On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 05:02:20AM +0000, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:50:27 -0800 (PST) > Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2017, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > > > Rich, it would be great if you could send MWE for messages like > > > this. The first step is: remove all text and just put "hello". Does > > > that compile? If so, then figure out the smallest .lyx file that > > > can give the same error. > > > > Scott, > > > > The .lyx file is 8912 lines and the only strings shown in the error > > message lower window are the years 2004 and 2005. They are nowhere > > near the highlighted text so I've no idea how to create a MWE that > > includes an error I cannot find based on what lyx shows me. > > I can answer that. You get the message. Then you delete half the > document, and see if the error still happens. If it does not, replace > the half deleted and delete the other half. If it still happens you > have multiple instances of the root cause. > > Anyway, you keep deleting about 1/2 of the remaining document until you > can toggle the symptom on or off with one paragraph. Then you start > doing the same thing with the paragraph until you get the paragraph > down to a few words. By then the root cause will probably be obvious, > but if not, send in the pared down document. > > I'm not saying this just for you Rich. Most people could benefit from > creating an MWE, and I bet in half the cases people would find their > own solutions before anybody could possibly reply. Besides being the > best and most considerate way to ask for help, the MWE is a powerful > troubleshooting tactic.
Well said, Steve! Thank you for writing that up. If you are up to the
task, I think we should give more details regarding what you mentioned
above in the "How to create a minimal example" section in the following:
https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MinimalExample
Scott
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