On Sat, Nov 07, 2015 at 08:21:54PM -0700, Rushang Karia wrote: > On Sat, 2015-11-07 at 12:02 -0500, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 10:27:15PM -0700, Rushang Karia wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > So I just started using lyx today and there seems to be a problem > > > with > > > the documentation is splash.lyx > > > > > > For #3, it suggests to navigate to View->View [PDF (pdflatex)] to > > > open > > > a PDF but that option doest not exist. In fact, tutorial.lyx > > > correctly > > > specifies to open Document->View [PDF (pdflatex)]. > > > > > > Here is my LyX information. > > > > > > > lyx --version > > > > > > LyX 2.1.4 (2015-07-23) > > > Built on Jul 24 2015, 15:24:44 > > > Configuration > > > Host type: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu > > > Special build flags: build=release use-enchant use > > > -hunspell > > > C++ Compiler: g++ (5.1.1) > > > C++ Compiler LyX flags: > > > C++ Compiler flags: -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format > > > -security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector > > > -strong > > > --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 > > > -mtune=generic > > > Linker flags: > > > Linker user flags: -Wl,-z,relro > > > Qt 4 Frontend: > > > Qt 4 version: 4.8.6 > > > Packaging: posix > > > LyX binary dir: /usr/bin > > > LyX files dir: /usr/share/lyx > > > > > > Thanks for creating LyX! > > > > > > Rushang > > > > > > > > Hi Rushang, > > > > Thank you for reporting this. For me it does show the View -> View > > [PDF > > (pdflatex)] option. I find it strange that it shows it for tutorial > > but > > not splash. Can you try opening the splash in the examples folder > > directly? Does it show it then? If not, can you send a screen shot? > > > > Thanks for your feedback, > > > > Scott > > Hi Scott, > > I think I was not clear. > > What I meant was that in splash.lyx bullet #3, it says to click on View > ->View [PDF (pdflatex)] to view the pdf when the view menu does not > contain any such view pdf option. So as a beginner, when I read > splash.lyx I clicked on the view menu and did not find the pdf option. > (The toolbar button worked though). > > tutorial.lyx says to click on Document->View [PDF (pdflatex)] and this > option exists in Lyx. > > I am attaching a patch file for splash.lyx. All the patch file does is > simply change View->View PDF to Document->View pdf in splash.lyx > > Here are two screenshots, before and after applying the patch with the > changes highlighted. > > Please let me know if this makes sense or if I am missing something? > > Thank you > > Rushang
> --- splash.lyx 2015-11-07 20:07:08.819792344 -0700 > +++ patched.lyx 2015-11-07 20:08:28.522050270 -0700 > @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ > \begin_layout Enumerate > The output from LyX looks great! Use the menu > \family sans > -View\SpecialChar \menuseparator > +Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator > View > \begin_inset space ~ > \end_inset Ah, I think I see what you mean. Thanks for clarifying. Please always respond to the list. Best, Scott
