Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL 
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
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Lyx folks,

I am sorry to post this as I am likely making some obvious newbie mistake.

I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) of 
the documents listed under Help simply do not export nor can they be reduced 
to any pdf form.  I keep getting Undefined control sequence. 

It is likely something obvious, however, I would suggest the website should 
have a list of installation instructions for the more common operating systems.

Again, for experienced users, I'm sure the fix is obvious.  For a newbie like 
me, it isn't.

Respectfully...

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Caveats: NONE

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
mark.d.ginsb...@usace.army.mil wrote:

 I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) of 
 the documents listed under Help simply do not export nor can they be 
 reduced to any pdf form.  I keep getting Undefined control sequence.

You are probably missing packages. Read the notes (the text with a
yellow background) at the beginning of the help files to see what
packages are recommended for installing. If you still have trouble,
please send the error log.

You can download the pdfs here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/DocumentationDevelopment

Scott

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
mark.d.ginsb...@usace.army.mil wrote:

 Scott,
 Thanks.  Please let me know how to send the error log.
 Mark

Mark,

Please respond to the lyx-users@lists.lyx.org email address (or
respond all). When you get an error you should see a window pop up. Do
you? What are the errors in that window? In addition to that summary
of errors, you can click on View Complete Log and then Copy to
Clipboard to get the full LaTeX log.

Scott

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Liviu Andronic 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote:
 On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
 mark.d.ginsb...@usace.army.mil wrote:

 I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) 
 of the documents listed under Help simply do not export nor can they be 
 reduced to any pdf form.  I keep getting Undefined control sequence.

 You are probably missing packages.

I would suggest that you go MiKTeX  Settings (admin) or similar,
select 'Install packages' 'on-the-fly' then go to LyX  Tools 
Reconfigure and restart LyX. You likely selected 'do not install
packages on the fly' when installing LyX and thus you didn't get all
the necessary classes and packages. (We've had some lengthy
discussions on this list on this particular subject.)

Regards
Liviu

Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL 
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Lyx folks,

I am sorry to post this as I am likely making some obvious newbie mistake.

I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) of 
the documents listed under Help simply do not export nor can they be reduced 
to any pdf form.  I keep getting Undefined control sequence. 

It is likely something obvious, however, I would suggest the website should 
have a list of installation instructions for the more common operating systems.

Again, for experienced users, I'm sure the fix is obvious.  For a newbie like 
me, it isn't.

Respectfully...

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
mark.d.ginsb...@usace.army.mil wrote:

 I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) of 
 the documents listed under Help simply do not export nor can they be 
 reduced to any pdf form.  I keep getting Undefined control sequence.

You are probably missing packages. Read the notes (the text with a
yellow background) at the beginning of the help files to see what
packages are recommended for installing. If you still have trouble,
please send the error log.

You can download the pdfs here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/DocumentationDevelopment

Scott

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
mark.d.ginsb...@usace.army.mil wrote:

 Scott,
 Thanks.  Please let me know how to send the error log.
 Mark

Mark,

Please respond to the lyx-users@lists.lyx.org email address (or
respond all). When you get an error you should see a window pop up. Do
you? What are the errors in that window? In addition to that summary
of errors, you can click on View Complete Log and then Copy to
Clipboard to get the full LaTeX log.

Scott

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Liviu Andronic 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote:
 On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
 mark.d.ginsb...@usace.army.mil wrote:

 I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) 
 of the documents listed under Help simply do not export nor can they be 
 reduced to any pdf form.  I keep getting Undefined control sequence.

 You are probably missing packages.

I would suggest that you go MiKTeX  Settings (admin) or similar,
select 'Install packages' 'on-the-fly' then go to LyX  Tools 
Reconfigure and restart LyX. You likely selected 'do not install
packages on the fly' when installing LyX and thus you didn't get all
the necessary classes and packages. (We've had some lengthy
discussions on this list on this particular subject.)

Regards
Liviu

Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL 
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Lyx folks,

I am sorry to post this as I am likely making some obvious newbie mistake.

I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) of 
the documents listed under "Help" simply do not export nor can they be reduced 
to any pdf form.  I keep getting "Undefined control sequence". 

It is likely something obvious, however, I would suggest the website should 
have a list of installation instructions for the more common operating systems.

Again, for experienced users, I'm sure the fix is obvious.  For a newbie like 
me, it isn't.

Respectfully...

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
 wrote:

> I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) of 
> the documents listed under "Help" simply do not export nor can they be 
> reduced to any pdf form.  I keep getting "Undefined control sequence".

You are probably missing packages. Read the notes (the text with a
yellow background) at the beginning of the help files to see what
packages are recommended for installing. If you still have trouble,
please send the error log.

You can download the pdfs here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/DocumentationDevelopment

Scott

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
 wrote:

> Scott,
> Thanks.  Please let me know how to send the error log.
> Mark

Mark,

Please respond to the lyx-users@lists.lyx.org email address (or
respond all). When you get an error you should see a window pop up. Do
you? What are the errors in that window? In addition to that summary
of errors, you can click on "View Complete Log" and then "Copy to
Clipboard" to get the full LaTeX log.

Scott

Re: Newbie stuff... (UNCLASSIFIED)

2012-08-31 Thread Liviu Andronic 
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ginsberg, Mark D ERDC-CERL-IL
>  wrote:
>
>> I am using WinXP SP3.  I install MikTeX followed by LyX and many (not all) 
>> of the documents listed under "Help" simply do not export nor can they be 
>> reduced to any pdf form.  I keep getting "Undefined control sequence".
>
> You are probably missing packages.
>
I would suggest that you go MiKTeX > Settings (admin) or similar,
select 'Install packages' 'on-the-fly' then go to LyX > Tools >
Reconfigure and restart LyX. You likely selected 'do not install
packages on the fly' when installing LyX and thus you didn't get all
the necessary classes and packages. (We've had some lengthy
discussions on this list on this particular subject.)

Regards
Liviu