On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 10:15:17AM -0400, Clint Slatton wrote: > > Thanks to Jim and Andre! I really appreciate the suggestions so far. > Here is what I've tried: > > I tried the unix2dos, but to no avail. I used it on my *.lyx file on > the unix platform and ftp'ed the file to the pc, but lyx still wouldn't > open it. Thinking that latex my be a more portable format, I exported a > latex version of my lyx file on unix, ran unix2dos, ftp'd to the pc, and > tried to import into lyx. I still get the same errors. > > The strange thing is that I was able to use MikTeX on the pc to compile > the latex file that I exported from lyx on unix. I get a nice dvi file > and everything seems fine. So the latex syntax seems to be OK. I then > tried to import that latex file into lyx.
This hardly ever works flawlessly. Maybe you could try to remove the sensible content from your doc and post it somewhere. Than Jos� (the resident lyx2lyx guru) could have a look what breaks... > Lyx works on it for a few > seconds. The command window shows displays how the conversion is > progressing: > > Reading latex command syntax... Reading layout file... > Cleaning... Translating... > > But then an error appears. The conversion immediately bombs out and the > window disappears, so I can't see what the error was. It appears to say > that something is "illegal" about an "&" character. Math or table stuff most likely... > Finally, a lyx error window comes up and states "An error occurred while > running the conversion script", which is the same error I've was getting > before. > > How do I run lyx2lyx? lyx2lyx --help ;-) Andre'
