Hi,
I'm trying to import a SWP "portable LaTeX" file into LyX1.5.2 (just
downloaded few days ago - web-based installer, WinXP). I keep getting the
same resulting error message (pop-up):
"LyX: Document Format Failure
C:\Documents and Settings...\Local Settings\Temp\lyx_tempdirXXX\XXX ended
unexpectedly, which means that it is probably corrupted."
Then the LyX GUI shows a partially imported result. I've tried several
variations to diagnose what might be the problem:
1. First tried importing the .tex file, that contained .wmf files for
\includegraphics (I had installed metafile2eps). The partial import did
display the graphics. But I thought perhaps the conversion/render script
buffer might be "overfilled"...
2. Then I converted all my graphics to .eps, changed their references to
.eps in the .tex file, then tried again. Same result (same point in
document at which the import was partial). So it wasn't due to .wmf
conversion overflows...
3. I tried snipping out the section of the document around the area where
the import terminated. The subsequent import effort produced a partial
import that proceeded further into the document. I could not discern any
commonality between the two halting points in the raw .tex file.
Some other clues:
A. I did notice that of the several figures imported, only 1 was
treated as a float, with caption. I examined this and compared it to the
other figures not so treated, and could not discern any difference between
their \begin{figure} and \includegraphics directives.
B. Before exiting the LyX session, I went into the Temp folder, and
found what appeared to be a temporary lyx-format file (no extension) - it
contained a tex2lyx conversion of my *entire* .tex file. So perhaps (in my
feeble understanding) the problem lies in the lyx2lyx conversion?
Does anyone have any immediate suggestions? Should this get posted to
bugzilla?
If/when I succeed, I intend to post a "how-to" for SWP-to-LyX (as of
1.5.2).
Thanks!
Frank J. Iannarilli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821 USA
www.aerodyne.com/cosr/cosr.html
