2009/1/3 Thomas W <[email protected]>: > Quiliro Ordóñez <quil...@...> writes: > >> >> > when clicking the "View PDF (pdflatex)" icon in LyX, or executing the >> > appropriate command via the menu, a PDF file is generated in the temp >> > directory, but Acrobat doesn't start. >> > >> > I'm using LyX 1.6.1, installed with LyXWinInstaller on a Vista SP1 machine >> > with Acrobat 8. Any help would be much appreciated, always browsing to the >> > temp folder is somewhat tedious. >> >> Right click on the saved temp file and click on properties and then >> define the type of file and with what program to open with. >> Investigate a little. I haven't used Windowz for 8 years. >> > > unfortunately it's not that simple... the file type is correctly associated > with Acrobat, and I wouldn't be sure that LyX looks up the default application > for a pdf in the Windows registry anyways... > > maybe this is also helpful - I checked my configure.log, which shows: > +checking for "acrobat"... yes > > in -dbg mode the only helpful line seems to be > D:\LyXSVN\LyX1.6.x\src\Format.cpp(303): Executing command: pdfview > "C:/Users/one > oftwo/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.Hp1856/lyx_tmpbuf0/newfile1.pdf" > (no error messages to be found...) > > so it seems that the pdfview command is the problem... now how to see/change > what pdfview does?
I am not sure about this solution but I think that if the problem is with Lyx, you might try this. In the first place I suggest you install FoxIt PDF reader. It is libre software which is good for freedom. Then open Tools --> Preferences --> External Formats --> File Formats Check the file format you are using and then check which program is being used as a viewer. Hope this helps. I do not have the same conditions as you so it might be different because I use the GNU operating system and furthermore it is in spanish. Please excuse any translation error. Good luck. -- Saludos/Greetings Quiliro Ordóñez 593(02)340 1517 / 593(09)821 8696 http://quiliro.wordpress.com Artículos recientes: - Por que aceptar derechos de autor y patentes si no tenemos ninguna?
