Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x

[Frank Chu]

Thanks, Andres,

I just found a solution.  It maybe helpful to document it.  So, feel free to 
document it somewhere.

There is a proposed solution at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg29976.html
But there is an error there:

LYXDIR\lyx2lyx.bat foo.lyx  temp.lyx
should be==
LYXDIR\lyx2lyx foo.lyx  temp.lyx
After making the changes as described there, I am not sure if it solves the 
problem for all the systems.  For me, it needs a bit more work.  Basically I 
found a way manually convert latex to lyx with the native win32 lyx.  It 
takes two steps, in addition to the changes described in that link: 
(assuming your LYXDIR\bin is on PATH)

1. Convert Latex file to lyx file:

perl LYXDIR\bin\relyx xxx

Note: the latex filename is xxx.tex, above automatically produces xxx.lyx

for help:
perl LYXDIR\bin\relyx -h
Such an xxx.lyx file cannot be used yet, one should:

2. Convert Lyx accross different Lyx versions:

python -S LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx -o yyy.lyx xxx.lyx

Such a xxx.lyx file should be unix format (No need to change Enter key
to DOS format)
one can also add -t 1.3 -f 1.1.6
From ver1.1.6 to ver1.3  (I guess)  For detail look at the python script
LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx

For help:
python -S LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx -h
(For Win98, to get more space for env var, one may need to add one line in
config.sys: shell=C:\WINDOWS\command.com C:\WINDOWS /e:4096 /p)
Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:26:40 -0500
Hello,

The conversion from latex to lyx is complex, and the process has no 
guarantees to work perfectly.If the latex file is simple the conversion 
works, if it has lots of stuff it may fail.

Maybe you can split the latex document in order to convert the chunks 
partially.

If you want, you can send me the file to convert, I can't promess nothing, 
anyway :-)

Andres.

En Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:22:29 -0600, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Andres wrote:
Do you still have problems with lyx? What problems?
It seems I can guess some reasons: is it the problem of the conversion 
script in lyx 1.3.x ?  Just now I happened to use a Unix version of Lyx 
(but 1.3.x) and it can't convert my latex file to lyx file right (however 
lyx 1.1.6fixed does very good job -- never had a problem).  Do you know 
any compatibility problem in lyx version control, etc. ?  Sorry for my 
ignorance. Thanks!

Frank


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Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x

[Frank Chu]

Thanks, Andres,

I just found a solution.  It maybe helpful to document it.  So, feel free to 
document it somewhere.

There is a proposed solution at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg29976.html
But there is an error there:

LYXDIR\lyx2lyx.bat foo.lyx  temp.lyx
should be==
LYXDIR\lyx2lyx foo.lyx  temp.lyx
After making the changes as described there, I am not sure if it solves the 
problem for all the systems.  For me, it needs a bit more work.  Basically I 
found a way manually convert latex to lyx with the native win32 lyx.  It 
takes two steps, in addition to the changes described in that link: 
(assuming your LYXDIR\bin is on PATH)

1. Convert Latex file to lyx file:

perl LYXDIR\bin\relyx xxx

Note: the latex filename is xxx.tex, above automatically produces xxx.lyx

for help:
perl LYXDIR\bin\relyx -h
Such an xxx.lyx file cannot be used yet, one should:

2. Convert Lyx accross different Lyx versions:

python -S LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx -o yyy.lyx xxx.lyx

Such a xxx.lyx file should be unix format (No need to change Enter key
to DOS format)
one can also add -t 1.3 -f 1.1.6
From ver1.1.6 to ver1.3  (I guess)  For detail look at the python script
LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx

For help:
python -S LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx -h
(For Win98, to get more space for env var, one may need to add one line in
config.sys: shell=C:\WINDOWS\command.com C:\WINDOWS /e:4096 /p)
Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:26:40 -0500
Hello,

The conversion from latex to lyx is complex, and the process has no 
guarantees to work perfectly.If the latex file is simple the conversion 
works, if it has lots of stuff it may fail.

Maybe you can split the latex document in order to convert the chunks 
partially.

If you want, you can send me the file to convert, I can't promess nothing, 
anyway :-)

Andres.

En Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:22:29 -0600, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Andres wrote:
Do you still have problems with lyx? What problems?
It seems I can guess some reasons: is it the problem of the conversion 
script in lyx 1.3.x ?  Just now I happened to use a Unix version of Lyx 
(but 1.3.x) and it can't convert my latex file to lyx file right (however 
lyx 1.1.6fixed does very good job -- never had a problem).  Do you know 
any compatibility problem in lyx version control, etc. ?  Sorry for my 
ignorance. Thanks!

Frank


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Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x

[Frank Chu]

Thanks, Andres,

I just found a solution.  It maybe helpful to document it.  So, feel free to 
document it somewhere.

There is a proposed solution at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg29976.html
But there is an error there:

LYXDIR\lyx2lyx.bat foo.lyx > temp.lyx
should be==>
LYXDIR\lyx2lyx foo.lyx > temp.lyx
After making the changes as described there, I am not sure if it solves the 
problem for all the systems.  For me, it needs a bit more work.  Basically I 
found a way manually convert latex to lyx with the native win32 lyx.  It 
takes two steps, in addition to the changes described in that link: 
(assuming your LYXDIR\bin is on PATH)

1. Convert Latex file to lyx file:

perl LYXDIR\bin\relyx xxx

Note: the latex filename is xxx.tex, above automatically produces xxx.lyx

for help:
perl LYXDIR\bin\relyx -h
Such an xxx.lyx file cannot be used yet, one should:

2. Convert Lyx accross different Lyx versions:

python -S LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx -o yyy.lyx xxx.lyx

Such a xxx.lyx file should be unix format (No need to change Enter key
to DOS format)
one can also add -t 1.3 -f 1.1.6
From ver1.1.6 to ver1.3  (I guess)  For detail look at the python script
LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx

For help:
python -S LYXDIR\share\lyx\lyx2lyx\lyx2lyx -h
(For Win98, to get more space for env var, one may need to add one line in
config.sys: shell=C:\WINDOWS\command.com C:\WINDOWS /e:4096 /p)
Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:26:40 -0500
Hello,

The conversion from latex to lyx is complex, and the process has no 
guarantees to work perfectly.If the latex file is simple the conversion 
works, if it has lots of stuff it may fail.

Maybe you can split the latex document in order to convert the chunks 
partially.

If you want, you can send me the file to convert, I can't promess nothing, 
anyway :-)

Andres.

En Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:22:29 -0600, Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
escribió:

Andres wrote:
Do you still have problems with lyx? What problems?
It seems I can guess some reasons: is it the problem of the conversion 
script in lyx 1.3.x ?  Just now I happened to use a Unix version of Lyx 
(but 1.3.x) and it can't convert my latex file to lyx file right (however 
lyx 1.1.6fixed does very good job -- never had a problem).  Do you know 
any compatibility problem in lyx version control, etc. ?  Sorry for my 
ignorance. Thanks!

Frank


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Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x

[Frank Chu]

Andres wrote:
Do you still have problems with lyx? What problems?
It seems I can guess some reasons: is it the problem of the conversion 
script in lyx 1.3.x ?  Just now I happened to use a Unix version of Lyx (but 
1.3.x) and it can't convert my latex file to lyx file right (however lyx 
1.1.6fixed does very good job -- never had a problem).  Do you know any 
compatibility problem in lyx version control, etc. ?  Sorry for my 
ignorance. Thanks!

Frank




Andres.

En Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:21 -0600, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Dear Andres,

Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ?  I saw these 
on win32 lyx's homepage:

Patches  extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files  MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Thanks,
Frank
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Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x

[Frank Chu]

Andres wrote:
Do you still have problems with lyx? What problems?
It seems I can guess some reasons: is it the problem of the conversion 
script in lyx 1.3.x ?  Just now I happened to use a Unix version of Lyx (but 
1.3.x) and it can't convert my latex file to lyx file right (however lyx 
1.1.6fixed does very good job -- never had a problem).  Do you know any 
compatibility problem in lyx version control, etc. ?  Sorry for my 
ignorance. Thanks!

Frank




Andres.

En Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:21 -0600, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Dear Andres,

Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ?  I saw these 
on win32 lyx's homepage:

Patches  extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files  MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Thanks,
Frank
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Re: Converting latex to lyx with Lyx 1.3.x

[Frank Chu]

Andres wrote:
Do you still have problems with lyx? What problems?
It seems I can guess some reasons: is it the problem of the conversion 
script in lyx 1.3.x ?  Just now I happened to use a Unix version of Lyx (but 
1.3.x) and it can't convert my latex file to lyx file right (however lyx 
1.1.6fixed does very good job -- never had a problem).  Do you know any 
compatibility problem in lyx version control, etc. ?  Sorry for my 
ignorance. Thanks!

Frank




Andres.

En Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:21 -0600, Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
escribió:

Dear Andres,

Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ?  I saw these 
on win32 lyx's homepage:

Patches & extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files & MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Thanks,
Frank
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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Dear Andres,

Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ?  I saw these on 
win32 lyx's homepage:

Patches  extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files  MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Thanks,
Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500
Hello,

Maybe:

perl c:\lyx\bin\reLyX file.tex

works from commandline ...

Andres.

En Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:06:23 -0500, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Thanks, Andres,
It's already on path. BTW, when you installed it, did you need to install 
any patch ?  I haven't yet.  The version I am using is 1.3

Is there any manual way to convert the .tex to .lyx with commandline in 
Windows?

Frank

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Dear Andres,

Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ?  I saw these on 
win32 lyx's homepage:

Patches  extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files  MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Thanks,
Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500
Hello,

Maybe:

perl c:\lyx\bin\reLyX file.tex

works from commandline ...

Andres.

En Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:06:23 -0500, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Thanks, Andres,
It's already on path. BTW, when you installed it, did you need to install 
any patch ?  I haven't yet.  The version I am using is 1.3

Is there any manual way to convert the .tex to .lyx with commandline in 
Windows?

Frank

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Dear Andres,

Do you know if I should install the patches too ? and how ?  I saw these on 
win32 lyx's homepage:

Patches & extra files: (updated 20030518)
extra_win32_files.tar.bz2 (Some extra header files & MSVC wrapper)
lyx_win32.diff (Patch against CVS)
quick_fix.diff (Dirty compile fixes)
Thanks,
Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500
Hello,

Maybe:

perl c:\lyx\bin\reLyX file.tex

works from commandline ...

Andres.

En Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:06:23 -0500, Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
escribió:

Thanks, Andres,
It's already on path. BTW, when you installed it, did you need to install 
any patch ?  I haven't yet.  The version I am using is 1.3

Is there any manual way to convert the .tex to .lyx with commandline in 
Windows?

Frank

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Yeah, it works for conversion.  The problem I met seems from openning a 
.lyx file instead of converting a file.  I'll show it in my next mail to the 
list.

Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500
Hello,

Maybe:

perl c:\lyx\bin\reLyX file.tex

works from commandline ...

Andres.

En Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:06:23 -0500, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Thanks, Andres,
It's already on path. BTW, when you installed it, did you need to install 
any patch ?  I haven't yet.  The version I am using is 1.3

Is there any manual way to convert the .tex to .lyx with commandline in 
Windows?

Frank

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Thanks, Paul,

Here is the error message I got in the debugging window when openning 
work1.lyx file:

Buffer::Buffer()
Assigning to buffer 0
Running 'C:/applications/lyx/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx -t221 
C:/temp/work1.lyx'

On the Lyx GUI, it said:
ERROR!
An error occured while running the conversion script.
Is that a bug ?  BTW, work1.lyx is a good lyx file, in the sense that it is 
converted from a good lyx file on Unix (converted to DOS just by changing 
the end-of-line character).

Frank

From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:04:44 -0400
[posted and mailed]

Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 Hi, folks,

 When I tried to
 import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and
 immediately closed that window (it seems it said Bad Filename or
 command or things like that).  Looks like I missed some script that
 it tried to call for converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's bin
 directory is on PATH.
If this is still a problem, try the following.  Open a DOS window in the
LyX bin directory, and type lyx -dbg 5 at the command prompt.  It should
open the LyX GUI.  Now try importing your LaTeX file and (without closing
the LyX window) switch back to the DOS window and see what messages you
got relating to the import operation.  Hopefully, if a script blew up,
you'll find out which one (and maybe something about why) there.
BTW, I agree that the %~p0 in reLyx.bat looks a bit goofy by Windows
standards, but it works on my (XP) system.
-- Paul

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Yeah, it works for conversion.  The problem I met seems from openning a 
.lyx file instead of converting a file.  I'll show it in my next mail to the 
list.

Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500
Hello,

Maybe:

perl c:\lyx\bin\reLyX file.tex

works from commandline ...

Andres.

En Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:06:23 -0500, Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
escribió:

Thanks, Andres,
It's already on path. BTW, when you installed it, did you need to install 
any patch ?  I haven't yet.  The version I am using is 1.3

Is there any manual way to convert the .tex to .lyx with commandline in 
Windows?

Frank

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Thanks, Paul,

Here is the error message I got in the debugging window when openning 
work1.lyx file:

Buffer::Buffer()
Assigning to buffer 0
Running 'C:/applications/lyx/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx -t221 
C:/temp/work1.lyx'

On the Lyx GUI, it said:
ERROR!
An error occured while running the conversion script.
Is that a bug ?  BTW, work1.lyx is a good lyx file, in the sense that it is 
converted from a good lyx file on Unix (converted to DOS just by changing 
the end-of-line character).

Frank

From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:04:44 -0400
[posted and mailed]

Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 Hi, folks,

 When I tried to
 import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and
 immediately closed that window (it seems it said Bad Filename or
 command or things like that).  Looks like I missed some script that
 it tried to call for converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's bin
 directory is on PATH.
If this is still a problem, try the following.  Open a DOS window in the
LyX bin directory, and type lyx -dbg 5 at the command prompt.  It should
open the LyX GUI.  Now try importing your LaTeX file and (without closing
the LyX window) switch back to the DOS window and see what messages you
got relating to the import operation.  Hopefully, if a script blew up,
you'll find out which one (and maybe something about why) there.
BTW, I agree that the %~p0 in reLyx.bat looks a bit goofy by Windows
standards, but it works on my (XP) system.
-- Paul

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Yeah, it works for conversion.  The problem I met seems from "openning" a 
.lyx file instead of converting a file.  I'll show it in my next mail to the 
list.

Frank

From: Andres Becerra Sandoval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:52:38 -0500
Hello,

Maybe:

perl c:\lyx\bin\reLyX file.tex

works from commandline ...

Andres.

En Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:06:23 -0500, Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
escribió:

Thanks, Andres,
It's already on path. BTW, when you installed it, did you need to install 
any patch ?  I haven't yet.  The version I am using is 1.3

Is there any manual way to convert the .tex to .lyx with commandline in 
Windows?

Frank

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Thanks, Paul,

Here is the error message I got in the debugging window when openning 
work1.lyx file:

Buffer::Buffer()
Assigning to buffer 0
Running 'C:/applications/lyx/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx -t221 
"C:/temp/work1.lyx"'

On the Lyx GUI, it said:
ERROR!
An error occured while running the conversion script.
Is that a bug ?  BTW, work1.lyx is a good lyx file, in the sense that it is 
converted from a good lyx file on Unix (converted to DOS just by changing 
the end-of-line character).

Frank

From: "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Frank Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:04:44 -0400
[posted and mailed]

"Frank Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hi, folks,
>
> When I tried to
> import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and
> immediately closed that window (it seems it said "Bad Filename or
> command" or things like that).  Looks like I missed some script that
> it tried to call for converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's bin
> directory is on PATH.
If this is still a problem, try the following.  Open a DOS window in the
LyX bin directory, and type lyx -dbg 5 at the command prompt.  It should
open the LyX GUI.  Now try importing your LaTeX file and (without closing
the LyX window) switch back to the DOS window and see what messages you
got relating to the import operation.  Hopefully, if a script blew up,
you'll find out which one (and maybe something about why) there.
BTW, I agree that the %~p0 in reLyx.bat looks a bit goofy by Windows
standards, but it works on my (XP) system.
-- Paul

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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Thanks so much, Guido,

I do have perl in my system (on path too) running normally all the time.  
Your are right.  I found the .lyx file I got from Unix is not DOS format.  
So I used unix2dos to change it.  Now, it still can't open the changed .lyx 
file.  It said ERROR! An error occured while running the conversion 
script.  Below is the reLyx.bat.  I don't understand why it has a %~p0 
there.  It doesn't seem to be a right Windows env var.

@echo off
rem Wrapper script for Win32
rem written by Ruurd Reitsma
set PERLLIB=%~p0..\lib
%~p0\perl.exe %~p0\reLyX %1 %2 %3
I tried to run this script in DOS Prompt: perl reLyX xxx  (xxx.tex is a 
Latex file) and it produced a .lyx file successfully.  However the same 
error message occured when I used Lyx to open this .lyx file.  Furthermore, 
I noticed the Window environmental variable PERLLIB became ~p0..\lib, which 
doesn't seem right.

Anything wrong with the reLyX script ?

Thanks,
Frank
From: Guido Milanese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:58:36 +0200
On Saturday 18 October 2003 06:31, Frank Chu wrote:
 When I tried to
 import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and
 immediately closed that window (it seems it said Bad Filename or
 command or things like that).  Looks like I missed some script
 that it tried to call for converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's
 bin directory is on PATH.
reLyX is a perl script, so you need perl in your system (for Windows,
if I remember correctly, there is a product called Activeperl
available for free).
 Furthermore, I can't even
 open a .lyx file that I generated from a lower version lyx on Unix.
  I can read
 the .lyx that this win32 lyx brings with.
Change end of line. A simple system is to load the file with vim under
windows or linux (or kwrite/kate, or any editor with end-of-line
control) and to save it again with Windows format. Or use little
efficient scripts as unix2dos, available on the Internet.
HTH,
g.
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Vocal Ensemble Ars Antiqua, Genova, Italy
http://www.arsantiqua.org
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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Thanks so much, Guido,

I do have perl in my system (on path too) running normally all the time.  
Your are right.  I found the .lyx file I got from Unix is not DOS format.  
So I used unix2dos to change it.  Now, it still can't open the changed .lyx 
file.  It said ERROR! An error occured while running the conversion 
script.  Below is the reLyx.bat.  I don't understand why it has a %~p0 
there.  It doesn't seem to be a right Windows env var.

@echo off
rem Wrapper script for Win32
rem written by Ruurd Reitsma
set PERLLIB=%~p0..\lib
%~p0\perl.exe %~p0\reLyX %1 %2 %3
I tried to run this script in DOS Prompt: perl reLyX xxx  (xxx.tex is a 
Latex file) and it produced a .lyx file successfully.  However the same 
error message occured when I used Lyx to open this .lyx file.  Furthermore, 
I noticed the Window environmental variable PERLLIB became ~p0..\lib, which 
doesn't seem right.

Anything wrong with the reLyX script ?

Thanks,
Frank
From: Guido Milanese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Frank Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:58:36 +0200
On Saturday 18 October 2003 06:31, Frank Chu wrote:
 When I tried to
 import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and
 immediately closed that window (it seems it said Bad Filename or
 command or things like that).  Looks like I missed some script
 that it tried to call for converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's
 bin directory is on PATH.
reLyX is a perl script, so you need perl in your system (for Windows,
if I remember correctly, there is a product called Activeperl
available for free).
 Furthermore, I can't even
 open a .lyx file that I generated from a lower version lyx on Unix.
  I can read
 the .lyx that this win32 lyx brings with.
Change end of line. A simple system is to load the file with vim under
windows or linux (or kwrite/kate, or any editor with end-of-line
control) and to save it again with Windows format. Or use little
efficient scripts as unix2dos, available on the Internet.
HTH,
g.
--
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Vocal Ensemble Ars Antiqua, Genova, Italy
http://www.arsantiqua.org
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Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Thanks so much, Guido,

I do have perl in my system (on path too) running normally all the time.  
Your are right.  I found the .lyx file I got from Unix is not DOS format.  
So I used unix2dos to change it.  Now, it still can't open the changed .lyx 
file.  It said "ERROR! An error occured while running the conversion 
script."  Below is the reLyx.bat.  I don't understand why it has a %~p0 
there.  It doesn't seem to be a right Windows env var.

@echo off
rem Wrapper script for Win32
rem written by Ruurd Reitsma
set PERLLIB=%~p0..\lib
%~p0\perl.exe %~p0\reLyX %1 %2 %3
I tried to run this script in DOS Prompt: perl reLyX xxx  (xxx.tex is a 
Latex file) and it produced a .lyx file successfully.  However the same 
error message occured when I used Lyx to open this .lyx file.  Furthermore, 
I noticed the Window environmental variable PERLLIB became ~p0..\lib, which 
doesn't seem right.

Anything wrong with the reLyX script ?

Thanks,
Frank
From: Guido Milanese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Frank Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Question on Win32 Lyx
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:58:36 +0200
On Saturday 18 October 2003 06:31, Frank Chu wrote:
> When I tried to
> import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and
> immediately closed that window (it seems it said "Bad Filename or
> command" or things like that).  Looks like I missed some script
> that it tried to call for converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's
> bin directory is on PATH.
reLyX is a perl script, so you need perl in your system (for Windows,
if I remember correctly, there is a product called Activeperl
available for free).
> Furthermore, I can't even
> open a .lyx file that I generated from a lower version lyx on Unix.
>  I can read
> the .lyx that this win32 lyx brings with.
Change end of line. A simple system is to load the file with vim under
windows or linux (or kwrite/kate, or any editor with end-of-line
control) and to save it again with Windows format. Or use little
efficient scripts as unix2dos, available on the Internet.
HTH,
g.
--
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Vocal Ensemble "Ars Antiqua", Genova, Italy
http://www.arsantiqua.org
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A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Hi, folks,

When I tried to
import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and immediately
closed that window (it seems it said Bad Filename or command or things
like that).  Looks like I missed some script that it tried to call for
converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's bin directory is on PATH.
My Win98 PC has MikTex installed and it worked all the time.
I also installed the following fonts to Windows font directory:
http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/contrib/latex-xft-fonts-0.1.tar.gz
I also have Imagemagick installed.  The latex file I tried is
just a small latex file with a few text and figures.It is a good latex
(means: it works on Unix as well as MikTex on my PC). Furthermore, I can't 
even
open a .lyx file that I generated from a lower version lyx on Unix.  I can 
read
the .lyx that this win32 lyx brings with.

Do I need to install Qt ?  I haven't yet.

Anyone knows why ?

Thanks,
Frank
PS: its relyx script is like this.  Don't understand why.
@echo off
rem Wrapper script for Win32
rem written by Ruurd Reitsma
set PERLLIB=%~p0..\lib
%~p0\perl.exe %~p0\reLyX %1 %2 %3
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A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Hi, folks,

When I tried to
import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and immediately
closed that window (it seems it said Bad Filename or command or things
like that).  Looks like I missed some script that it tried to call for
converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's bin directory is on PATH.
My Win98 PC has MikTex installed and it worked all the time.
I also installed the following fonts to Windows font directory:
http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/contrib/latex-xft-fonts-0.1.tar.gz
I also have Imagemagick installed.  The latex file I tried is
just a small latex file with a few text and figures.It is a good latex
(means: it works on Unix as well as MikTex on my PC). Furthermore, I can't 
even
open a .lyx file that I generated from a lower version lyx on Unix.  I can 
read
the .lyx that this win32 lyx brings with.

Do I need to install Qt ?  I haven't yet.

Anyone knows why ?

Thanks,
Frank
PS: its relyx script is like this.  Don't understand why.
@echo off
rem Wrapper script for Win32
rem written by Ruurd Reitsma
set PERLLIB=%~p0..\lib
%~p0\perl.exe %~p0\reLyX %1 %2 %3
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A Question on Win32 Lyx

[Frank Chu]

Hi, folks,

When I tried to
import a Latex file, it flashed out a DOS prompt window and immediately
closed that window (it seems it said "Bad Filename or command" or things
like that).  Looks like I missed some script that it tried to call for
converting latex file ?  BTW, my lyx's bin directory is on PATH.
My Win98 PC has MikTex installed and it worked all the time.
I also installed the following fonts to Windows font directory:
http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/contrib/latex-xft-fonts-0.1.tar.gz
I also have Imagemagick installed.  The latex file I tried is
just a small latex file with a few text and figures.It is a good latex
(means: it works on Unix as well as MikTex on my PC). Furthermore, I can't 
even
open a .lyx file that I generated from a lower version lyx on Unix.  I can 
read
the .lyx that this win32 lyx brings with.

Do I need to install Qt ?  I haven't yet.

Anyone knows why ?

Thanks,
Frank
PS: its relyx script is like this.  Don't understand why.
@echo off
rem Wrapper script for Win32
rem written by Ruurd Reitsma
set PERLLIB=%~p0..\lib
%~p0\perl.exe %~p0\reLyX %1 %2 %3
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