On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 01:26:35AM -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
...
> 1) If I simply export the lyx file to Latex, the Latex file works by itself
> with the script in a term window.
>
> 2) If I first try to export through the converter script (which fails), then
> export to Latex, the "new" Latex file fails (apparently a new Latex file is
> not created).
...
> I ran diff on the two Latex files, getting the following:
>
> 00:53:32
> daddy:/tmp/ochemwork# diff 1.tex 2.tex
> 1,2c1,4
> < %% LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
> < %% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
> ---
> > \batchmode
> > \makeatletter
> > \def\input@path{{/home/daddy/Chemistry/Ochem//}}
> > \makeatother
...
> What has happened to the Latex file to change it? The change occurs before
> my script has done any processing (I saved a copy of it before those steps,
...
The offending line in the "bad" file is:
\def\input@path{{/home/daddy/Chemistry/Ochem//}}
If I comment this out using %% then the script succeeds.
Surely someone knows what this does, its purpose, etc?? Obviously it's tied
to the 1.1.16 converter methodology, since a plain Latex export doesn't have
it (nor the other 3 lines at the beginning).
Why is it inserted; is it important? I know nearly zilch about
Latex/Tex/Lyx code.
Is the ochem drawing package the only one likely to be bothered by this, or
could it mess up other scripts used for other purposes?
Can I turn off its generation? or hope that someone adds a "use plain Latex
file" button in the converter section to do just that?
Thanks,
Kenward
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