On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:43:42 AM PDT Daniel wrote:
> On 30/10/2018 11:33, Bernt Lie wrote:
> > Hm... I opened a new document of the template, and in this new template,
> > the preview works. But it does not work in another document from the same
> > template, where I'm in the process of inserting text from an OCR scanned
> > paper copy of a document I wrote 30 years ago... (using Adobe Acrobat for
> > OCR).
> >
> > This is weird. Maybe some junk from the imported, scanned document? I'll
> > test some more.
> You can also try whether making a copy of your problem document and
> opening the copy makes a difference. As far as I remember this should
> force LyX to regenerate the preview.
>
> Daniel
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel <xraco...@gmx.de>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:52
> > To: Bernt Lie <bernt....@usn.no>; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
> > Subject: Re: LyX 2.3.1: bug in "\text" mode of equations
> >
> > On 30/10/2018 10:46, Bernt Lie wrote:
> >> OK -- in your LyX file, Instant preview works ok. Two questions:
> >> * Could it depend on which *style* I use?
> >
> > So what style are you using? Can you send a (somewhat) minimal document
> > where the problem occurs?>
> >> * My LyX version is:
> >>
> >> LyX Version 2.3.1-1
> >> (Saturday, September 29, 2018)
> >> Built from git commit hash ce82ba93
> >> Library directory: ~\AppData\Local\LyX 2.3\Resources\ User directory:
> >> ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.3\ Qt Version (run-time): 5.10.1 Qt Version
> >> (compile-time): 5.10.1
> >> --
> >> --> How can I update to the latest version *without* uninstalling the
> >> current one, and installing the new version from scratch?>
> > That is the latest version and the same I am using.
> >
> > (There might have been a misunderstanding. I thought you menat your
> > Windows version by "latest version" but I guess you did mean LyX. The
> > information I sent was on the Windows version I am using.)
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> On Behalf Of
> >> Daniel
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:33
> >> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
> >> Subject: Re: LyX 2.3.1: bug in "\text" mode of equations
> >>
> >> On 30/10/2018 09:38, Bernt Lie wrote:
> >>> I use LyX 2.3.1 (64bit) on 64bit Win 10, latest version, and have
> >>> Instant preview turned on.
> >>>
> >>> I need to insert some text in an equation. Two options:
> >>> * \text{my text}
> >>> * \mathrm{text}
> >>>
> >>> With \text{}, space is automatically handled. With \mathrm{}, I need to
> >>> use the escape character (backslash) to get space. There are probably
> >>> also some spacing differences -- I assume \text{} is the correct choice
> >>> if I write text and not math.
> >>>
> >>> There is a problem with \text{} if I use Instant preview *on*...: if I
> >>> include character "ø" in the text string, it shows if I turn Instant
> >>> preview *off*, but is removed if I turn Instant preview *off*.
> >>>
> >>> The generated PDF file *includes* the symbol "ø", but ... it does not
> >>> show up in the preview with Instant preview turned *on*.
> >>>
> >>> Presumably, this is a problem with other non-English ASCII characters,
> >>> too?
> >>>
> >>> -B
> >>
> >> I cannot reproduce the problem. The ø in the attached file shows with
> >> instant preview turned on.
> >>
> >> This is on Windows 10 Pro 64bit version 17134.345. ("latest version"
> >> is a bit ambigous since there are different update tracks and the
> >> recently pulled "October 2018 Update".)
> >>
> >> Daniel
I would try OCRing it with Google Docs.
John
