Am 18.06.2013 um 19:50 schrieb Kristen Lurie <[email protected]>: > To get the view button to activate: > Go to menu: Preferences > File Handling > File Formats > Change the Default Output Format to PDF (pdflatex). Other options might work, > but this item was initially blank.
Ok, thank you. This is item should be set to pdf2 (pdflatex) initially. I tried it with an account I've just created so the LyX settings are created from scratch for sure. And this worked for me. I don't know what happened. But I'm glad you solved it for you. Stephan > On Jun 18, 2013, at 2:56 AM, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Am 18.06.2013 um 10:13 schrieb Kristen Lurie <[email protected]>: >> >>> Success. Thank you! >> >> Please, tell us the solution. >> >> Thank you, >> Stephan >> >>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Am 18.06.2013 um 09:41 schrieb Kristen Lurie <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> The view button (command+R) is greyed out -- it says command disabled >>>>> when typing the shortcut. It looks like the view master document is also >>>>> grey -- but this is less of a concern. >>>>> >>>>> Here is an example of the toolbar: >>>>> <Screen Shot 2013-06-18 at 12.36.46 AM.png> >>>> >>>> Please, verify the settings LyX is using: I've attached the defaults I got >>>> on my system. >>>> (Sorry, it's in german. But I think you can find the preferences on your >>>> system too.) >>>> >>>> Stephan >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie <[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed >>>>>>> MacTeX and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu >>>>>>> View > View (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the >>>>>>> toolbar is greyed out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin >>>>>>> that I don't have? Do you have other suggestions for why this button >>>>>>> might not be active? >>>>>> >>>>>> You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out? >>>>>> The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer". >>>>>> It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open. >>>>>> >>>>>> It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin. >>>> >>>> <Bildschirmfoto 2013-06-18 um 10.02.33.png><Bildschirmfoto 2013-06-18 um >>>> 10.03.09.png> >>> >> >
