On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:11:18 +0000 (UTC), "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Easy way to tell if LyX is running LaTeX: open the doc, do View->DVI, > then (in LyX) View->LaTeX log file. If the log file's not there, or if > it contains an error message, it gives you a clue what's up. If the > log file is there, scroll to the bottom and see if it says that it > wrote a .dvi file. > > When you View-DVI, LyX writes a LaTeX file in a temp directory, runs > LaTeX there (along with BibTeX if needed), then invokes your DVI viewer > on the DVI file created in that temp directory. So I'm wondering if > you and/or Rafael are running into some kind of problem where the > viewer is being passed the file name but not the path to the temp > directory. There's probably a smarter way to figure that out, but my > inclination would be to write a batch file that just echos its command > parameters to the screen, and substitute that batch file (and the path > to it) for the path to Yap in > Edit->Preferences->Conversion->Formats->DVI. Then try viewing a test > file, and see if the batch file is passed an accurate path to the temp > directory. -- Paul
The log-file wasn't there. The test.tex file is written, the path is also alright - yap looks for the temp dvi file in the right place, but then, there is just the tex file, the dvi file is missing. So, i guess it is a latex problem, because the *.tex file is not converted to *.dvi... I couldn't go farther than that, but then... I'm just a newby at latex/lyx. And I'm astonished to having got so much help so quick. Thanks! Rafael -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service?
