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navaja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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>> First, to get DVI to work, go to Edit | Preferences | File formats,
>> click on DVI, and fill in the name of your DVI viewer (probably yap
>> if you are using MiKTeX, could be WinDVI with another distribution).
>> If that doesn't work, you may need to put in the full path to the
>> viewer. Once that entry is in place, you should be able to use View
>> | DVI. See if View | DVI fills in your references (I doubt it will,
>> but worth a try for completeness).
> i put in the viewer (it is yap as i am using miktex), but i havent got
> any converters specified for dvi. what converter should i be using?
>
>> Second, what does the LaTeX log file say when you try to view your
>> document? (You get this in LyX from View | LaTeX Logfile, after
>> viewing the document in either DVI or PDF.)
>
> the logfile says that it cant find the .bbl file.
>
>
>> Third, does the word "References" print as a section heading when you
>> view the document? If not, it could be that LyX can't find the
>> BibTeX executable.
> no it doesent print "references"
>
>
>> Fourth, what happens if you export the document as a LaTeX file (File
>> | Export | LaTeX), then run latex.exe, bibtex.exe and latex.exe again
>> (from a DOS window) using that file, and then display the resulting
>> DVI file using your DVI viewer?
> i did this, and it generates my references fine. so basically, it
> looks like the problem is that latex cant find my bibtex executable.
> where do i specify the path to it?
>
I don't think you do; at least I don't see any attempt to locate it in the
configuration script. My guess is that LyX just expects it to be on the
command path -- which it should be. MiKTeX should install bibtex.exe in
its bin directory, and hopefully you have that directory on your PATH.
The fact that you didn't have latex $$i already set as your LaTeX->DVI
converter makes me wonder if your installation was ever correctly
configured. This can be a problem with the native Win32 port, at least in
my experience. You didn't indicated whether you were using the Cygwin
version or the native port, but I'm guessing native. At any rate, what
follows should work on either (except where noted).
What happens if you click Help | LaTeX Configuration? It *should* open a
LyX page showing what components of LaTeX were found during configuration.
On my system, I get an error message ("not a LyX file"), but I don't know
if that happens on other Win32 installations as well. Assuming the file
opens, check the date at the top (it should be no earlier than the date you
installed LyX), and see if it lists "yes" next to packages you know you
have. Note that it will not list BibTeX.
If the file is too old, or does not show up at all, try Edit | Reconfigure,
then exit and restart LyX, and see if that helps. I have both the native
and Cygwin ports on my system. Edit | Reconfigure works fine on the Cygwin
port, but doesn't work on the native port, and I don't know why.
-- Paul
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