----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: oddity
Srinivas Nedunuri wrote:
I did notice that under converters, there was no converter for Lyx to
Dvi,
in fact anything to Dvi...which might be the source of the problem though
I'm baffled as to how it disappeared if indeed there ought to be one
There is no direct converter from LyX to DVI. What you need is a
converter from LyX to LaTeX and a converter from LaTeX to DVI.
First thing to check: File->Export has an entry for LaTeX. If not,
something has either hosed your LaTeX installation or made it appear to
LyX to be unavailable.
In recent versions, this path has two elements: a LaTeX to DraftDVI entry
(the converter is latex $$i), and a DraftDVI to DVI entry (python
$$s/scripts/clean_dvi.py $$i $$o). With just the first entry, you should
have DraftDVI available on the View menu.
Paul
Yes, which is why I asked about whether he was on a network which
might supply something from a server and the error message has a *nix
flavor... I mentioned Perl, but it could be Python, another scripting port.
As a remedy, reinstalling Python (23 or 24) is easier than as a first
attempt, to fix it, than Miktex. I have Python in my Windows path as
well as LyX's Path prefix (found under Lyx --> Edit -->Preferences in
the Path prefix pane). For that matter, Srinivas should check to see that
all of the helper applications that LyX requires are seen in the Path
prefix.
I think "Could not fork: Exec format error", is likely related at the roots.
Regards,
Stephen
