On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Stephan Witt wrote: > Am 08.12.2011 um 14:40 schrieb Eric Weir: > >> On Dec 7, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: >> >>> Am 07.12.2011 um 20:43 schrieb Guenter Milde: >>> >>>> When starting programs from the command line (or an terminal emulation), >>>> you >>>> can pass them options. The tex2lyx converter can be used as an independent >>>> program and supports a some configuration options if used so. >>>> Try the command >>>> >>>> tex2lyx --help >>> >>> That would be like this: >>> $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/tex2lyx --help >> >> Thanks, Stephan. I tried that first line as a command. When that didn't work >> I switch to the MacOS directory and did the tex2lyx command. I get "not >> found." What'm I doing wrong? > > The dollar sign should indicate you're on a command line prompt and you have > to start entering the command with /Application/... > I'd guess you get "command not found" when in directory > /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS because modern Unix don't have the > current directory in PATH environment. You have to type ./tex2lyx then.
Hmm. Musta done something wrong the first time. After getting your response I tried the command using the path again before trying your suggestion. This time it worked. Guess it would worked first time, too, except that.... Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz
