I believe you should not wait for Vista SP1, Uwe. I'm one who is going to wait until people tests it, because I don't really know what "nasty" things this huge update can cause. Even Universities in the USA have been advising against installing it until it is fully tested.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Graham Griffiths schrieb: > > > I installed LyX 1.5.4 as you suggested. Everything works fine now > except: > > > > A) The Update PDF icon has disappeared and LyX cannot export a PDF file > if I > > am currently viewing a PDF rendering of the current LyX file. > > Then you are on Windows Vista, right? For an unknown reason the program > that handles PDFs when they > are open fails on Vista. I will provide a workaround, but me was told I > first should wait if the > Vista Service Pack 1 fixes this. Have you installed the Service Pack 1 for > Vista that is available > since 2 weeks at microsoft.com? If not, does it work when you install it? > > If nothing helps, reinstall LyX 1.5.4 using the official installer that > uses a different method to > update PDFs. But now you have a working and full featured LaTeX > installation and the third-party > programs like Ghostscript are up to date. > > > B) At start up, a command window appears with the statement: > > lyx: Disabling LyX socket. > > This shouldn't be the case. This only appears when directly double > clicking on the lyx.exe. When > double clicking a LyX-file or via the start menu, this console window is > hidden. > Nevertheless, it doesn't matter if you see this window or not since it > doesn't change any > functionality of LyX. > > regards Uwe > -- ------------------------------------------------- Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
