On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 03:27:56AM +0000, Robert Kern wrote:
> On 05/15/2018 10:52 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 02:26:35AM +0000, Robert Kern wrote:
> > > Dear lyx-users,
> > > 
> > > I'm writing a book, and this evening I decided to export it to a .pdf file
> > > to check it out. I went to File->Export->PDF (pdflatex) and hit Enter. A 
> > > few
> > > seconds later I received an error message which said,
> > > 
> > > "! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=10000].
> > > 
> > > If you really absolutely need more capacity,
> > > 
> > > you can ask a wizard to enlarge me."
> > > 
> > > I'm running LyX on Linux and have plenty of memory and disk space, so I
> > > wondered where I could find a "wizard" to increase the Tex stack size. I
> > > went to www.lyx.org, but found nothing there, so I went to www.ctan.org 
> > > and
> > > searched for "wizard" and "stack size."
> > > 
> > > So, can anyone tell me how to increase the Tex stack size, or where I can
> > > find a "wizard" that can help me? Otherwise, I'm stuck with a 
> > > three-quarter
> > > completed book which I can't complete using LyX.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > Hi Robert,
> > 
> > Ouch, that sounds frustrating. Usually this message occurs not because
> > of lack of RAM or disk space, but because of an error in LaTeX code. Can
> > you create a minimal example that still generates the error? For more
> > info, see:
> > 
> >    https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MinimalExample
> > 
> > Do you have a previous version of your book that does compile? If the
> > differences are not too big, you might get a hint at what addition
> > caused the change. If you're not using version control, and you're
> > interested in more information, let us know. It is very helpful for
> > situations like this. And yes, unfortunately, a similar situation will
> > happen again in the future.
> > 
> > I hope that we can help figure this out!
> > 
> > Please respond to the list.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Scott
> 
> Dear Scott,
> 
> I removed the figures I'd added and had the same error message. Then I
> recalled I'd added two page breaks to separate several paragraphs on one
> page from another. When I removed those page breaks, I was able to export
> the file correctly.

Good to know. If you share a minimal example with us (a small .lyx file
that makes an error), I can let you know whether the latest LyX version
would give an error or not.

> Now that I've gotten it working again, why don't you mark this problem
> closed? I've been using LyX 2.1.4 which was supplied by Linux Mint 8.13. I'm
> thinking I'd probably have fewer problems if I used the latest LyX version.

Not necessarily. Upgrade when you are at a point where you can deal with
potential problems.

> I certainly do appreciate your assistance, though. Even commercial software
> support doesn't respond as quickly as you did. I didn't expect to receive a
> response for a couple days!

Well, some emails slip through the cracks.

> Thanks again, and I really like Lyx better than Word or other commercial
> products.

Thanks for the kind words, Robert!

Scott

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