Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
"Paul" == Paul A Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> Hi all, I've got a recurring issue with LyX 1.4.3-4 (and -5, I
Paul> think). It manifests as LyX displaying the wrong glyphs for some
Paul> symbols in math insets (although math preview converts them
Paul> correctly). For instance, the integral sign displays as a
Paul> capital R. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Bakoma4LyX fonts
Paul> cures the problem, and previously I've blamed this (possibly
Paul> incorrectly) on the fonts that install with LyX. However, it
Paul> happened again today, and I have not updated LyX on my laptop
Paul> recently. Sure enough, deleting the eight TrueType font files in
Paul> the Bakoma4LyX package and then reinstalling them cured the
Paul> problem. However, before I did that I ran file comparisons
Paul> between the ones in the Bakoma4LyX archive and the ones in the
Paul> Windows font directory, and they were identical!
I thought the fonts were installed in LyX' font/ subdirectory. Are you
really supposed to install them globally too?
LyX 1.3.x required global installation. Somewhere around LyX 1.4.2, LyX
started providing them in a font/ subdirectory, but that's when I
started getting display adventures. So I deleted the LyX font/
directory and reinstalled globally.
Could it be that the problem occurs when you run two instances of LyX
simultaneously? Then quitting one of them would unregister the fonts.
That happens on rare occasions (when I double-click a document before
remembering that LyX is already open), but the display problem occurs
with just one version running. I did a font reinstall yesterday that
'fixed' the display. Today it's back to being screwed up, and I don't
think I have run two instances of LyX simultaneously in the interim.
Even if the fonts are unregistered, shouldn't starting LyX (with no
other instances running) reregister them?
Thanks for the idea,
/Paul
