--- "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Kane wrote: > > >>> > >> If you have acroread32 set as the viewer for PDF > (pdflatex), that would > >> explain why View->PDF (pdflatex) now calls > Acrobat Reader. Otherwise, > >> it's probably the same phenomenon that causes > your car to do strange > >> things until you get a mechanic to look at it, at > which point it > >> abruptly sobers up and drives straight. > > > > I may have done that in the install, remove > install > > sequence. How to I find out? I don't see anything > > obvious about setting a PDF reader. > > Tools -> Preferences ... -> File formats lists all > the file formats LyX > recognizes. For each, you can specify a program to > display it in the > Viewer: field. (If the program is not on your > system command path, you > can either specify a full path here or add the path > to it to Tools -> > Preferences ... -> Paths -> PATH prefix.) After > adding a viewer, click > Modify and then Save.
Aha, I see the adobe path in PATH. The viewer command is simply PDFview.cmd . If I change the path will that give me a new PDF reader? Thanks > > > > Car? What's a car? I ride a bicycle, mind you I > still > > get strange noises from it but the mechanic > usually > > can find an expensive cure. > > A car is a replacement for a team of horses, the > main purposes being to > (a) find a way to consume more expensive fuel and > (b) trade methane > exhaust for carbon exhaust. (A side benefit is that > cars tend to leak > fluids rather than solids.) > > /Paul I take it you have not known a lot of horses? They leak solids and fluids (and methane too come to think of it. On the other hand petting horse is much more rewarding than petting a car (or even my roadbike ) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
