 since the initial installation, so I don't know if a reconfigure will once again vaporize the LaTeX->PDF (pdflatex) conversion path. /Paul
Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex
Georg Baum wrote: Am Sonntag, 16. Juli 2006 01:31 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: Hi all, First, thanks to the developers for another fine update. The Windows 1.4.2 installer ran error-free for me. However, subsequent to installing it, I lost View->PDF (pdflatex) in 1.4.1 (and presumably 1.4.2, but I'm keeping 1.4.1 as my production version for the moment). I went into Tools->Preferences ...->Converters, and the LaTeX->PDF (pdflatex) converter was gone. In its place was a LaTeX (pdflatex)->PDF (pdflatex) converter, which apparently was not getting the job done. I assume this change occurred when I installed 1.4.2. Has anyone else tripped over this? That converter is (or should be) actually the same: the pdflatex.exe compiler. Does Export->PDF (pdflatex) still exist? Georg No in 1.4.1, yes in 1.4.2. In other words, after 1.4.2 installed (and changed the preferences file), it could view/export PDF (pdflatex) but 1.4.1 could not. Since LyX to LaTeX conversion is built in (not set through preferences), I assume this means that 1.4.2 knows how to convert LyX to the new LaTeX (pdflatex) format and 1.4.1 does not. It's not a huge problem. It's not a problem at all if you are either a trusting and soul and replace 1.4.1 with 1.4.2, or conservative and do not upgrade. It's only an issue for the semi-brave, like me, who install the new version but keep the old one. /Paul
Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex
> Yes, thanks for a great new version! Things run terrrific for me overall. Even my silly Alt-F4 to close works in the new version on XP, thanks! My only problem so far is the win installer still did not get the equation instant preview files loaded. From a wiki: >Besides the LaTeX-package "preview" you need these two files in LyX's >installation subfolder "\bin": libnetpbm10.dll pnmcrop.exe Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi all, > > First, thanks to the developers for another fine update. The Windows > 1.4.2 installer ran error-free for me. However, subsequent to > installing it, I lost View->PDF (pdflatex) in 1.4.1 (and presumably > 1.4.2, but I'm keeping 1.4.1 as my production version for the moment). > I have seen this here as well. You may want to keep separate folders for each version of lyx. I have seen oddness when running both 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 on XP. C:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/Lyx1.4.x is the working directory on XP, so make a /Lyx1.4.1 and a /Lyx1.4.2 directory you copy over to /Lyx1.4.x everytime you start. You won't be able to run both side by side I think, but it may help until you swap over to the new version.
Re: LyX 1.4.2 and pdflatex
Am Sonntag, 16. Juli 2006 01:31 schrieb Paul A. Rubin: > Hi all, > > First, thanks to the developers for another fine update. The Windows > 1.4.2 installer ran error-free for me. However, subsequent to > installing it, I lost View->PDF (pdflatex) in 1.4.1 (and presumably > 1.4.2, but I'm keeping 1.4.1 as my production version for the moment). > > I went into Tools->Preferences ...->Converters, and the LaTeX->PDF > (pdflatex) converter was gone. In its place was a LaTeX (pdflatex)->PDF > (pdflatex) converter, which apparently was not getting the job done. I > assume this change occurred when I installed 1.4.2. Has anyone else > tripped over this? That converter is (or should be) actually the same: the pdflatex.exe compiler. Does Export->PDF (pdflatex) still exist? Georg
