On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Ken <kmai...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >
As far as I remember, LyX has system settings and user settings. If you want to try to reinstall LyX, I would uninstall it, check that the LyX folder is deleted as well (but keep a copy of your user directory), and reinstal LyX. Keep in mind, that all this is coming from a Linux user - so there might be some places, where LyX stores settings as well (registry? unlikely), which I am not aware of. > 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? > No idea apart from my suggestions above. Cheers, Rainer > > 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 > > > > > -- 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
