On 12.06.08, Martin Görg wrote: > Does anyone know what's up with the problem that LyX shows an error saying > "An empty output file was generated" with the reason being "I can't write > on file Thesis.dvi"? The error only happens when I have the file already > open in Yap. Then, sometimes but not always, a "View DVI" or "Update DVI" > results in the described error.
> When I close Yap and issue "View DVI" again, the document is prodeced just > fine. Looks like Yap locks the file. Normally this is done by applications whenever you edit a file and have not saved yet. As you normally do not edit a dvi file, this seems to be a bug in Yap. However, if you did some edits (change orientation or papersize etc) and possibly want to save the changes back it is OK. Günter
