On 06/23/2011 01:05 AM, William Hanson wrote: > My LyX folder has the path C:\Program Files\LyX20. I can't get rifd > of the space in "Program Files". Are you suggesting that I move the > LyX20 folder somewhere else? > No, he meant to put the document somewhere else.
I'm going to try cc'ing some of the Windows folks and see if they can help. rh > Bill > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Julien Rioux > <jri...@physics.utoronto.ca <mailto:jri...@physics.utoronto.ca>> wrote: > > On 22/06/2011 4:10 PM, William Hanson wrote: > > Windows XP Users, > > The attached message string details my story. Basic Summary: > > My OS is Windows XP, and I've been using LyX 1.6.7 without > problems for > about a year. Starting a couple of days ago I've been unable > to update or > view the DVI versions of my files. Clicking the dvi or PS > icons brings an > error message: "Cannot convert file An error occurred whilst > running > phython -tt". > > I downloaded LyX 2.0.0, and I can open my documents using it. > But, when I > do, I get a message saying that I need the document class > "article", and I'm > directed to 3.1.2.2 of the User Guide. Unfortunately I don't > understand the > information given there on how to install the appropriate > package files. > > After I get into one of my documents (using 2.0.0) and I click > View (which I > assume is asking for the compiled version that the dvi button > yielded in LyX > 1.6.7), I get a file name error message: "The directory path > to the > document cannot contain spaces". > > The suggestions offered by Richard Heck and Julien Rioux, > while much > appreciated, have not helped. > > Bill Hanson > > > Given this new information, can you get any output if you put your > LyX file in a directory path which does not contain spaces in its > name? > > Regards, > Julien > >
