Re: Are you going to offer new versions of LyXWinInsaller?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 04.04.2019 um 01:53 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:


You said I have to *compile* LyX on Windows. Of course I *install* LyX
under Windows to test it.


This is fine since you test if the compiled version works.


I agree, of course, that it would be better if the person responsible
for the Windows installer was a Windows user. But, at the moment, we
don't have anyone who is (i) willing to take that on and (ii) willing to
abide by decisions of the LyX team.


The main problem is that the rules don't follow the experience the LyX
Windows community collected over many years. Your decision not to
include a TeX distribution to the installer did not improve the
situation but worse it. Remember that MiKTeX was once included to the
installer because we needed a method to setup and repair broken TeX
distribution settings. That users broke their MiKTeX or TeXLive happened
often and I did not have the time to explain the same things how to
repair/use correct settings again and again. (You can look in the
mailing list archives how many mails I wrote over the years addressing
these issues.) Thus I developed together with the MiKTeX maintainer an
API that the installer could set up everything. Moreover it enabled to
repair broken systems just by installing LyX again.
So kicking this out is a nightmare for a new potential maintainer
because he is in the state I was before I added MiKTeX to the installer.
And I never said MiKTeX is the greatest TeX distro. It is definitely not
and recently it was quite buggy but it provides methods to set it up at
install time.

However, please sign your installer using Microsoft's signtool. This is
important because Microsoft made his SmartScreen filter recently more
aggressive. This filter is not very smart and it sucks. Nevertheless, we
have to accept that it currently tells users that installing LyX could
be harmful and one has to explicitly say "install it anyway" to get LyX
installed. One reason is that executables should have a digital
signature. With a signature SmartScreen will shout anyway but "learn"
much faster that LyX is not dangerous.
You can use the self-signature file I set up for LyX:
https://github.com/donovaly/LyXWinInstaller/blob/master/LyXorg.pfx

regards Uwe

Re: Are you going to offer new versions of LyXWinInsaller?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 02.04.2019 um 03:02 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:


You see why I insist that proper Windows support is only possible if the
whole process, compilation, installer building and testing the
installation is run on different Win systems.


No, I don't see why it matters whether we compile LyX on Windows or on
Linux, and nothing you said seems to address that.


I just gave you two examples why only installing LyX on a Windows PC
could unveil problems:

- the installer must assure that LyX is not currently running when
installing. The plugin that should do this fails now since the latest
Win 10 update from March.
Yes, the plugin was already declared deprecated but we both missed this.
We are all humans so only frequent testing on different Windows systems
will uncover such cases.

- the other example was the installation of LyX. There was a nasty bug
in MiKTeX that made it crash when LyX's configure.py was run. This was
no LyX bug but for the LyX users the effect was the same - LyX became
unusable for those who had MiKTeX already installed.
I noticed this during my tests, informed the MiKTeX developer and he
fixed it within 2 days.

So if the goal is still to deliver a working LyX system it is not enough
to compile it and its installer. One must test the different components
on different Windows systems.

One more example: ImageMagick releases made frequently problems in the
past. Some released had general problems with EPS and PDF images. How
will you see this if not testing on Windows? The crux is that the users
can't know what is causing a problem. They just see e,g, that some
images won't be displayed within LyX. Therefore I run different image
tests for every installer I release, on Win 7 and Win 10. Sometimes only
the combination of a certain Ghostscript and ImageMagick release caused
issues.

I fixed the particular NSIS plugin problem now in the installer for
FreeCAD by using the plugin "nsProcess". I'll backport this to the
LyXWinInstaller and you should do this for your installer as well.

regards Uwe

Re: Are you going to offer new versions of LyXWinInsaller?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 01.04.2019 um 18:22 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:


I use gcc in a cross-platform environment. I.e., I compile for Windows
on Linux.


Hmm, but how do you check what fits to the different Windows systems?
For example last weekend I discovered that the FindProc NSIS plugin that
normally detects that no LyX.exe is already running is working fine on
Windows 7 and older Win 10 but not on the latest Win 10.

The plugin was not compiled using MSVC and I don't know if one can rely
on GCC that programs compiled with it will run also on latest and future
Win 10 versions other than running LyX under Win 10. (Then one can
directly compile LyX under Windows.)

You see why I insist that proper Windows support is only possible if the
whole process, compilation, installer building and testing the
installation is run on different Win systems.

regards Uwe

Re: Problem with Lyx

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 30.03.2019 um 16:10 schrieb HASAN:


I have installed Lyx 2.3.3-2 and there was a problem.
There was message box which told me that amsart.cls is not exists, so
the program is not producing pdf.


Dear Hasan,

amsart should always be available. Try to
- log in as admin and assure you have Internet connection
- reinstall LyX using this installer:
https://github.com/donovaly/LyXWinInstaller/releases/download/232.1/LyX-232-Installer-1.exe
- after the installation use the menu Help->Math and view this document
as PDF.

Does this work? If yes your problem should be solved.

regards Uwe

p.s. the best mailing list to ask for help is lyx-users not lyx-docs

[announce] new location and version of the LyXWinInstaller

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyXers,

as you might have noticed, I don't provide any official LyX for Windows
installers since a while due to fundamental differences with other
developers how LyX should be installed under Windows.

Due to requests from LyX users I provided now an installer for LyX 2.3.2
with the old functionality that allows to get a fully functional LyX
directly after running the installer.
You can download the installer either from here:
https://github.com/donovaly/LyXWinInstaller/releases
or
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/
or
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/

These are the changed to my last installer which I built for LyX 2.3.0:

- installs LyX 2.3.2
- since this installer now there is no longer the need to update MiKTeX
- new dictionary for Georgian
- updated thesaurus for Ukrainian
- updated spell checker dictionaries for English, Turkmen and Ukrainian
- removed support for TeXLive 2014
- removed support for MiKTeX 2.8
- updated to MiKTeX 2.9 build 7021
- updated to Python 2.7.16
- updated to ImageMagick 7.0.8-27
- updated to Ghostscript 9.26
- updated to NSIS 3.0.4
- updated to Qt 5.9.7

regards Uwe

Re: Are you going to offer new versions of LyXWinInsaller?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 26.03.2019 um 20:58 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:


Just to be super clear: The compilers used are different, so the
binaries are different.


How do youu build? I use MSVC 2015.

regards Uwe

Re: Are you going to offer new versions of LyXWinInsaller?

[Uwe Stöhr]

On 26.03.2019 10:58, Reuven Segev wrote:


By the way, I would be grateful if you let me know whether the
customization files for the lyx.org  distribution are in
the same folder and subfolders (\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.3) as in your
distribution.


Yes, this is the same folder.
The differences in the installers are how the necessary third-party
programs are handled. LyX itself is identical since I only build from
the official LyX release source code.

regards Uwe

Re: Are you going to offer new versions of LyXWinInsaller?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.03.2019 um 08:05 schrieb Reuven Segev:


I would like to know whether you are going to offer updates for
LyXWinInstaller, or should the users download the new versions from the
lyx.org  website?


Dear Reuven,

I almost left LyX because the idea was to provide an installer that
allows average PC users to use LyX not only users with computer
background knowledge.
Unfortunately non-Windows developers thought that users must need to
learn about how LaTeX works before they can install LyX.
This contradicted my concept.

Recently I invested some time to have a look at the installer and fixed
some bugs. It was also possible to fix a crash bug in MiKTeX which
prevented new installations of LyX. The fixed MiKTeX version was
released on Saturday so I think I could release another LyXWinInstaller.

However to be able to install LyX without the crash, MiKTeX must be
updated by the installer and this is what the other LyX developer forbid
me. (Just to please some expert users, the majority has to suffer,
argh.) So in effect I cannot release any official LyX installer anymore.

Note that with the installer you find on http://lyx.org you must have
the knowledge how LyX works, that you need to install LaTeX
distribution, what a distribution is and that the distribution has a
package concept, what a package is and how the distribution you
installed handles packages and how packages and the distribution itself
is updated.
This is is a lot of required knowledge and I already got feedback that
users struggle to update MiKTeX on their own.
Besides this the installer at http://lyx.org doesn't provide up to date
third-party programs, got no bugfixes and is not digitally signed as
required nowadays for Windows 10.

regards Uwe

Workaround for: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

As of today the update servers are working again. However, one needs a 
workaround because the buggy DLL of MiKTeX prevents the updates from 
being applied.


it seems that the bug affects all users of Windows 7 while Win 10 is not 
affected. For the affected users there is a workaround but you need 
admin permissions and some knowledge:


- open a Windows console as admin (type in "cmd" in the Windows Start 
field, and right-click on it to run it with admin privileges)

- execute these 2 commands subsequently:
initexmf --admin --update-fndb
and
initexmf --admin --mklinks --force
- close the Windows console
- now start the MiKTeX console
- choose there to restart with admin privileges
- check for updates and if there are any apply them

From my point of view I see no other option than to provide a new LyX 
for Windows installer that repairs broken system by executing these 
commands in the background after LyX was installed. This way users with 
problems can just run the Win installer again and get a working LyX back 
in a minute without the need to know about console commands etc.


@developers: Maybe now you see that the Win installer must do more and 
forcing a MiKTeX update is necessary as you can see in this case. We 
cannot say "not our fault". Yes, LyX is not to blame but what matters is 
if users can use LyX. In my case I wanted to write an urgent letter with 
LyX but could not use it and had to use LibreOffice instead.


regards Uwe

Re: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 29.08.2018 um 03:30 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


I hope this issue will be fixed soon and report back.


Status report: The problem persists. The fix for MiKTeX was already 
released but the main update server of MiKTeX is down. One cannot 
retrieve any update yet, no matter what update server is chosen.


regards Uwe

Re: WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

  > I had this problem trying to install MikTeX and LateX on a new Windows computer. I got that message about an unknown procedure entry point. After uninstalling and re-installing several times, I got MikTex to work. Lyx still tells me there is no PDF viewer installed, as I described in another thread.Hi Rick, yes the problem you having is exactly the one I described. So currently there is no workaround than to wait until MiKTeX is fixed.Regards Uwe

WARNING: updating LaTeX or LyX under Windows will currently break LaTeX installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyX Windows users,

yesterday I noticed a severe bug in the LaTeX system "MiKTeX" that LyX 
is usually using under Windows. The problem is that if you

- upgrade MiKTeX or LyX
or
- install a new LaTeX package
or
- refresh the MiKTeX package database

you will end up in a broken LaTeX with error messages like "unknown 
procedure entry point".


I experimented around for more than 2 hours but could not find a 
workaround once LaTeX is broken. Even a reinstallation of LyX or MiKTeX 
doesn't help since the result are always broken DLLs and I could not 
find a way to prevent this.


Therefore I strongly recommend not to change anything in your LaTeX 
setup nor to compile LyX documents that might use special LaTeX packages 
hat are not yet installed on your PC.

Also don't install another version of LyX or reinstall LyX.

I hope this issue will be fixed soon and report back.

regards Uwe

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyXWinInstaller for 2.3.0

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 11.07.2018 um 09:45 schrieb Chris Menzel:

At first apologies for the delay in replying.


I have two questions that I'd really appreciate hearing answers to:

1. Does your installer install the same version of Lyx for Windows? The 
"About" info I see is the following:

LyX Version 2.3.0...


Yes, the installer was built using the official LyX release source code 
from ftp.lyx.org.



Qt Version (run-time): 5.10.1
Qt Version (compile-time): 5.10.1


This is not my installer. I built LyX using Qt 5.9.4. For good reasons. 
Upgrading to a new Qt version requires a lot of tests on different 
Windows PCs. In the past I often found some problems and thus decided to 
stay safe and only use long-term support Qt versions.

You find my installer here:
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/
and here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.3.0/

2. Will there be any problem using your installer after having used the 
installer on LyX site?


That could happen. I don't know the new installer the LyX team has 
released. I fear that this installer will have problems sooner or later 
with MiKTeX. If you have problems with MiKTeX, you can use my installer 
to repair this.


regards Uwe

[ANNOUNCE] LyXWinInstaller for 2.3.0

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyX users,

despite unannounced until today there is an Windows installer available 
for LyX 2.3.0 since March:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/
and
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/

Due to some disagreements with some LyX developers, this will not be the 
official LyX for Windows installer. However, it works and was already 
downloaded more than 1000 times since March.


Due to the disagreement with the understanding how LyX under Windows 
should be developed, I will provide the LyXWinInstaller as my private 
project and support it of course.


The LyXWinInstaller will take care of everything that provides you a 
fully functional LyX. That means LyXWinInstaller will take care of all 
third-party programs LyX is using in the background (MiKTeX, TeXLive, 
Python, ImageMagick, Inkscape etc.) and will configure and update them 
for you. The goal is, as for the last years where LyXWinInstaller was 
the official LyX for Windows installer, to provide an installer where 
90% of the users just have to click few times OK and Nextbut to get a 
fully functional LyX but that also gives some freedom for the 10 % power 
users (to deselect third-party programs etc.).


As I understood it, there will be a new installer for LyX under Windows 
from the LyX developers based on the code of LyXWinInstaller. I can and 
will not give support for this installer because I was not involved in 
this development.


regards
Uwe Stöhr

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 17.03.2018 um 13:07 schrieb emile lunardon:


What are the main evolutions from Bundle and Installer 4 to 5 ?


There was a bug in the installer so that existing 64bit MiKTeX 
installations were not detected.


Meanwhile I released version 6:
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/
that has improvements for users installing LyX the first time on a PC. 
There were some bugs in the MiKTeX installer that are now fixed. The LyX 
bundle installer bundles this new installer.


Users having already LyX 2.3.0 installer can ignore this new installer 
version.


regards Uwe

Re: LyX: LaTeX failed Problem Solved at Long Last

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 09.03.2018 um 06:09 schrieb elloh van:


Thank you very much.
I have tested it, everything is perfect !!
It is working perfectly.
I am now able to view the output in all formats without any complaint !!
Thank you very much, I am now happy !!


Many thanks for your report. I apologize for all the inconvenients.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX: LaTeX failed

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.03.2018 um 17:49 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

I think we found a solution. Could you therefore please test this and 
install the new LyX 2.3.0 using this installer:


Please take instead the latest installer you find here:
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/

regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.03.2018 um 18:04 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

OK, then the problem I detected yesterday seem to exist since Monday on 
some mirror servers (I'll check right now if this is now fixed and 
report back).


This is now fixed but I had to change the update process internally to 
reflect the latest changes in MiKTeX.


I therefore created the new installer version 4 that works for all of my 
test cases:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/

regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.03.2018 um 11:56 schrieb Emile Lunardon:

How could I let the Miktex update happen? It's very simple, bundle3 
displayed a window...


OK, so you didn't update MiKTeX manually.

I don't know if Miktex was really broken, but LyX was no more able to 
launch the compilation of the documents. Then, as I wrote you, a Miktex 
update failed and it is only later that on the Miktex console I have 
seen that there was proposed a list of packages to be installed with one 
package inside. After the installation of this package LyX (2.2.3 and 
2.3) were both able to compile again documents.

Presently all seems to work fine.


OK, then the problem I detected yesterday seem to exist since Monday on 
some mirror servers (I'll check right now if this is now fixed and 
report back). MiKTeX must be updated to be able to work with it, but the 
update failed because the main package containing the info of all other 
MiKTeX packages appeared recently truncated on the MiKTeX mirror servers.
Since you had a state of MiKTeX with the new MiKTeX console, it means 
that the update was partially successful. When I launch in this state 
the MiKTeX console manually and force another update run, I get MiKTeX 
fixed. And this is what you did too.
So my analysis is that the LyX installer could force the update to the 
MiKTeX console but the packages and, more important, the links to the 
packages could not be updated by the MiKTeX console because of the 
truncated package info.


In my opinion you should  concentrate on the reason of the presence in 
bundle3 of this dialog window with only an "OK button" to click as 
possible answer as we should be in position to decline the proposition 
to update Miktex


In this case we must force an update. You observed what happens if this 
is not performed or incomplete - MiKTeX can be broken.
The MiKTeX package handling changed and the different programs to 
install and maintain packages do no longer exist. They were replaced by 
the MiKTeX Console. Therefore we must find a way that users of older 
MiKTeX get the console because if they do this by themselves (e.g. by 
installing a new package or in same cases by reconfiguring LyX) a bug in 
MiKTeX can cause LaTeX to break completely.


many thanks for your help with testing and feedback
Uwe

Re: LyX: LaTeX failed

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 14.02.2018 um 11:56 schrieb elloh van:

I have just installed LyX version 2.2.3 on my laptop but when I wanted 
to see my output in other formats, i. e., View[PDF(pdflatex)], the 
pdflatex gives the following error message:


"LyX: LaTeX failed
the external program pdflatex finished with an error.
It is recommended you fix the cause of external progam's error (check 
the logs)".


Your problem seems to be a major bug in MiKTeX which we are fighting the 
last days.
I think we found a solution. Could you therefore please test this and 
install the new LyX 2.3.0 using this installer:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/LyX-230-Installer-3.exe

If this works for you and you can get a PDF from the LyX UserGuide, I'll 
provide a new installer for LyX 2.2.x accordingly.


thanks and regards
Uwe

p.s. Please write to the lyx-users mailing list for general issues. The 
lyx-docs list is for documentation issues.

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.03.2018 um 17:06 schrieb Emile Lunardon:

I certainly did not update manually Miktex during the bundle3 
installation. Read again my messages,


You wrote
"To test this new installation program, I let the Miktex update run. I 
have no idea what has been updated, but what's for sure is that the 
compilations with LyX don't work anymore now ! "


This is what I don't understand. How could you decide to let the update 
run on your own?


I realize now that you installed LyX 2.3.0 the first time using version 
1 of the LyX installer. This can explain the problems you saw. I tested 
this now but cannot reproduce.


Could you please maybe do me the favor and
- uninstall LyX and MiKTeX _completely_
- reinstall LyX using the 2.3.0 RC1/ installer (if you still have it on 
your PC)

- install LyX 2.3.0 over it using the version 3 installer.

I finally manage later to recover a working Miktex via the installation 
of a new package.


This what i also don't understand. if MiKTeX is broken, you can try 
whatever you want. Updates cannot be installed and a package 
installation doesn't repair MiKTeX. There must have happened something 
else. Because when a package update succeeds and you can use LyX 
afterwards, then it could only happen that the package file name 
database was incomplete.

However, I cannot reproduce this.
Meanwhile MiKTeX released 3 important bugfixes to its package handling 
system. I hope that they are available tomorrow for all users.


regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.03.2018 um 15:43 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:


No problem, everything is fine now. All you have to do is to install LyX
using version 3 of the installer.


I might have misunderstood something, but I think it is exactly version
3 of the installer that caused Emile's problems.


He manually updated MiKTeX and that breaks it (as I explained due to a 
bug in MiKTeX). Installing version 3 of the installer will fix this. I 
asked him to test this since I am too very curious if this works.


Emile, what is the result?

regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 05.03.2018 um 10:57 schrieb Emile Lunardon:

This time, the usual way of repairing Miktex by an upgrade didn't work: 
So the things are going reallv worse !


No problem, everything is fine now. All you have to do is to install LyX 
using version 3 of the installer. Please don't manually fiddle around 
with MiKTeX updates before installing.


After you installed LyX MiKTeX works fine as it should and you will get 
a PDF of the LyX UserGuide. If you afterwards run MiKTeX update manually 
id you cannot get a PDF, please report back.


regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 05.03.2018 um 10:41 schrieb Emile Lunardon:

> This new bundle (v3) for LyX2.3  imposes *without giving the 
possibility to decline the offer,* the update of Miktex. Is it really 
what is wanted ?


Yes, because otherwise you can get this:

I have no idea what has been updated, but what's for sure is that the 
compilations with LyX don't work anymore now ! (messsage : pdflatex 
program ended with error).


There is a bug in MiKTeX that causes to break LaTeX completely in some 
cases. The new Win installer includes a workaround from the MiKTeX 
developer.


Installing LyX again using the new installer should fix your broken MiKTeX

However, I asked you to check if you get a virus warning when installing 
only MiKTeX? If yes, this could explain the false positive for the LyX 
installer because the bundle installer extracts the mikxtex installer 
even if miktex doesn't need to be installed. (The miktex installer will 
unnecessary deleted afterwards.)


regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 04.03.2018 um 16:52 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:


One possibility could be that the previous MiKTeX installation was not
detected.


No, because then the bundle installer would install MiKTeX and this is 
something you will see as user because you have to accept the 
installation explicitly.


regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 04.03.2018 um 16:13 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:

Please test and report back also if your virus software (update its 
virus definitions before) again finds something.


Emile,

can you please do me the favor and:
1. uninstall MiKTeX
2. install MiKTeX using the latest MiKTeX installer:
http://ctan.space-pro.be/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/setup/windows-x86/basic-miktex-2.9.6615.exe

Does your virus scanner shout?

thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 04.03.2018 um 06:50 schrieb Emile Lunardon:


On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 06:14:33AM +, Emile Lunardon wrote:
> I managed to have a successfull installation with the installer version of
> LyX2.3, keeping the anti-virus «Windows Defender» active. So the problem 
is
> well linked to the bundle and its interaction with Miktex 2.9.


This cannot be. The bundle installer does exactly the same as the small 
installer. Only if no LaTeX is found it installs MiKTeX. Since you had 
MiKTeX installed there cannot be a difference. The configuration of 
MiKTeX is always the same.

We cannot do anything if virus programs detect false positives.

Nevertheless, I created a new installer that should avoid the LaTeX 
problems reported by some users:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/

Please test and report back also if your virus software (update its 
virus definitions before) again finds something.


regards Uwe

Re: Windows users: can you test the 2.3.0 installer?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 01.03.2018 um 17:15 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:


CONCLUSION
  The installation of LyX2.3 seems to corrupt the Miktex configuration. This
is not due to an interaction with the anti-virus (disabled). Hopefully an
upgrade of Miktex (if there is a new package to install) repairs Miktex 2.9
and allows LyX to work again.


This sounds not good. The problematic is this:
MiKTeX released a new version that changes the whole package handling. 
There are now 3 cases:
A: if you have MiKTeX already installed and have not yet updated MiKTeX, 
LyX will fail to setup MiKTeX because it uses the new package handling 
infrastructure.
B: if you have MiKTeX already installed and run the update wizard of 
MiKTeX once, LyX will fail too because two update steps of MikTeX are 
necessary: first to update the update wizard and second one to use it to 
update MiKTeX's main files.
C: you already run MikTeX's update wizard at least once before using the 
LyX installer or you install MiKTeX together with LyX. Then LyX will 
perform the second update run for you and LyX is already prepared for 
MikTeX's new package handling.


I am still thinking about a clever solution. Maybe I should change the 
installer so that it runs the MiKTeX update twice if necessary. I tend 
to do this but this requires time for testing I don't have right now.
If you don't like to wait, uninstall MiKTeX and use the bundle installer 
of LyX 2.3.0 to install MiKTeX right before LyX.


Any suggesting for a proper solution is welcome.

Scott, I tend to delay the public announce for LyX on Windows for some days.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX version 2.3.0rc2 available

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 02.02.2018 um 07:06 schrieb Emile Lunardon:

In my configuration the tex-gyre and tex-gyre-math packages of Miktex 
are well installed.
Since I wanted to use LuaTeX, I checked, perhaps wrongly, the option 
"Use non-TeX fonts (via XeteX/LuaTeX)".


The LaTeX font packages will be used for TeX fonts. For non-TeX fonts 
the fonts installed on your system can be used. If you don't see the 
Gyre fonts they are not installed to Windows.


To fix this, install the 4 font files:
www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/schola/qcs2.005otf.zip
to Windows:
Right-click on the font files in Windows and then choose Install (this 
requires admin permissions and Windows might ask for the admin 
password). Afterwards, log out from Win, log in again, then start LyX 
and reconfigure it.


regards Uwe

Re: miktex update has no effect

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 31.01.2018 um 21:22 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:


Why "force"? When there is a MiKTeX update the repositories refuse to
work with older MiKTeX installations? Why isn't the MiKTeX installation
itself just updated without LyX needing to do anything?


Because I triggered a redevelopment of the way how packages are 
installed. Therefore the command line parameters to do this will be changed.
However, I see that no MiKTeX installer with these changes has been 
published yet. I will act when this is the case.


regards Uwe

Re: miktex update has no effect

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 31.01.2018 um 08:01 schrieb Ian Worthington:

Going to the update wizard via the package manager, rather than directly 
(even as admin) seems to fix the problem.


I see that MiKTeX released a new major version yesterday. Therefore some 
package repositories were not yet synced.


@ Scott: The MiKTeX update will probably force me to release another 
installer for RC2. I'll have a look as soon as I find time.


regards Uwe

Re: LyX version 2.3.0rc2 available

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 31.01.2018 um 08:05 schrieb Ian Worthington:

Do Windows users on rc1 need to install the full bundle again or will 
the installer suffice?


You can install the small RC2 installer to upgrade. Teh bundle only 
contains MiKTeX and is therefore only necessary for the first 
installation of LyX.


If you encountered problems with RC1 I recommend to uninstall RC1 first 
(keep MiKTeX) and then install RC2.


regards Uwe

Re: lyx-2.3.1beta-1

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 31.01.2018 um 10:31 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:

Hi,
a few questions:
1- Is lyx-2.3.1beta-1 the newest version?


No. where did you see this?

The latest version is RC2 of LyX 2.3.0:
http://www.lyx.org/News#item1


2- How do I use the tar.xz.sig file in respect to the tar.xz?


This is the signature file to check if the file you downloaded was not 
modified.


regards Uwe

Re: miktex update has no effect

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 30.01.2018 um 07:31 schrieb Ian Worthington:

> 1. When I do a miktex update and select packages to update, there is 
activity, and no errors recorded in the log, but when I return to the 
update package list nothing has changed.


This sounds like a problem with the package repository.
An unfinished update explains your second problem.

Therefore please start MiKTeX's update program (the Admin version) via 
the Windows start menu. At first try to run the update normally. If this 
succeeds, please run the update again because for older installations 2 
runs could be necessary.
If the update is still not successful, restart the MiKTeX update and 
select in the welcome page to select another package repository. Then it 
should work. If so, please also run the update a second time until there 
are no more updates found.


regards Uwe

Re: miktex update has no effect

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 30.01.2018 um 07:31 schrieb Ian Worthington:


I've just installed the lyx 2.3 rc on my windows 10 system.

I have two problems so far:

1. When I do a miktex update and select packages to update, there is 
activity, and no errors recorded in the log, but when I return to the 
update package list nothing has changed.


This sounds like a problem with the package repository.
An unfinished update explains your second problem.

Therefore please start MiKTeX's update program (the Admin version) via 
the Windows start menu. At first try to run the update normally. If this 
succeeds, please run the update again because for older installations 2 
runs could be necessary.
If the update is still not successful, restart the MiKTeX update and 
select in the welcome page to select another package repository. Then it 
should work. If so, please also run the update a second time until there 
are no more updates found.


regards Uwe

Re: Qt5svg.dll problem

[Uwe Stöhr]

El 02.11.2017 a las 11:08, edu Gpl escribió:


1- i installed lyx 2.3 rc1, it's work good.


Many thanks for testing.


2- there are problems in the arabic text in the lyx installer (please see
the attachment file).


Thanks for the report. It seems I need to convert the installer 
translations to Unicode. I prepared a new installer just for you:


http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/Tests/

Could you please test (just install it over the existing LyX) if now the 
Arabic text is correct?



3- this the last version of my physics book (free) in sourceforge:
https://sourceforge.net/p/laws-in-physics/


Thanks. You do a great job! If I could help to spread it please tell me.

regards Uwe

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

[Uwe Stöhr]

El 29.07.2017 a las 23:47, Scott Kostyshak escribió:


Agreed. Hopefully we can get more in the future.


As on no OS people are using 100% and as 120% was the reported the 
minimal used zoom level, I again vote to make the new 100% the current 120%.


I opened an enhancement accordingly:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10737

(For the records: on Manjaro Linux KDE I have set 150% zoom.)

regards Uwe

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

[Uwe Stöhr]

El 26.07.2017 a las 08:54, Scott Kostyshak escribió:


I see. We took a poll of users and got that the average preference is
larger than 120. See:

 
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid=20170606202640.45nziu2txu6dohek%40steph


4 Win users is not a representative survey. However, it is impossible to 
set a value that suits all different resolutions for different monitor 
sizes.
Still on all PCs I have access to 120 is a sensible value. Note that 
there is also the aspect that different users on the same PC prefer 
different sizes. For example I share one of the PCs at work with a 
colleague. I use Windows' 100% system font zoom while he prefers 125% 
system font zoom. That is much too big in my opinion but well, everybody 
is free to set what he wants. I wrote how easy it is to set the zoom.



Do you have any thoughts on increasing the default?


It seems that this would be sensible as nobody uses 100% but always 
larger values, I think making the current 120% to the new 100% makes sense.


regards Uwe

Re: Help improve LyX's defaults by sharing your preferences

[Uwe Stöhr]

El 25.07.2017 a las 20:49, Scott Kostyshak escribió:


In windows the default is 120.


Yes, because that fits for the most Windows versions I had access to to 
test. You can change it easily:


- either use Ctrl + Mouse wheel for the current LyX session
- or change the value in the LyX preferences in the section
  Look -> Screen Fonts.


(I renamed my personal LyX2.3 folder so that

LyX had to create a fresh one.


Why?
If you want to delete all your personal settings, just close LyX, delete 
this folder and then restart LyX. LyX will recreate the folder with 
default settings.


regards Uwe

[announce] again a new Windows installer for LyX 2.2.2 is available

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyX on Windows users,

especially new users or those who installed LyX the first time on a 
computer recently encountered error messages of missing LaTeX packages.
There was a bug in the LaTeX distribution MiKTeX that is used by LyX for 
Windows that disabled any LaTeX package downloads.


This bug is now fixed and I therefore uploaded a new installer.

For those who had the mentioned errors, the only way to fix them is to 
do this:


1. uninstall LyX _completely_ (assure that MiKTeX is selected in the 
uninstaller to be uninstalled as well)

2. reinstall LyX 2.2.2 using the new installer:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.2/LyX-222-Bundle-4.exe



Changelog of the new installer:
- fix bug that spell checker for Vietnamese was not installed
- fix bug that thesaurus for Ukrainian was not installed
- updated to MiKTeX 2.9 build 6219 (fixes problems with the update of 
LaTeX packages)

- updated to Python 2.7.13
- updated to ImageMagick 7.0.4-5
- updated to JabRef 3.8.1
- updated to Perl 5.22.3.1
- updated thesaurus for Ukrainian
- updated spell checker dictionaries for English (CA, GB and US) and 
Ukrainian
  (To benefit from them you must uninstall an already installed LyX 
2.2.x and then use this installer.)



regards Uwe

Re: Required packages

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.01.2017 um 16:24 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


The problem was a bug in MiKTeX's installer: It did not work unless one
added something to the proxy field


This is now fixed. I therefore released a new Windows installer 
including the fixed MiKTeX:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.2.2/
(will soon be at lyx.org as well)


To fix this, open the program
MiKTeX update (admin)
There click on the button "Connection settings" and use the option to
use a proxy. As address just type in "test". (Port is 8080) and press OK.


If MiKTeX update tells you now that it cannot find the proxy, remove 
this setting and don't use a proxy.


regards Uwe

Re: customization

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 15.01.2017 um 06:19 schrieb Judy Balthes:



Lyx keeps saying rsphrase.cls is missing.  Not in MikTex2.9 or available
on CTAN.


RSphrase is only used if you use the corresponding module. Thus please 
look at your document settings and remove the module.


Note that the R-S phrases for chemical security have been replaced by 
the H-P phrases due to international conventions. LyX offers a 
corresponding module to get them.



Is there a package or some way you can stop formulas from flowing over
into the margins


To answer this we need a _SMALL_ LyX example file to see where you get 
this problem and why.


regards Uwe

Fwd: Re: Required packages

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.01.2017 um 10:06 schrieb Andrew Parsloe:


I recently needed to re-install MiKTeX. I chose the basic package to
make the download manageable, but it installs nothing like all the
packages that LyX uses. For additional packages I was guided by the
packages listed under Help > LaTeX Configuration, and then by the
packages listed in the yellow notes at the start of some of the LyX
docs. However this is still inadequate for compiling the LyX docs.


The problem was a bug in MiKTeX's installer: It did not work unless one 
added something to the proxy field. To fix this, open the program


MiKTeX update (admin)

There click on the button "Connection settings" and use the option to 
use a proxy. As address just type in "test". (Port is 8080) and press OK.

Now continue the updating.

Afterwards MiKTeX should be in shape again. Now you can log in ad Admin 
in Windows, open LyX and reconfigure LyX. Now all necessary packages to 
compile all LyX documentation files should be installed.


If this fails, please report back.

regards Uwe

p.s. for further MiKTeX updates you could remove the dummy proxy "test" 
and do it without any proxy.

test

[Uwe Stöhr]

test ignore

Re: Lyx-Miktex problems on Windows 10

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 09.12.2016 um 17:15 schrieb Cris Fuhrman:


Another question: is it mandatory in LyX to run "reconfigure" after
updating MikTeX? Updates sometimes cause obsolete packages to be removed
and replaced. Could LyX detect this and suggest running "reconfigure"?


Only if packages are removed by the MiKTeX update you might reconfigure 
LyX. Otherwise it is not necessary. It is however mandatory after you 
used the MiKTeX package manager to install new packages. Otherwise LyX 
won't be aware of them.


Note that if you update LyX e.g. from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 or if you install 
the same LyX version over an existing one to repair things, the Windows 
installer of LyX will automatically reconfigure LyX twice.


regards Uwe

Re: Lyx-Miktex problems on Windows 10

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 09.12.2016 um 05:35 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:


I have issues with packages with Lyx 2.2 on Windows 10. I have updated packages 
on MikTex as admin...



Dear Guillermo,

as I wrote in my announcement of version 3 of the Windows installer:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg104595.html

, MiKTeX made some major refactoring of its package handling. Many users 
therefore encountered problems. Form most it helped, to run the MiKTeX 
update program twice, but not for all. before spending hours with 
fiddling around I therefore recommended, to uninstall MiKTeX and LyX 
_completely_ and reinstalling LyX using the latest "complete" Windows 
installer for LyX 2.2.2. This assures that you have a fully functional 
LyX and MiKTeX.


If this fails, please report back that I can have a closer look.

regards Uwe

[announce] new Windows installer for LyX 2.2.2 available

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyX on Windows users,

some of you might have recently encountered problems with the PDF output 
of your LyX files. documents that worked fine lead now to LaTeX errors. 
These problems were introduced by a major package refactoring of the 
LaTeX distribution MiKTeX that is used by default by LyX on Windows.


There are 2 ways to solve them:

1. run MiKTeX's update program _twice_

If this does not solve your problems and you still get LaTeX errors, the 
easiest way is to


2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_ and subsequently install LyX 2.2.2 over 
your existing LyX installation using this new installer:

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.2/LyX-222-Bundle-3.exe

It will automatically reinstall a new MiKTeX and set up everything for 
you. This might take some time depending on your Internet speed because 
LyX needs a lot LaTeX packages that will be downloaded.


regards Uwe

Re: missing glyphs with title of chapter

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 20.10.2016 um 08:41 schrieb edu Gpl:


I know, but I do not know how to solve the problem.
please correct this code in attachment file, I tried a lot but I did not
succeed, because I do not know what to write in brackets (for arabic
document like attachment file).


Attached is your fixed file. All I did is deleting the lines

%\AtBeginEnvironment{ }{\selectlanguage{english}}
\AtBeginEnvironment{ }{\selectlanguage{}}

Attached is also another version where I removed your whole strange 
title redefinition. You use a KOMA script class and KOMA has already 
excellent support for changing the title and the title page (see the 
KOMA script manual: 
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/tex/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/doc/scrguien.pdf)
The problem is that KOMA and and the package titlesec (that you used for 
the title) interferes. This could later cause compilation problems.


regards Uwe


title2-fixed-better.lyx
Description: application/lyx


title2-fixed.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: LyX update loses settings.

[Uwe Stöhr]

The user settings will not be deleted if you don't explicitly trigger this. So 
you can safely install LyX 2.2.2 over 2.2.0 without problems and you user 
settings will stay untouched. 

Regards Uwe
  Original Message  

Re: missing glyphs with title of chapter

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 15.10.2016 um 10:12 schrieb edu Gpl:



i got error msg when i generated pdf file.

please see attachment file.


Hello Edu (or whatever your name is, see my p.s.),

I don't get any error. When I compile to PDF (pdflatex) I get a PDF 
without error messages.


What is your error message? Could you send us the LaTeX logfile?
Is it perhaps better if you upgrade to LyX 2.2.2?

regards Uwe

p.s. it would be fair if you would use your name in your posts. I mean 
you know mine (ours) but I don't know yours. I don't even know how to 
speak to you when I reply to your mails.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.2.2 Released

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 15.10.2016 um 18:11 schrieb Richard Heck:


Public release of LyX version 2.2.2


Unfortunately lyx.org is currently down.

LyX 2.2.2 can nevertheless be downloaded via our FTP server:
http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.2/

regards Uwe

Re: my physics book Gpl lyx

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 11.10.2016 um 16:17 schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes:


Are there particular bugs that you
encountered w.r.t. Arabic support?


Edu sent a file showing 3 bugs. I reported them now:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10434
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10435
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10436

regards Uwe

Re: my physics book Gpl lyx

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 11.10.2016 um 16:05 schrieb edu Gpl:


this my physics book pdf and source code for free (gpl):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ohodquizgame/files/Books/physics.pdf/download


Hello edu,

congratulations! Excellent work and a very important one. Education is 
so important!


Especially in Arabic language there are not many science/education books 
(except of religious books of course). But religion is not building 
bridges, repairing refrigerators etc., people do and therefore need 
knowledge how to do this.


best regards
Uwe

Re: MSI-file for installation

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 29.09.2016 um 09:54 schrieb Nicklas Devel:


Which .exe exactly are you using? (please provide the URL).
We are trying the bundle:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.1/LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe
It is difficult for us to distribute the .exe-file with (MS SCCM) because we 
don't have the opportunity to set parameters on the installation because we 
want to install the software /S (silent).


The installer provides the option to run it silently, e.g. execute

LyX-221-Bundle-2.exe /S

I once built in this feature for a university because they wanted to 
have silent installations. I admit that I did not test the feature for a 
while now.


I quick test here shows that silent installation installs LyX, but now 
if the user has already another version of LyX installed.


However, i am glad that it eventually worked for you.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX 2.2.1 is not running

[Uwe Stöhr]

OK, the new installer fixed the problems, I got confirmations from Win10, Win7 
and Win Vista users.

‎Therefore every Win user should only use the new installer that will hopefully 
soon be on ftp.lyx.org as well.

Sorry for the inconvenience‎ and regards Uwe 

  Original Message  
From: Uwe Stöhr
Sent: Dienstag, 26. Juli 2016 22:56
To: Richard Heck; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: LyX 2.2.1 is not running

Am 26.07.2016 um 19:29 schrieb Richard Heck:

> Uwe, is this an issue with the package we provide? Or is it independent?

The installer comes with all necessary MSVC runtime libraries. Today I 
installed 2.2.1 on different PCs including one new PC and it worked fine.

I have seen the bug reports but I could never reproduce them. The 
libraries which are part of the installer are the latest ones published 
together with MSVC 2015 update 3 a few days ago so I expect that they 
will work on every Win 10. On my private Win 10 laptop it works.
However, I noticed that some Win 10 users complaining have not installed 
the latest Microsoft updates but since Win 10 is an OS working as a 
service one always needs to have all patches applied. Yes, that sucks, 
but this is by design of Win 10.
So if Win 10 users have all Microsoft patches applied and still cannot 
use the installer please report back.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX 2.2.1 doesn't work on WINDOWS 8.1

[Uwe Stöhr]

 From: emile lunardonSent: Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2016 04:30‎‎> I use a 64bit version of Windows 8.1.‎> Yes ! LyX 2.2.1 works with the new installer you propose.Good news!Richard, can you please put the new installer to ftp.lyx.org?(all I did was to replace the DLLs with the ones of MSVC2015 update 2 (these are the ones still shipped as the MSVC runtime DLLs) instead of the latest update 3 although I compiled using update 3)  Regards Uwe 2016-07-26 23:27 GMT+02:00 Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de>:Am 26.07.2016 um 12:13 schrieb emile lunardon:

I have updated LyX2.2.0 to 2.2.1 on my PC under Windows 8.1.
Now it is impossible to launch LyX. The following error message is returned

lyx.exe - Erreur d'application
l'application n'a pas réussi à démarrer correctement (0xc07b). Cliquez
sur Ok pour fermer l'application.


Ouch! Do you use a 32bit version of Win 8.1 or a 64bit version? Does it help to reinstall LyX 2.2.1 using this new installer?:
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.2.1/LyX-221-Installer-2.exe

regards Uwe

Re: Lyx-Pdf problem

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 25.07.2016 um 08:46 schrieb Abhinav Narayanan:


I have been using Lyx for some years now. Recently, I installed Lyx 2.2
along with Miktex 2.9 on a new computer (Windows 8). However, when I try to
compile a simple document I get this message (see attached). I never had
any problems with Lyx in so many years. I have tried reinstalling a fresh
version which didn't solve the problem.


The error means that pdflatex is not working on your PC. To fix this, please
1. open an Internet connection if not already)
2. open LyX and use the menu Tools->Reconfigure
3. restart LyX

did it help? if not

4. run the program "miktex update (admin)" via Windows' start menu
5. after the update was finished, run it again until no package updates 
are offered6.

6. open LyX and use the menu Tools->Reconfigure
7. restart LyX

Please report back if this helped.

regards Uwe

Re: LyX 2.2.1 doesn't work on WINDOWS 8.1

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 26.07.2016 um 12:13 schrieb emile lunardon:

I have updated LyX2.2.0 to 2.2.1 on my PC under Windows 8.1.
Now it is impossible to launch LyX. The following error message is returned

lyx.exe - Erreur d'application
l'application n'a pas réussi à démarrer correctement (0xc07b). Cliquez
sur Ok pour fermer l'application.


Ouch! Do you use a 32bit version of Win 8.1 or a 64bit version? Does it 
help to reinstall LyX 2.2.1 using this new installer?:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.2.1/LyX-221-Installer-2.exe

regards Uwe

Re: LyX 2.2.1 is not running

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 26.07.2016 um 23:02 schrieb Roberto Fanciulli:


I installed Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 and again LyX
2.2.1 too, but the problem is not solved.


OK, then please assure that you have the latest Win 10 including all 
patches offered by Microsoft's Windows update.


Then (or right now if you like)
- uninstall LyX 2.2.1 _completely_
- then reinstall it using this installer:
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.2.1/LyX-221-Installer-2.exe
- report back

thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: LyX 2.2.1 is not running

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 26.07.2016 um 21:59 schrieb Georg Baum:


It is an installer issue. The LyX installer does not call the official MSVC
redistributables installer, but includes the MSVC dlls instead. This might
work on some machines and might not work on some others (the official
installer does more than just copying dlls to some place).


Why don't you provide a win installer if you always know what I am doing 
wrong?


It is sufficient to just have the dlls in the same folder as the 
compiled .exe:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299.aspx
and to be precise
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah.aspx

Uwe

Re: LyX 2.2.1 is not running

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 26.07.2016 um 19:29 schrieb Richard Heck:

> Uwe, is this an issue with the package we provide? Or is it independent?

The installer comes with all necessary MSVC runtime libraries. Today I 
installed 2.2.1 on different PCs including one new PC and it worked fine.


I have seen the bug reports but I could never reproduce them. The 
libraries which are part of the installer are the latest ones published 
together with MSVC 2015 update 3 a few days ago so I expect that they 
will work on every Win 10. On my private Win 10 laptop it works.
However, I noticed that some Win 10 users complaining have not installed 
the latest Microsoft updates but since Win 10 is an OS working as a 
service one always needs to have all patches applied. Yes, that sucks, 
but this is by design of Win 10.
So if Win 10 users have all Microsoft patches applied and still cannot 
use the installer please report back.


regards Uwe

Re: Bug in LyX 2.2.0?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 14.07.2016 um 09:52 schrieb Bernt Lie:


On my *job laptop*, I get the following error message when I try to preview the 
document I work on: [cid:image002.jpg@01D1DDB5.6D9DC410]


So on this PC the LaTeX package "units" is not installed. LaTeX packages 
are handled by the program MiKTeX. MiKTeX is by default configured to 
install missing packages automatically. It seems that this failed. I 
suggest to

- open an Internet connection
- log in to Windows as Admin
- check in the MiKTeX settings (available via Windows' start menu) that 
the option "Install missing packages on the fly" is set to "Yes".

- reconfigure LyX using the menu Tools -> Reconfigure

Does it now work?

regards Uwe

Re: lyx installation help

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.06.2016 um 21:02 schrieb J. Daniel Kim:


I found an older thread and I seem to be having the same issue.  I was able to 
install and Lyx just fine on my old PC.  Now with a new PC that uses Windows 7 
64-bit, I can't get Lyx to work - doesn't seem to recognize the MikTe.

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8268#comment:6

Any idea on what I can do?  Thanks so much.


Hi Daniel,

what exactly is your problem? What is the error message? Is this with 
LyX 2.2.0?
I heard about problems with people who installed the 64it version of 
MiKTeX manually before installing LyX but i could never reproduce this 
problem. However, these people told me that it works fine when they 
uninstall MiKTeX and then use the bundle installer of LyX 2.2.0. This 
installer version installs MiKTeX for you.


regards Uwe

Re: Wiki page regarding the transition to LyX 2.2.0 (from a user point of view)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 09.06.2016 um 07:31 schrieb CarLaTeX:


I've created this wiki page: https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Userview220


Hi Carla,

at first many thanks for your contributions.
To sort the different issues I would be happy if you could
- open a bug report in LyX's bug tracker:
  http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
  for every issue you think it is a bug in LyX 2.2.
- write a mail for every issue that is related to the lyx-devel mailing 
list. This way we can have a look if we add info to the announcement 
and/or the news section of lyx.org (referring to your Wiki page)


I have seen that you modified http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22 I 
reverted your change and protected the page that it cannot be modified 
by everyone. Please don't see this as offense, it is only that this page 
describe the new features and is our advertisement for the world. We of 
course don't want to present bugs as new features ;-) but to fix them as 
soon as possible for LyX 2.2.1.


best regards
Uwe

Re: Can't view ps in child document

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.05.2016 um 14:38 schrieb edu Gpl:


I made lyx file (book) with 19 child document, it's work good in linux.
But in windows 10 i can't view ps image in pdf .
I can see ps image if i generated pdf file from the child document, but
it's disappear when i generated pdf from the book (main file with 19 child).


Hi Edu,

could you please send me your file as ZIP in private mail? If possible 
only include 2 of the 19 child documents to be able to create a minimal 
example.


What is the LyX Version you are using? If it is LyX 2.1.4 it might help 
if you reinstall LyX 2.1.4 using the latest installer:

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.1.4/LyX-2.1.4-Installer-5.exe
because during the last months I fixes some Windows-specific issues.

Please not that you should not yet have a beta version of LyX 2.2 
installed. Work is in progress and first with the final release of LyX 
2.2.0 I can offer support.


regards Uwe

Re: Color font to highlight parts inside equations

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 03.03.2016 um 04:48 schrieb MANUEL ANGEL DOMINGUEZ TORIBIO:


But what I would like to do now y to change the colour or a part of the
equation to highlight the part I want the reader to look at.


Have a look at section 9.3 "Colored Boxes" of the Math manual that you 
find in LyX's help menu.


regards Uwe

Re: compilation runs endlosly

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 14.02.2016 um 17:59 schrieb Michael Berger:


Hi all, can somebody help, please!


It seems the only way is that you prepare a ZIP file and remove child 
file by child file from the master until you found the offending child 
file. If you send me the result (master and the child without any 
images). I can have a look.


regards Uwe

Re: Basic Question on the elsarticle.lyx template regarding the template specific label

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 08.02.2016 um 09:31 schrieb Henry Leung:


I am trying to write paper using the elsarticle.lyx template


elsarticle is a special document class for scientific articled to be 
submitted for journals of the Elsevier publishing group. So unless you 
are not writing such an article this document class might not the the 
right choice for you.
I recommend to use the KOMAscript article class. This class is used my 
many LyX documentation files, see for example the specific manuals in 
LyX's Help menu. The xypic manual might be a good start for you.


> was confused by the "author label", "author footnote label" and the 
like. I would like to know how to create them when I am writing paper in 
lyx as I need them.


Use the menu
Insert -> Author Label
(this will only be visible when the cursor is in an author environment 
and if there is not already such a label.

For the marks use the menu
Insert -> Custom Insets

regards Uwe

Re: About my error in Lyx

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 04.02.2016 um 07:32 schrieb 하헌진:

> My problem is described in here:
> 
> http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9486
> 
> 
> In here, the writer’s problem is solved, but not in mine.
> 
> What should I have to do?

Then I suggest a complete restart:

1. uninstall LyX _completely_ (including the user preferences)
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_ (use the "tidy up thoroughly" option)
3. check the Windows registry that there are no traces of LyX and MiKTeX
4. reinstall MiKTeX using the latest installer:
 http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/setup/basic-miktex-2.9.5872.exe
5. open an Internet connection
6. reinstall LyX using the latest installer:
http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.4/LyX-214-Installer-5.exe

This should work.

regards Uwe

Re: Help with arxiv

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 22.01.2016 um 02:00 schrieb Myriam Abramson:


Yes, I've done that. It's in the arxiv instructions. But I still get
the same error: the images are not included.


Have you included the PDF images in LyX like normal images? Maybe they 
check for the image file extension.
Did you use hyperref in LyX? it seems that they want this. This would 
also check the graphics driver automatically and this is what they might do.


Nevertheless the idea of arxiv is to be user friendly and LaTeX is THE 
standard on arxiv. so I am wondering that nobody from the arxiv people 
can help you.


regards Uwe

Re: Adobe PDF viewer in Windows stopped previewing

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 15.02.2016 um 17:30 schrieb Paul Johnson:


Ideas?

We have
LyX version 2.1.3
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (15.010.20056)


I cannot reproduce this with LyX 2.1.4. Please try to install LyX 2.1.4. 
I f this is not possible you can always install 2.1.4 also without admin 
permissions and use this LyX.


regards Uwe

Re: Windows API error 126

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 21.01.2016 um 03:42 schrieb MANUEL ANGEL DOMINGUEZ TORIBIO:


Do you know if I can get an older installer that work on my poor windowXP
operating system. Thanks a lot for your help. m.


As I wrote, this is not possible. For example MiKTeX (the a LaTeX 
program) does no longer work with WinXP (this is why you get the Win API 
error). other programs that are used by LyX show the same behavior.
You can also not install LyX using an older LyX installer because it 
would try to install LaTeX packages needed by LyX. But as the LaTeX 
programs don't work on WinXP this would fail and LyX would be unusable.


Sorry, WinXP is dead!


PS: Problem is not the price of a Windows 7 update. This I can do. The
problem is that my laptop is 1.5 RAM and I think windows 7 will not run
properly on it.


Theoretically you only need 1 GB RAM but my experience is that one needs 
2 GB. It should be possible to replace the RAM bar in your laptop with 
ones with more size.
You say that you have 1.5 GB RAM. This is strange because that means 
that you have 2 RAM bars, one with 1 GB one with 0.5 GB. This would 
result in low performance if both bars don't have the same size.


In case you cannot change the RAM bars I recommend to buy a new laptop. 
They are cheap at the moment (about 500 € for an excellent one with 13 
inch screen) and you then get Win 7 for free on top.


Of you want to stay with your old laptop, you must switch to Linux. As a 
beginner I would use this Linux distribution:

http://www.linuxmint.com/
in the KDE edition.

regards Uwe

Re: How to increase the height of all rows of a specified table?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 20.01.2016 um 12:04 schrieb Paul Smith:


Thanks, Uwe. There was an error with

\@ifundefined{extrarowheight}
{\usepackage{array}}{}


Yes, sorry, this code can only be used in the document preamble.


but after having removed that, it works perfectly. I mean, it suffices to use

\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt}

and

\setlength{\extrarowheight}{0pt}


Fine.

thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: Windows API error 126

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 20.01.2016 um 17:04 schrieb MANUEL ANGEL DOMINGUEZ TORIBIO:


Hello Uwe. Thanks for your very kind answer. Yes, I know I am working with
an obsolete technology and microsoft does not provide support to windowsXP
users, neither it protect them against virus threats. However, I don't
think this is the problem.


Oh, it is most probably the problem: Many programs removed code that was 
necessary for Win XP. The reason is to minimize the development work. I 
did this too for LyX's Windows installer - Windows XP is not supported 
anymore.

Sorry.

However, a copy of Windows 7 is not very expensive.

regards Uwe

Re: How to increase the height of all rows of a specified table?

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 20.01.2016 um 00:01 schrieb Paul Smith:


I am trying to increase the height of all rows of a specific table of
a document (not all tables).


See sec. 2.14.1 "Row Spacing" of the EmbeddedObjects manual that you 
find in LyX's help menu.


There you find that you can add e.g. this code to your document preamble:

% used to have extra space in table cells
\@ifundefined{extrarowheight}
 {\usepackage{array}}{}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt}

If you only want the 2pt space only for one table, add this as TeX code 
before the table:


% used to have extra space in table cells
\@ifundefined{extrarowheight}
 {\usepackage{array}}{}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt}

and this behind it:

% used to have extra space in table cells
\@ifundefined{extrarowheight}
 {\usepackage{array}}{}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{0pt}

regards Uwe

Re: Windows API error 126

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 19.01.2016 um 18:13 schrieb MANUEL ANGEL DOMINGUEZ TORIBIO:

> working with windowsXP
>

windows API Error 126: can't find the specified module

dllName="C:\Archivos de Programa\MiKTeX
2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll"


Note WinXP run out a year ago. Microsoft does not provide any patches 
for it and thus using it is as risky as getting a cold in winter.


Neither LyX nor the LaTeX program behind it (MiKTeX in your case) 
support WinXP anymore!


regards Uwe

Re: rsvg-convert, incorrect alignment

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 06.12.2015 um 15:11 schrieb Rajil Saraswat:


Right, thats what I have setup now. However, i have found Inkscape
conversion is slow compared to rsvg-convert.


Yes, rsvg is much faster. It will automatically be used in LyX 2.1.4 on 
Windows for that reason.


However, your SVG file is buggy:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9891

To repair it, you should replace the right text inset in the SVG in 
Inkscape and then save as.


regards Uwe

Re: Problem with sorting nomenclature entries...

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 24.11.2015 um 19:11 schrieb Daisuke Koya:


I tried to create a minimum working example (attached). The problem is that I 
couldn't get the example to work... When I tried to compile the file, I saw the 
following error:

Error while exporting format: PDF (pdflatex)


The reason is that you use manual page margins. (I don't know why this 
breaks the compilation). One of the big advantages of the KOMA script 
classes is that is does the printspace calculation automatically for you 
depending on the fonts and font sizes you are using. It does this by 
following some common typesetting rules and ISO norms.


If you need some more space at a margin, e.g. for a book binding, you 
can adjust the printspace with the document class option BCOR. For 
example in the LyX UserGuide "BCOR7.5mm" is used n the document class 
options to get 7.5mm more space in case someone wants to print it out 
and form a booklet.


Attached is your corrected file where I simple used the default page 
margins.


regards Uwe


minimum_example.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: Problem with sorting nomenclature entries...

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 18.11.2015 um 01:15 schrieb Daisuke Koya:


I am experiencing a problem with sorting nomenclature entries. I am trying to 
sort the entries, RMS, RMSE, and RMSE*, in this order. However, what I get 
instead is:

RMSE*
RMSE
RMS


I get the right sort order automatically, see the attached file.

Could you please provide a _minimal_ example file with the wrong sort order?

regards Uwe


nomencl sort order.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document


nomencl sort order.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: Have trouble running Lyx 2.1.4 in Win10

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 28.10.2015 um 08:28 schrieb QIN Peng:


How can I sovle this problem and use LyX?


Since you previously installed MiKTeX It might be that it is misconfigured.

It seems also that you have Python installed. If you have Python 
installed, please remove its path from Windows PATH environment variable 
(if you find this setting). If you don't explicitly need Python, 
consider to uninstall it or replace it with the older Python 2.7.


I propose the following:

1. handle Python as described
2. open an Internet connection
3. uninstall LyX _completely_
4. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
5. reinstall LyX using the latest bundle installer:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.1.4/LyX-2.1.4-Bundle-4.exe

This should do the job.

Please report if this helped you.

thank and regards
Uwe

Re: RevTeX 4.1: \onlinecite

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 13.10.2015 um 15:16 schrieb Rudi Gaelzer:


I'm writing a MS using revtex class, V. 4.1.
How do I insert specific commands for the RevTeX class 4.1, such as
\onlinecite?

I've found this post:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-cvs@lists.lyx.org/msg09818.html
claiming that revtex4-1.layout supports \onlinecite.


This feature will first be available with LyX 2.2.

For LyX 2.1.x you have to use TeX code to insert the command \onlinecite.

regards Uwe

Solution for English spell checking problem in LyX 2.1.4

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyXers,

it was not possible to spell-check English (US and Canadian) under LyX 
2.1.4 for Windows. This problem is now fixed.

There are 2 possibilities:

- replace the 2 files
  en_CA.aff
  en_US.aff
  in the LyX installation folder with these ones:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/hunspell/en_CA.aff/download
  and

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/hunspell/en_US.aff/download

- uninstall LyX and the reinstall it using the latest installer you find on
  http://www.lyx.org/Download
  or
  http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.4/

regards Uwe

Re: beamer align

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.07.2015 um 17:41 schrieb edu Gpl:

Dear lyx users
beamer support arabic language, but text align not good, sometime text in
right and some time in center and some time in left.
how i can align the text in right (arabic language) with lyx preamle?


(Hatim, is this you? It is confusing that you use 2 different synonyms.)

As I wrote you a few days ago you find a regression bug in LyX 2.2dev. I 
reported this now for you:

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9671

regards Uwe

Re: beamer align

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.07.2015 um 17:41 schrieb edu Gpl:

Dear lyx users
beamer support arabic language, but text align not good, sometime text in
right and some time in center and some time in left.
how i can align the text in right (arabic language) with lyx preamle?


(Hatim, is this you? It is confusing that you use 2 different synonyms.)

As I wrote you a few days ago you find a regression bug in LyX 2.2dev. I 
reported this now for you:

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9671

regards Uwe

Re: beamer align

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.07.2015 um 17:41 schrieb edu Gpl:

Dear lyx users
beamer support arabic language, but text align not good, sometime text in
right and some time in center and some time in left.
how i can align the text in right (arabic language) with lyx preamle?


(Hatim, is this you? It is confusing that you use 2 different synonyms.)

As I wrote you a few days ago you find a regression bug in LyX 2.2dev. I 
reported this now for you:

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9671

regards Uwe

Re: update arabic po

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 02.07.2015 um 18:49 schrieb hatim ali:

Dear Uwe
- i updated arabic po file.

- small Questions:
chapter title from left to right, i want to make the text from rtl.
please see the attachment file.


Hi Hatim,

you found a regression bug in LyX 2.2dev. Could you please report it in 
our bug tracker.


Opening your file with LyX 2.1.x the chapter title is correctly RTL.

In you example file you use a lot of code in the document preamble. You 
don't need all of it. For example


\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

will automatically be added by LyX when you use the page style fancy 
in the document settings.


For custom header/footer lines LyX provides the module custom 
header/footer lines.

So you could add things like
\lhead{\resizebox{1in}{!}{\includegraphics{main_logo.ps}}}
directly in the main text.

LyX also supports hyperref copletely. So things like
\usepackage{hyperref}%لتلوين الاشارات المرجعية وجعل الفهارس قابلة للنقر
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
urlcolor=black,
}
can be omitted in the preamble since you can set this in the document 
settings under PDF properties.


Attached is your example file (in the format of LyX 2.2dev) where i 
removed some preamble code as I described.


In general please use the simplest possible version for a test file 
(remove also all unnecessary preamble code.


regards Uwe


chapter.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: update arabic po

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 02.07.2015 um 18:49 schrieb hatim ali:

Dear Uwe
- i updated arabic po file.

- small Questions:
chapter title from left to right, i want to make the text from rtl.
please see the attachment file.


Hi Hatim,

you found a regression bug in LyX 2.2dev. Could you please report it in 
our bug tracker.


Opening your file with LyX 2.1.x the chapter title is correctly RTL.

In you example file you use a lot of code in the document preamble. You 
don't need all of it. For example


\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

will automatically be added by LyX when you use the page style fancy 
in the document settings.


For custom header/footer lines LyX provides the module custom 
header/footer lines.

So you could add things like
\lhead{\resizebox{1in}{!}{\includegraphics{main_logo.ps}}}
directly in the main text.

LyX also supports hyperref copletely. So things like
\usepackage{hyperref}%لتلوين الاشارات المرجعية وجعل الفهارس قابلة للنقر
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
urlcolor=black,
}
can be omitted in the preamble since you can set this in the document 
settings under PDF properties.


Attached is your example file (in the format of LyX 2.2dev) where i 
removed some preamble code as I described.


In general please use the simplest possible version for a test file 
(remove also all unnecessary preamble code.


regards Uwe


chapter.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: update arabic po

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 02.07.2015 um 18:49 schrieb hatim ali:

Dear Uwe
- i updated arabic po file.

- small Questions:
chapter title from left to right, i want to make the text from rtl.
please see the attachment file.


Hi Hatim,

you found a regression bug in LyX 2.2dev. Could you please report it in 
our bug tracker.


Opening your file with LyX 2.1.x the chapter title is correctly RTL.

In you example file you use a lot of code in the document preamble. You 
don't need all of it. For example


\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

will automatically be added by LyX when you use the page style "fancy" 
in the document settings.


For custom header/footer lines LyX provides the module "custom 
header/footer lines".

So you could add things like
\lhead{\resizebox{1in}{!}{\includegraphics{main_logo.ps}}}
directly in the main text.

LyX also supports hyperref copletely. So things like
\usepackage{hyperref}%لتلوين الاشارات المرجعية وجعل الفهارس قابلة للنقر
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
urlcolor=black,
}
can be omitted in the preamble since you can set this in the document 
settings under PDF properties.


Attached is your example file (in the format of LyX 2.2dev) where i 
removed some preamble code as I described.


In general please use the simplest possible version for a test file 
(remove also all unnecessary preamble code.


regards Uwe


chapter.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: Beamer and arabic

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.06.2015 um 21:17 schrieb edu Gpl:


Dear uwe
Please how i can used arabic language in beamer poster?


Hi Hatim,

is it you?

I don't know beamer. Maybe Jürgen Spitzmüller does because he is LyX's 
beamer expert.


regards Uwe

Re: Beamer and arabic

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.06.2015 um 21:17 schrieb edu Gpl:


Dear uwe
Please how i can used arabic language in beamer poster?


Hi Hatim,

is it you?

I don't know beamer. Maybe Jürgen Spitzmüller does because he is LyX's 
beamer expert.


regards Uwe

Re: Beamer and arabic

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.06.2015 um 21:17 schrieb edu Gpl:


Dear uwe
Please how i can used arabic language in "beamer poster"?


Hi Hatim,

is it you?

I don't know beamer. Maybe Jürgen Spitzmüller does because he is LyX's 
beamer expert.


regards Uwe

Solution for the PDF viewing problems with Acrobat DC and request for testing

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyXers,

as you might have noticed, it is not possible to view and update the 
view of PDF files with LyX 2.1.3 if you use Acrobat Reader DC as viewer 
for PDF files.


The solution it to replace the file pdfview.exe on your PC (in the same 
folder as the lyx.exe) with this one:


http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

Viewing and also updating the view is then done via LyX's view button 
(the update button won't do anything visible).


Please test and report back if it works for you.
If it doesn't work, please write what version of Acrobat you are using 
and what Windows. Please also write the name of the Acrobat program 
window when a PDF is opened (e.g. Hello.pdf - Adobe Acrobat DC Pro).


many thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: Lyx Adobe Reader popup 'always on top' on Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 19.03.2015 um 12:24 schrieb Ben Lowe:


I am a Lyx user on Windows 7 64 bit using Lyx 2.0.7. Whenever I view
PDF I find that Adobe Reader defaults to always being on top. This can
be an issue as it means if I would like it to compile the PDF in the
background, I constantly have to dismiss the PDF window as it pops up
several times depending on what stage of the compile it is in. This
seems to occur for both pdflatex and luatex.


This is now fixed. To test replace the file pdfview.exe on your PC wit 
this one:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

Does it fix the problem for you?

regards Uwe

Re: PDF preview in Acrobat Reader DC not working

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 25.04.2015 um 19:20 schrieb Michael Treacy:


My preview (CTRL+R) does not seem to work with Acrobat Reader DC. I've
upgraded the path in the preferences to c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader DC\Reader.

I still have Acrobat 10 on my system and I can get it to work with that but
every time that Acrobat Reader DC updates itself, it re-establishes itself
as the default viewer for pdf files.

When I try to get a preview, all I get is the opening screen for Acrobat
Reader DC, no preview. If I click on a PDF file on the pc, it works fine!


This should now be fixed. To test replace the file pdfview.exe on your 
system with this one:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

-

I read that you now use SumatraPDF to view PDFs. This is a nice program 
but unfortunately it cannot display PDF annotations correctly and also 
not PDF forms.


regards Uwe

Solution for the PDF viewing problems with Acrobat DC and request for testing

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyXers,

as you might have noticed, it is not possible to view and update the 
view of PDF files with LyX 2.1.3 if you use Acrobat Reader DC as viewer 
for PDF files.


The solution it to replace the file pdfview.exe on your PC (in the same 
folder as the lyx.exe) with this one:


http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

Viewing and also updating the view is then done via LyX's view button 
(the update button won't do anything visible).


Please test and report back if it works for you.
If it doesn't work, please write what version of Acrobat you are using 
and what Windows. Please also write the name of the Acrobat program 
window when a PDF is opened (e.g. Hello.pdf - Adobe Acrobat DC Pro).


many thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: Lyx Adobe Reader popup 'always on top' on Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 19.03.2015 um 12:24 schrieb Ben Lowe:


I am a Lyx user on Windows 7 64 bit using Lyx 2.0.7. Whenever I view
PDF I find that Adobe Reader defaults to always being on top. This can
be an issue as it means if I would like it to compile the PDF in the
background, I constantly have to dismiss the PDF window as it pops up
several times depending on what stage of the compile it is in. This
seems to occur for both pdflatex and luatex.


This is now fixed. To test replace the file pdfview.exe on your PC wit 
this one:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

Does it fix the problem for you?

regards Uwe

Re: PDF preview in Acrobat Reader DC not working

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 25.04.2015 um 19:20 schrieb Michael Treacy:


My preview (CTRL+R) does not seem to work with Acrobat Reader DC. I've
upgraded the path in the preferences to c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader DC\Reader.

I still have Acrobat 10 on my system and I can get it to work with that but
every time that Acrobat Reader DC updates itself, it re-establishes itself
as the default viewer for pdf files.

When I try to get a preview, all I get is the opening screen for Acrobat
Reader DC, no preview. If I click on a PDF file on the pc, it works fine!


This should now be fixed. To test replace the file pdfview.exe on your 
system with this one:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

-

I read that you now use SumatraPDF to view PDFs. This is a nice program 
but unfortunately it cannot display PDF annotations correctly and also 
not PDF forms.


regards Uwe

Solution for the PDF viewing problems with Acrobat DC and request for testing

[Uwe Stöhr]

Dear LyXers,

as you might have noticed, it is not possible to view and update the 
view of PDF files with LyX 2.1.3 if you use Acrobat Reader DC as viewer 
for PDF files.


The solution it to replace the file pdfview.exe on your PC (in the same 
folder as the lyx.exe) with this one:


http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

Viewing and also updating the view is then done via LyX's view button 
(the update button won't do anything visible).


Please test and report back if it works for you.
If it doesn't work, please write what version of Acrobat you are using 
and what Windows. Please also write the name of the Acrobat program 
window when a PDF is opened (e.g. "Hello.pdf - Adobe Acrobat DC Pro").


many thanks and regards
Uwe

Re: Lyx Adobe Reader popup 'always on top' on Windows

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 19.03.2015 um 12:24 schrieb Ben Lowe:


I am a Lyx user on Windows 7 64 bit using Lyx 2.0.7. Whenever I view
PDF I find that Adobe Reader defaults to always being on top. This can
be an issue as it means if I would like it to compile the PDF in the
background, I constantly have to dismiss the PDF window as it pops up
several times depending on what stage of the compile it is in. This
seems to occur for both pdflatex and luatex.


This is now fixed. To test replace the file pdfview.exe on your PC wit 
this one:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

Does it fix the problem for you?

regards Uwe

Re: PDF preview in Acrobat Reader DC not working

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 25.04.2015 um 19:20 schrieb Michael Treacy:


My preview (CTRL+R) does not seem to work with Acrobat Reader DC. I've
upgraded the path in the preferences to c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat
Reader DC\Reader.

I still have Acrobat 10 on my system and I can get it to work with that but
every time that Acrobat Reader DC updates itself, it re-establishes itself
as the default viewer for pdf files.

When I try to get a preview, all I get is the opening screen for Acrobat
Reader DC, no preview. If I click on a PDF file on the pc, it works fine!


This should now be fixed. To test replace the file pdfview.exe on your 
system with this one:

http://ftp.lyx.de/LyX%202.1.3/pdfview.exe

-

I read that you now use SumatraPDF to view PDFs. This is a nice program 
but unfortunately it cannot display PDF annotations correctly and also 
not PDF forms.


regards Uwe