On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:36 PM, stefano franchi wrote:

> I am forwarding to the users' list. This problem starts to exceed my
> lyx/Latex skills. What I can say is this:
> 
> If I:
> 
> 1.  Import your  file with the modified latex converter
> 
> 2. Change fonts to non-latex
> 
> 3. Select  full-coverage unicode fonts like TeX Gyre Termes/Heros
> 
> 4. Compile with xelatex
> 
> Everything goes well.
> 
> HOWEVER, the order of the 1-4 operations is crucial on my setup. If,
> for instance,  I import and then  try to compile first (step 4), I get
> the error you mention. After that, there is no way to get the file to
> compile even after switching to non-latex fonts and selecting
> appropriate fonts. I have to close the file and reimport it.
> So:
> 
> 1-2-3-4 works
> 1-4-2-3-4 fails permanently
> 1-2-4-3-4 fails permanently as well
> 
> Closing the file after failure and trying again with the correct
> sequence works. This may a lyx bug, I suspect.
> 
> More skillful people may provide a deeper answer.

Thanks for the problem-solving help again, Stefano. This worked. I had to guess 
in selecting fonts, as I have no idea what #3 amounts to. When I selected 
Palatino for serif, it went through. Thanks so much.

I would appreciate help from anyone in identifying the offending character[s] 
so I don't have to jump through all these hoops every time I export from 
Scrivener/import to Lyx/compile. 

I don't know if Scrivener is source of the problem, if it's something I'm doing 
in the way I format in Scrivener--in one section of the paper I inserted a 
long-ish line centered on the page to mark a break between subsections of a 
section that I did not want to mark with subheadings--or if it's a problem with 
LyX.

For now I'm grateful that Stefano has rescued me once again.

Sincerely,   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eric Weir
Decatur, GA 
[email protected]

"What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" 

- Mary Oliver 






Reply via email to