Hi Rainer, That's a good point. I renamed C:\Documents and Settings\Ken\Application Data\LyX2.0 to LyX2.0_old and, as you say, a new one was created on launching LyX. However the toolbars are still missing. So the problem must be elsewhere.
I am logged on a s Limited XP user so I don't know if any changes would have occurred in the C:\Program Files\LyX20 folder when I was playing with the user folder. Where else might I look for the culprit? Thanks, Ken On 29 July 2011 09:45, Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Ken <kmai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ooops. Now I have messed up my installation. >> >> I copied the stdtoolbar.inc from the installation folder on C:\Program >> Files to the "ui" folder in my LyX2.0 user directory and was playing >> around with it. But then my toolbar disappeared. When I tried >> deleting the .inc files from my user ui folder so that the defaults >> would be used, the toolbars seem to have shrunk. Please see the >> attached screenshot. >> >> I have tried re-installing LyX but this has not helped (as I suspect >> the problem is somewhere in my user directory). Has anyone come >> across this issue and happen to know where the incorrect setting may >> be? > > No - but if you assume it is caused by something in the user directory, I > would suggest to rename it and start LyX - a default one should be created. > Cheers, > Rainer >> >> Thanks, >> Ken >> >> >> On 26 July 2011 19:26, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello Ken >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Ken <kmai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Stephen and Liviu wrote the excellent guide: "LyX Essentials" >> >> (sites.google.com/site/tsewiki/resources/latex/LyX_Essentials.pdf) >> >> >> > Thank you for the kind words. >> > >> > >> >> In it they write: "The View icon is practical for previewing your >> >> final output, but it is generally a good habit to use File ! Export ! >> >> PDF (pdflatex) to actually export your final PDF document." >> >> >> >> Why? Is this so that one has a permanent copy of the PDF in the >> >> relevant folder as opposed to just the PDF placed in the temporary >> >> folder? >> >> >> > Basically, yes. >> > >> > >> >> If that is the reason, then I would agree but often tend to forget to >> >> export my document every time I am done editing it. In fact I wish >> >> >> > This is true in the beginning, but should get better as you get more >> > familiar with the LyX work-flow. >> > >> > >> >> that I could somehow over-ride the "View" functionality so that the >> >> generated PDF is always placed in the same folder as the .lyx file --- >> >> possibly with the word "draft" appended to it. In that case I would >> >> >> > I'm not sure that you want this. For one, at each Export instance you >> > will be greated with the 'Overwrite?' dialogue. (I don't know if you >> > can turn it off, but if you do it can be dangerous.) >> > >> > >> >> always have a copy of every document in PDF form compiled to the >> >> latest version. >> >> >> > One way to work around would be to create a custom 'Export to PDF' >> > button (this is easy) that would always compile the document and >> > export it in the desired folder. Then, if you use a well behaved PDF >> > viewer such as Evince, each time the file is saved to disk the viewer >> > will automatically reload it, meaning that the button will effectively >> > act both as 'export' and 'preview'. This way you have to open your PDF >> > file only once, and have it regularly updated by LyX. >> > >> > >> >> This is useful for cases where (a) I want to read one >> >> of my document without opening LyX or (b) want to quickly send a >> >> document to someone quickly and don't want to have to compile it (just >> >> in case for one reason or another the compilation is broken). >> >> >> >> Can anyone suggest either: >> >> (1) how to over-ride the "View" function as described above, or >> >> (2) how to create a new icon which generates a PDF (appended with >> >> draft) which is saved in my working directory and automatically opened >> >> for viewing. >> >> >> > In principle it should be possible to combine the preview and export >> > command sequences. For this, check Help > Functions (particularly >> > 'command-sequence') and some examples on the mailing list (same >> > keyword, and perhaps 'keyboard bindings'). For the commands run in the >> > menus and on the toolbar inspect 'stdmenus.inc' and 'stdtoolbars.inc'. >> > I haven't tested, but it should be as easy as copy/pasting and >> > slightly modifying the items of interest. >> > >> > Regards >> > Liviu >> > > > > > -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, > UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Stellenbosch University > South Africa > > Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 > Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 > Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 > > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > > email: rai...@krugs.de > > Skype: RMkrug > >
