On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:54 , Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am 18.09.2014 um 11:01 schrieb Helmut Hauser <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Hi Stephan,
>> 
>> It is me again. Now I have troubles to compile with the export command.
>> 
>> I have the right LyX path, since it works with the —help option. However, 
>> the export does not work. I get the error message:
>> 
>> Error: Couldn't export file
>> ----------------------------------------
>> No information for exporting the format Postscript.
>> 
>> I have tried it with various formats like Postscript (example above) and 
>> HTML since I figured maybe "PDF (pdflatex)” (wich I actually would need) 
>> with the space in between and the quotation mark might be an issues.
>> Do I understand it correctly, that I could use any format listed in the menu 
>> File/Export ?
>> 
>> my command looks like this (e.g. with the Postscript option):
>> 
>>  /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -e Postscript  Chapter_01.lyx 
>> 
>> I have also tried with  —export, but of course that should’t make a 
>> difference. I have checked, I am in the right path, where the LyX file is 
>> located.
>> 
>> Any suggestion what I might have done wrong?
> 
> You have to pass the value of "Kurztitel”.

That did it. I was not aware of the "Short Name”. I have looked everywhere, but 
not in the most obvious place, i.e., with  the --help option.
Thank you very much !

All the best,
Helmut

> 
> See the shapshot I've attached.
> 
> Stephan
> 
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