Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:

 Hi everybody,
 
 I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
 automatically. I was able to find on  
 
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
 
 that one can use:
 
 lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
 
 I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
 -bash: lyx: command not found
 
 It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
 working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order 
 to add the right path in front of the command.
 If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but 
 I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
 When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
 (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
 have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
 command).
 Now I am stuck…. 

On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. Are 
you sure?

This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):

$ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
-help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
-userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
-sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
...
-e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.

Stephan

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi Stephan,



On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:19 , Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:
 
 Hi everybody,
 
 I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
 automatically. I was able to find on  
 
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
 
 that one can use:
 
 lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
 
 I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
 -bash: lyx: command not found
 
 It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
 working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order 
 to add the right path in front of the command.
 If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but 
 I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
 When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
 (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
 have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
 command).
 Now I am stuck…. 
 
 On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. Are 
 you sure?


Well, regarding the weird path, I have organized my Application folder with an 
additional subfolder called “_ifi_applications” for work reasons. However, the 
main issue was that I looked into my local Application folder 
(/Users/my_account_name/Applications/….) and not into the “global one.
Now it works. Thank you very much for this. You made my day!

All the best,
Helmut


 
 This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):
 
 $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
 Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
 Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
   -help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
   -userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
   -sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
 ...
   -e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.
 
 Stephan


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi Stephan,

It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.

I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, the 
export does not work. I get the error message:

Error: Couldn't export file

No information for exporting the format Postscript.

I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and HTML 
since I figured maybe PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) with the 
space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
File/Export ?

my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):

 /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 

I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a difference. 
I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is located.

Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?

Thank you.

All the best,
Helmut


PS: When I move to LyX it gives me an error message:  Error reading module 
basis (see below).




On Sep 18, 2014, at 09:24 , Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch wrote:

 Hi Stephan,
 
 
 
 On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:19 , Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:
 
 Hi everybody,
 
 I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
 automatically. I was able to find on  
 
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
 
 that one can use:
 
 lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
 
 I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
 -bash: lyx: command not found
 
 It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
 working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in 
 order to add the right path in front of the command.
 If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, 
 but I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
 When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
 (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
 have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
 command).
 Now I am stuck…. 
 
 On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. 
 Are you sure?
 
 
 Well, regarding the weird path, I have organized my Application folder with 
 an additional subfolder called “_ifi_applications” for work reasons. However, 
 the main issue was that I looked into my local Application folder 
 (/Users/my_account_name/Applications/….) and not into the “global one.
 Now it works. Thank you very much for this. You made my day!
 
 All the best,
 Helmut
 
 
 
 This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):
 
 $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
 Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
 Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
  -help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
  -userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
  -sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
 ...
  -e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.
 
 Stephan
 
 
 -
 Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
 Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
 Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
 Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
 -
 email:hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
 skype:helmuthauser
 tel:  +41 44 635 4310
 web:  http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
 -


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Have you tried

lyx --help

el


on 2014-09-18, 11:01 Helmut Hauser said the following:
 Hi Stephan,
 
 It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
 
 I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option.
 However, the export does not work. I get the error message:
 
 Error: Couldn't export file
 
 No information for exporting the format Postscript.
[...]

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:54 , Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 18.09.2014 um 11:01 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:
 
 Hi Stephan,
 
 It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
 
 I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, 
 the export does not work. I get the error message:
 
 Error: Couldn't export file
 
 No information for exporting the format Postscript.
 
 I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and 
 HTML since I figured maybe PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) 
 with the space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
 Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
 File/Export ?
 
 my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):
 
  /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 
 
 I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a 
 difference. I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is 
 located.
 
 Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?
 
 You have to pass the value of Kurztitel”.

That did it. I was not aware of the Short Name”. I have looked everywhere, but 
not in the most obvious place, i.e., with  the --help option.
Thank you very much !

All the best,
Helmut

 
 See the shapshot I've attached.
 
 Stephan
 
 Bildschirmfoto 2014-09-18 um 11.35.08.png


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:

 Hi everybody,
 
 I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
 automatically. I was able to find on  
 
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
 
 that one can use:
 
 lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
 
 I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
 -bash: lyx: command not found
 
 It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
 working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order 
 to add the right path in front of the command.
 If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but 
 I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
 When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
 (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
 have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
 command).
 Now I am stuck…. 

On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. Are 
you sure?

This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):

$ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
-help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
-userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
-sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
...
-e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.

Stephan

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi Stephan,



On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:19 , Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:
 
 Hi everybody,
 
 I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
 automatically. I was able to find on  
 
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
 
 that one can use:
 
 lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
 
 I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
 -bash: lyx: command not found
 
 It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
 working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order 
 to add the right path in front of the command.
 If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but 
 I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
 When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
 (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
 have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
 command).
 Now I am stuck…. 
 
 On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. Are 
 you sure?


Well, regarding the weird path, I have organized my Application folder with an 
additional subfolder called “_ifi_applications” for work reasons. However, the 
main issue was that I looked into my local Application folder 
(/Users/my_account_name/Applications/….) and not into the “global one.
Now it works. Thank you very much for this. You made my day!

All the best,
Helmut


 
 This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):
 
 $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
 Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
 Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
   -help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
   -userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
   -sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
 ...
   -e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.
 
 Stephan


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi Stephan,

It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.

I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, the 
export does not work. I get the error message:

Error: Couldn't export file

No information for exporting the format Postscript.

I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and HTML 
since I figured maybe PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) with the 
space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
File/Export ?

my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):

 /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 

I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a difference. 
I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is located.

Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?

Thank you.

All the best,
Helmut


PS: When I move to LyX it gives me an error message:  Error reading module 
basis (see below).




On Sep 18, 2014, at 09:24 , Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch wrote:

 Hi Stephan,
 
 
 
 On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:19 , Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:
 
 Hi everybody,
 
 I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
 automatically. I was able to find on  
 
 http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
 
 that one can use:
 
 lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
 
 I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
 -bash: lyx: command not found
 
 It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
 working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in 
 order to add the right path in front of the command.
 If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, 
 but I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
 When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
 (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
 have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
 command).
 Now I am stuck…. 
 
 On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. 
 Are you sure?
 
 
 Well, regarding the weird path, I have organized my Application folder with 
 an additional subfolder called “_ifi_applications” for work reasons. However, 
 the main issue was that I looked into my local Application folder 
 (/Users/my_account_name/Applications/….) and not into the “global one.
 Now it works. Thank you very much for this. You made my day!
 
 All the best,
 Helmut
 
 
 
 This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):
 
 $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
 Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
 Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
  -help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
  -userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
  -sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
 ...
  -e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.
 
 Stephan
 
 
 -
 Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
 Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
 Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
 Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
 -
 email:hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
 skype:helmuthauser
 tel:  +41 44 635 4310
 web:  http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
 -


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Have you tried

lyx --help

el


on 2014-09-18, 11:01 Helmut Hauser said the following:
 Hi Stephan,
 
 It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
 
 I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option.
 However, the export does not work. I get the error message:
 
 Error: Couldn't export file
 
 No information for exporting the format Postscript.
[...]

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:54 , Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 18.09.2014 um 11:01 schrieb Helmut Hauser hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch:
 
 Hi Stephan,
 
 It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
 
 I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, 
 the export does not work. I get the error message:
 
 Error: Couldn't export file
 
 No information for exporting the format Postscript.
 
 I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and 
 HTML since I figured maybe PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) 
 with the space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
 Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
 File/Export ?
 
 my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):
 
  /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 
 
 I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a 
 difference. I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is 
 located.
 
 Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?
 
 You have to pass the value of Kurztitel”.

That did it. I was not aware of the Short Name”. I have looked everywhere, but 
not in the most obvious place, i.e., with  the --help option.
Thank you very much !

All the best,
Helmut

 
 See the shapshot I've attached.
 
 Stephan
 
 Bildschirmfoto 2014-09-18 um 11.35.08.png


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] --> lyx not found

[Stephan Witt]

Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser :

> Hi everybody,
> 
> I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
> automatically. I was able to find on  
> 
> http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
> 
> that one can use:
> 
> lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
> 
> I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx" can not be found
> -bash: lyx: command not found
> 
> It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
> working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order 
> to add the right path in front of the command.
> If found it int "Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but 
> I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
> When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
> (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
> have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
> command).
> Now I am stuck…. 

On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. Are 
you sure?

This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):

$ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
-help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
-userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
-sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
...
-e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.

Stephan

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] --> lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi Stephan,



On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:19 , Stephan Witt  wrote:

> Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser :
> 
>> Hi everybody,
>> 
>> I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
>> automatically. I was able to find on  
>> 
>> http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
>> 
>> that one can use:
>> 
>> lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
>> 
>> I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx" can not be found
>> -bash: lyx: command not found
>> 
>> It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
>> working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order 
>> to add the right path in front of the command.
>> If found it int "Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but 
>> I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
>> When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
>> (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
>> have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
>> command).
>> Now I am stuck…. 
> 
> On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. Are 
> you sure?


Well, regarding the weird path, I have organized my Application folder with an 
additional subfolder called “_ifi_applications” for work reasons. However, the 
main issue was that I looked into my local Application folder 
(/Users/my_account_name/Applications/….) and not into the “global" one.
Now it works. Thank you very much for this. You made my day!

All the best,
Helmut


> 
> This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):
> 
> $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
> Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
> Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
>   -help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
>   -userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
>   -sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
> ...
>   -e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.
> 
> Stephan


-
Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
-

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] --> lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi Stephan,

It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.

I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, the 
export does not work. I get the error message:

Error: Couldn't export file

No information for exporting the format Postscript.

I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and HTML 
since I figured maybe "PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) with the 
space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
File/Export ?

my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):

 /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 

I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a difference. 
I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is located.

Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?

Thank you.

All the best,
Helmut


PS: When I move to LyX it gives me an error message:  Error reading module 
basis (see below).




On Sep 18, 2014, at 09:24 , Helmut Hauser  wrote:

> Hi Stephan,
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 18, 2014, at 08:19 , Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
>> Am 17.09.2014 um 12:23 schrieb Helmut Hauser :
>> 
>>> Hi everybody,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
>>> automatically. I was able to find on  
>>> 
>>> http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport
>>> 
>>> that one can use:
>>> 
>>> lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx
>>> 
>>> I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx" can not be found
>>> -bash: lyx: command not found
>>> 
>>> It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am 
>>> working on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in 
>>> order to add the right path in front of the command.
>>> If found it int "Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, 
>>> but I am not able to access it even with the full path. 
>>> When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
>>> (alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do 
>>> have reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original 
>>> command).
>>> Now I am stuck…. 
>> 
>> On Mac OS you have to type the full path. But the path you gave is weird. 
>> Are you sure?
> 
> 
> Well, regarding the weird path, I have organized my Application folder with 
> an additional subfolder called “_ifi_applications” for work reasons. However, 
> the main issue was that I looked into my local Application folder 
> (/Users/my_account_name/Applications/….) and not into the “global" one.
> Now it works. Thank you very much for this. You made my day!
> 
> All the best,
> Helmut
> 
> 
>> 
>> This is how it works for me (on 10.8.6):
>> 
>> $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx --help
>> Aufruf: lyx [ Befehlszeilenoptionen ] [ name.lyx ... ]
>> Befehlszeilenoptionen (Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten):
>>  -help Zusammenfassende Hilfshinweise
>>  -userdir dir  Setzt das Benutzerverzeichnis auf dir
>>  -sysdir dir   Setzt das Systemverzeichnis auf dir
>> ...
>>  -e [--export] fmt Exportiert in das Format fmt.
>> 
>> Stephan
> 
> 
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> Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
> Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
> Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
> Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
> -
> email:hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
> skype:helmuthauser
> tel:  +41 44 635 4310
> web:  http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
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Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
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Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] --> lyx not found

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Have you tried

lyx --help

el


on 2014-09-18, 11:01 Helmut Hauser said the following:
> Hi Stephan,
> 
> It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
> 
> I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option.
> However, the export does not work. I get the error message:
> 
> Error: Couldn't export file
> 
> No information for exporting the format Postscript.
[...]

Re: how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] --> lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:54 , Stephan Witt  wrote:

> Am 18.09.2014 um 11:01 schrieb Helmut Hauser :
> 
>> Hi Stephan,
>> 
>> It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
>> 
>> I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, 
>> the export does not work. I get the error message:
>> 
>> Error: Couldn't export file
>> 
>> No information for exporting the format Postscript.
>> 
>> I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and 
>> HTML since I figured maybe "PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) 
>> with the space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
>> Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
>> File/Export ?
>> 
>> my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):
>> 
>>  /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 
>> 
>> I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a 
>> difference. I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is 
>> located.
>> 
>> Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?
> 
> You have to pass the value of "Kurztitel”.

That did it. I was not aware of the "Short Name”. I have looked everywhere, but 
not in the most obvious place, i.e., with  the --help option.
Thank you very much !

All the best,
Helmut

> 
> See the shapshot I've attached.
> 
> Stephan
> 
> 


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Helmut Hauser, Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics, University of Zurich
Andreasstr. 15, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland
-
email:  hhau...@ifi.uzh.ch
skype:  helmuthauser
tel:+41 44 635 4310
web:http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/
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how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi everybody,

I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
automatically. I was able to find on  

http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport

that one can use:

lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx

I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
-bash: lyx: command not found

It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am working 
on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order to add the 
right path in front of the command.
If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but I 
am not able to access it even with the full path. 
When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
(alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do have 
reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original command).
Now I am stuck…. 

Any help is very much appreciated!

Thank you!

All the best,
Helmut

how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] -- lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi everybody,

I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
automatically. I was able to find on  

http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport

that one can use:

lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx

I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx can not be found
-bash: lyx: command not found

It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am working 
on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order to add the 
right path in front of the command.
If found it int Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but I 
am not able to access it even with the full path. 
When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
(alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do have 
reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original command).
Now I am stuck…. 

Any help is very much appreciated!

Thank you!

All the best,
Helmut

how compile LyX from the terminal [on Max 10.9.4] --> lyx not found

[Helmut Hauser]

Hi everybody,

I am trying to write a shell script to compile individual LyX files 
automatically. I was able to find on  

http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ImportExport

that one can use:

lyx --export FORMAT myfile.lyx

I tried that and I get there error that the command “lyx" can not be found
-bash: lyx: command not found

It seem it it is not in my binary path. The problem might be that I am working 
on a Mac (OS 10.9.4). However, I was not able to locate lyx in order to add the 
right path in front of the command.
If found it int "Applications/_ifi_applications/LyX/Contents/MacOS/lyx”, but I 
am not able to access it even with the full path. 
When I copy it with the finder to the folder where I need it, I get a link 
(alias), however, it tells me that I don’t have permissions, although I do have 
reading and writing permission ( for the link and for the original command).
Now I am stuck…. 

Any help is very much appreciated!

Thank you!

All the best,
Helmut