On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 05:55:03PM -0700, Christos Makridis wrote:
> Hey Lyx Community,
>
> One of my collaborators downloaded lyx, but for some reason it prevented
> her from compiling her latex files as she normally did. After she
> uninstalled lyx, there was still a problem with beamer, which would not
> compile. Specifically, it gave the following error:
> ---
> (C:/Users/filepathXX
> i_DEc2016_NBER.nav
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.1 \beamer@endinputifotherversion
> {3.33pt}
> ?
> ---
>
> Does anyone know why this happened, and if there's a way to avoid it? I
> googled the error and it looks like the problem arises from something on
> line 1 in the beamer file. But, even so, why was it not a problem before
> lyx was installed, and why is it a problem even after it is uninstalled?
I've never heard of this happening before. Perhaps a LaTeX package got
updated somehow and the new version is incompatibile with the old. It's
hard to know without a minimal example .tex or .lyx file. For more
information, please read:
https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MinimalExample
If you can send a minimal example (please send all email to the list),
perhaps someone can figure it out.
In any case, sorry to your friend and to you for the frustration. I hope
you're not on the hook for having recommended LyX :)
Scott
