Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of 
graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.


You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files, 
and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF 
output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a 
preferred format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output 
without format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)


First check:  View  PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the 
temporary directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with 
name changes) and if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf 
extensions.  My guess is the answers will be yes and no in that order.


Next, go to Tools  Preferences...  File Handling  Converters and 
confirm that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, 
and that the converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my 
Windows box, the converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to 
PDF (pdflatex), but that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF 
(pdflatex), LyX runs epstopdf.


Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If 
MiKTeX is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I did View  PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It has all
the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS files with .pdf
extensions. There is an EPS - PDF converter. It's ps2pdf and the converter
line matches what you have.

Just as a check I tried View  PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, but
after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened another
.pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I figured it
was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and it worked! I
then tried View  PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm not sure what
changed, but I hope it stays fixed.

One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document  Settings...  PDF
Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the hyperref package
this way or is there a better way?

Thanks for all your help!
-Gabe

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


 Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
 graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

  You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files,
 and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF
 output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a preferred
 format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output without
 format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)

 First check:  View  PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the temporary
 directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with name changes) and
 if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf extensions.  My guess
 is the answers will be yes and no in that order.

 Next, go to Tools  Preferences...  File Handling  Converters and confirm
 that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, and that the
 converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my Windows box, the
 converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to PDF (pdflatex), but
 that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF (pdflatex), LyX runs
 epstopdf.

 Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If MiKTeX
 is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/03/2011 03:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
I did View  PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It 
has all the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS 
files with .pdf extensions. There is an EPS - PDF converter. It's 
ps2pdf and the converter line matches what you have.


Just as a check I tried View  PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, 
but after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened 
another .pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I 
figured it was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and 
it worked! I then tried View  PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm 
not sure what changed, but I hope it stays fixed.
Doesn't sound as if you changed anything, but if View  PDF (pdflatex) 
was creating PDFs in the temp directory (and if they were not 0 byte 
files), then you _should_ have been getting images in the PDF output 
file.  So this is still a mystery.


One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document  Settings...  
PDF Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the 
hyperref package this way or is there a better way?
That works (and is the designated way to do it), provided that you don't 
separately load hyperref in the preamble.  If hyperref gets loaded 
twice, it usually crabs about conflicting settings.  Some document 
classes may load hyperref automatically (I think maybe beamer does), so 
this can get tricky.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of 
graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.


You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files, 
and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF 
output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a 
preferred format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output 
without format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)


First check:  View  PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the 
temporary directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with 
name changes) and if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf 
extensions.  My guess is the answers will be yes and no in that order.


Next, go to Tools  Preferences...  File Handling  Converters and 
confirm that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, 
and that the converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my 
Windows box, the converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to 
PDF (pdflatex), but that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF 
(pdflatex), LyX runs epstopdf.


Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If 
MiKTeX is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I did View  PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It has all
the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS files with .pdf
extensions. There is an EPS - PDF converter. It's ps2pdf and the converter
line matches what you have.

Just as a check I tried View  PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, but
after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened another
.pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I figured it
was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and it worked! I
then tried View  PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm not sure what
changed, but I hope it stays fixed.

One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document  Settings...  PDF
Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the hyperref package
this way or is there a better way?

Thanks for all your help!
-Gabe

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


 Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
 graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

  You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files,
 and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF
 output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a preferred
 format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output without
 format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)

 First check:  View  PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the temporary
 directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with name changes) and
 if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf extensions.  My guess
 is the answers will be yes and no in that order.

 Next, go to Tools  Preferences...  File Handling  Converters and confirm
 that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, and that the
 converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my Windows box, the
 converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to PDF (pdflatex), but
 that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF (pdflatex), LyX runs
 epstopdf.

 Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If MiKTeX
 is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/03/2011 03:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
I did View  PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It 
has all the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS 
files with .pdf extensions. There is an EPS - PDF converter. It's 
ps2pdf and the converter line matches what you have.


Just as a check I tried View  PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, 
but after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened 
another .pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I 
figured it was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and 
it worked! I then tried View  PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm 
not sure what changed, but I hope it stays fixed.
Doesn't sound as if you changed anything, but if View  PDF (pdflatex) 
was creating PDFs in the temp directory (and if they were not 0 byte 
files), then you _should_ have been getting images in the PDF output 
file.  So this is still a mystery.


One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document  Settings...  
PDF Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the 
hyperref package this way or is there a better way?
That works (and is the designated way to do it), provided that you don't 
separately load hyperref in the preamble.  If hyperref gets loaded 
twice, it usually crabs about conflicting settings.  Some document 
classes may load hyperref automatically (I think maybe beamer does), so 
this can get tricky.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


Unfortunately I'm still getting the same "...cannot determine size of 
graphic in..." errors when trying to build a .pdf.


You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files, 
and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF 
output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a 
preferred format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output 
without format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)


First check:  View > PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the 
temporary directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with 
name changes) and if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf 
extensions.  My guess is the answers will be yes and no in that order.


Next, go to Tools > Preferences... > File Handling > Converters and 
confirm that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, 
and that the converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my 
Windows box, the converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to 
PDF (pdflatex), but that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF 
(pdflatex), LyX runs epstopdf.


Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If 
MiKTeX is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I did View > PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It has all
the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS files with .pdf
extensions. There is an EPS -> PDF converter. It's ps2pdf and the converter
line matches what you have.

Just as a check I tried View > PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, but
after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened another
.pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I figured it
was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and it worked! I
then tried View > PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm not sure what
changed, but I hope it stays fixed.

One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document > Settings... > PDF
Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the hyperref package
this way or is there a better way?

Thanks for all your help!
-Gabe

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm still getting the same "...cannot determine size of
>> graphic in..." errors when trying to build a .pdf.
>>
>>  You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files,
> and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF
> output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a preferred
> format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output without
> format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)
>
> First check:  View > PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the temporary
> directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with name changes) and
> if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf extensions.  My guess
> is the answers will be yes and no in that order.
>
> Next, go to Tools > Preferences... > File Handling > Converters and confirm
> that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, and that the
> converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my Windows box, the
> converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to PDF (pdflatex), but
> that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF (pdflatex), LyX runs
> epstopdf.
>
> Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If MiKTeX
> is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.
>
> /Paul
>



-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/03/2011 03:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
I did View > PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It 
has all the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS 
files with .pdf extensions. There is an EPS -> PDF converter. It's 
ps2pdf and the converter line matches what you have.


Just as a check I tried View > PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, 
but after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened 
another .pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I 
figured it was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and 
it worked! I then tried View > PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm 
not sure what changed, but I hope it stays fixed.
Doesn't sound as if you changed anything, but if View > PDF (pdflatex) 
was creating PDFs in the temp directory (and if they were not 0 byte 
files), then you _should_ have been getting images in the PDF output 
file.  So this is still a mystery.


One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document > Settings... > 
PDF Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the 
hyperref package this way or is there a better way?
That works (and is the designated way to do it), provided that you don't 
separately load hyperref in the preamble.  If hyperref gets loaded 
twice, it usually crabs about conflicting settings.  Some document 
classes may load hyperref automatically (I think maybe beamer does), so 
this can get tricky.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi 
without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.
What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and 
PDF doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after 
I've added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX 
Bibliography dialog box.
Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the 
citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or 
pdflatex) was not run enough times.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]


-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi
 without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

 What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and PDF
 doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


 Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
 added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
 dialog box.

 Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the
 citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or
 pdflatex) was not run enough times.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Richard Heck]

On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on 
page whatever page undefined on input line input line number. 
Then on the bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined 
references.


There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib 
file (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: 
drive) as my LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that 
points to a .bbl the C: drive that matches the name of my .bib file:

[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]


This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if 
this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start 
over)


Richard

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The images are all .eps files.

 The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
 whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
 bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

 There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
 (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
 LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
 drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
 [21]


 (C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

 1.bbl) [22]


  This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if
 this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start
 over)

 Richard




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Julien Rioux]

On 02/02/2011 3:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file


Yes probably your lyx file is Kniffin_2011.lyx ? Then lyx creates a 
Kniffin_2011.tex file and latex produces a Kniffin_2011.aux file and 
bibtex produces a Kniffin_2011.bbl file... the name of the .bib file 
does not matter as long as it is found by bibtex.


But to answer Mr. Rubin's question:


Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the citations 
show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or pdflatex) was not 
run enough times.


can you confirm that in the LyX's temp dir, there are no .bib file and 
no .eps files? This would indicate that there is a problem with LyX 
copying those files there.


--
Julien

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed 
(not so good).


Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File  Export  LaTeX 
(plain)).  Open a command shell and run


latex myfile
bibtex myfile
latex myfile

where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you 
get from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has 
the citations properly filled in.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks! I ran bibtex as you suggested and the output looked like bibtex
didn't recognize the bibstyle I was using. I changed it and now it seems to
be producing .ps files with figures and bibliography without a hitch!

Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

  That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed (not
 so good).

 Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File  Export  LaTeX (plain)).
  Open a command shell and run

 latex myfile
 bibtex myfile
 latex myfile

 where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you get
 from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has the
 citations properly filled in.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi 
without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.
What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and 
PDF doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after 
I've added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX 
Bibliography dialog box.
Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the 
citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or 
pdflatex) was not run enough times.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]


-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi
 without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

 What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and PDF
 doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


 Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
 added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
 dialog box.

 Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the
 citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or
 pdflatex) was not run enough times.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Richard Heck]

On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on 
page whatever page undefined on input line input line number. 
Then on the bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined 
references.


There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib 
file (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: 
drive) as my LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that 
points to a .bbl the C: drive that matches the name of my .bib file:

[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]


This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if 
this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start 
over)


Richard

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The images are all .eps files.

 The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
 whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
 bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

 There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
 (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
 LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
 drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
 [21]


 (C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

 1.bbl) [22]


  This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if
 this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start
 over)

 Richard




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Julien Rioux]

On 02/02/2011 3:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file


Yes probably your lyx file is Kniffin_2011.lyx ? Then lyx creates a 
Kniffin_2011.tex file and latex produces a Kniffin_2011.aux file and 
bibtex produces a Kniffin_2011.bbl file... the name of the .bib file 
does not matter as long as it is found by bibtex.


But to answer Mr. Rubin's question:


Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the citations 
show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or pdflatex) was not 
run enough times.


can you confirm that in the LyX's temp dir, there are no .bib file and 
no .eps files? This would indicate that there is a problem with LyX 
copying those files there.


--
Julien

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed 
(not so good).


Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File  Export  LaTeX 
(plain)).  Open a command shell and run


latex myfile
bibtex myfile
latex myfile

where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you 
get from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has 
the citations properly filled in.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks! I ran bibtex as you suggested and the output looked like bibtex
didn't recognize the bibstyle I was using. I changed it and now it seems to
be producing .ps files with figures and bibliography without a hitch!

Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

  That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed (not
 so good).

 Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File  Export  LaTeX (plain)).
  Open a command shell and run

 latex myfile
 bibtex myfile
 latex myfile

 where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you get
 from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has the
 citations properly filled in.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi 
without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.
What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and 
PDF doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after 
I've added my .bib file to the LyX document using the "LyX: BibTeX 
Bibliography" dialog box.
Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the 
citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or 
pdflatex) was not run enough times.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says "LaTeX Warning: Citation `' on page
 undefined on input line ." Then on the
bottom it says "LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references."

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
"[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]"


-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi
>> without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.
>>
> What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and PDF
> doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.
>
>
>> Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
>> added my .bib file to the LyX document using the "LyX: BibTeX Bibliography"
>> dialog box.
>>
> Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the
> citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or
> pdflatex) was not run enough times.
>
> /Paul
>



-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Richard Heck]

On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says "LaTeX Warning: Citation `' on 
page  undefined on input line ." 
Then on the bottom it says "LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined 
references."


There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib 
file (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: 
drive) as my LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that 
points to a .bbl the C: drive that matches the name of my .bib file:

"[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]"


This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if 
this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start 
over)


Richard

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:

> On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The images are all .eps files.
>>
>> The log file says "LaTeX Warning: Citation `' on page
>>  undefined on input line ." Then on the
>> bottom it says "LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references."
>>
>> There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
>> (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
>> LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
>> drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
>> "[21]
>>
>>
>> (C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201
>>
>> 1.bbl) [22]"
>>
>>
>>  This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if
> this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start
> over)
>
> Richard
>
>


-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Julien Rioux]

On 02/02/2011 3:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file


Yes probably your lyx file is Kniffin_2011.lyx ? Then lyx creates a 
Kniffin_2011.tex file and latex produces a Kniffin_2011.aux file and 
bibtex produces a Kniffin_2011.bbl file... the name of the .bib file 
does not matter as long as it is found by bibtex.


But to answer Mr. Rubin's question:


Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the citations 
show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or pdflatex) was not 
run enough times.


can you confirm that in the LyX's temp dir, there are no .bib file and 
no .eps files? This would indicate that there is a problem with LyX 
copying those files there.


--
Julien

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed 
(not so good).


Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File > Export > LaTeX 
(plain)).  Open a command shell and run


latex myfile
bibtex myfile
latex myfile

where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you 
get from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has 
the citations properly filled in.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks! I ran bibtex as you suggested and the output looked like bibtex
didn't recognize the bibstyle I was using. I changed it and now it seems to
be producing .ps files with figures and bibliography without a hitch!

Unfortunately I'm still getting the same "...cannot determine size of
graphic in..." errors when trying to build a .pdf.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.
>>
>>  That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed (not
> so good).
>
> Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File > Export > LaTeX (plain)).
>  Open a command shell and run
>
> latex myfile
> bibtex myfile
> latex myfile
>
> where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you get
> from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has the
> citations properly filled in.
>
> /Paul
>
>


-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[kniffing]

The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the  
user drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify.  
The C: drive is maintained by our IT dept.


It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools   
Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user  
directory from there. Any suggestions?


Thanks,
-Gabe

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:
The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the 
user drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. 
The C: drive is maintained by our IT dept.


It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools  
Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user 
directory from there. Any suggestions?
Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever 
you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir 
E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user 
directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that 
broke before (a Bibtex bibliography?).


If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon 
for LyX to include the -userdir switch.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
errors when I try to build a .pdf:

LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via the
command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this the
default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is that
the start menu hack you mentioned? How do I do that?

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:

 The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the user
 drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. The C: drive
 is maintained by our IT dept.

 It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools 
 Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user directory
 from there. Any suggestions?

 Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever
 you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir
 E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user
 directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that broke
 before (a Bibtex bibliography?).

 If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon for
 LyX to include the -userdir switch.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the 
texfiles.py failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the 
following LaTeX errors when I try to build a .pdf:


LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...
That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the 
temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the 
source file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and 
the .tex file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live 
on a network server, I suppose you might check whether that's the 
culprit (by copying them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX 
via the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to 
make this the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses 
this switch? Is that the start menu hack you mentioned?

Yes.

How do I do that?
Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing 
the command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote 
specifics), and add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains 
any spaces, be sure to enclose it in quotes.


Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click 
Open, which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this 
works on XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder 
containing the LyX icon and do the right click  Properties act there.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi without
any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
dialog box.

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
 failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
 errors when I try to build a .pdf:

 LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

 That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
 temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the source
 file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and the .tex
 file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live on a network
 server, I suppose you might check whether that's the culprit (by copying
 them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


 Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via
 the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this
 the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is
 that the start menu hack you mentioned?

 Yes.

  How do I do that?

 Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing the
 command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote specifics), and
 add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains any spaces, be sure
 to enclose it in quotes.

 Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click Open,
 which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this works on
 XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder containing the LyX
 icon and do the right click  Properties act there.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[kniffing]

The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the  
user drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify.  
The C: drive is maintained by our IT dept.


It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools   
Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user  
directory from there. Any suggestions?


Thanks,
-Gabe

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:
The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the 
user drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. 
The C: drive is maintained by our IT dept.


It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools  
Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user 
directory from there. Any suggestions?
Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever 
you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir 
E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user 
directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that 
broke before (a Bibtex bibliography?).


If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon 
for LyX to include the -userdir switch.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
errors when I try to build a .pdf:

LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via the
command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this the
default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is that
the start menu hack you mentioned? How do I do that?

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:

 The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the user
 drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. The C: drive
 is maintained by our IT dept.

 It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools 
 Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user directory
 from there. Any suggestions?

 Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever
 you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir
 E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user
 directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that broke
 before (a Bibtex bibliography?).

 If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon for
 LyX to include the -userdir switch.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the 
texfiles.py failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the 
following LaTeX errors when I try to build a .pdf:


LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...
That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the 
temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the 
source file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and 
the .tex file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live 
on a network server, I suppose you might check whether that's the 
culprit (by copying them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX 
via the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to 
make this the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses 
this switch? Is that the start menu hack you mentioned?

Yes.

How do I do that?
Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing 
the command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote 
specifics), and add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains 
any spaces, be sure to enclose it in quotes.


Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click 
Open, which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this 
works on XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder 
containing the LyX icon and do the right click  Properties act there.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi without
any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
dialog box.

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
 failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
 errors when I try to build a .pdf:

 LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

 That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
 temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the source
 file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and the .tex
 file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live on a network
 server, I suppose you might check whether that's the culprit (by copying
 them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


 Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via
 the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this
 the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is
 that the start menu hack you mentioned?

 Yes.

  How do I do that?

 Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing the
 command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote specifics), and
 add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains any spaces, be sure
 to enclose it in quotes.

 Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click Open,
 which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this works on
 XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder containing the LyX
 icon and do the right click  Properties act there.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[kniffing]

The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the  
"user" drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify.  
The C: drive is maintained by our IT dept.


It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools >  
Preferences > Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user  
directory from there. Any suggestions?


Thanks,
-Gabe

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:
The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the 
"user" drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. 
The C: drive is maintained by our IT dept.


It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools > 
Preferences > Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user 
directory from there. Any suggestions?
Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever 
you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir 
E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user 
directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that 
broke before (a Bibtex bibliography?).


If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon 
for LyX to include the -userdir switch.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
errors when I try to build a .pdf:

"LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in <...>"

Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via the
command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this the
default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is that
the start menu hack you mentioned? How do I do that?

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:
>
>> The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the "user"
>> drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. The C: drive
>> is maintained by our IT dept.
>>
>> It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools >
>> Preferences > Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user directory
>> from there. Any suggestions?
>>
> Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever
> you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir
> E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user
> directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that broke
> before (a Bibtex bibliography?).
>
> If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon for
> LyX to include the -userdir switch.
>
> /Paul
>



-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the 
texfiles.py failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the 
following LaTeX errors when I try to build a .pdf:


"LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in <...>"
That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the 
temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the 
source file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and 
the .tex file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live 
on a network server, I suppose you might check whether that's the 
culprit (by copying them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX 
via the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to 
make this the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses 
this switch? Is that the start menu hack you mentioned?

Yes.

How do I do that?
Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing 
the command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote 
specifics), and add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains 
any spaces, be sure to enclose it in quotes.


Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click 
Open, which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this 
works on XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder 
containing the LyX icon and do the right click > Properties act there.


/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi without
any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
added my .bib file to the LyX document using the "LyX: BibTeX Bibliography"
dialog box.

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
>> failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
>> errors when I try to build a .pdf:
>>
>> "LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in <...>"
>>
> That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
> temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the source
> file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and the .tex
> file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live on a network
> server, I suppose you might check whether that's the culprit (by copying
> them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).
>
>
>> Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via
>> the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this
>> the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is
>> that the start menu hack you mentioned?
>>
> Yes.
>
>  How do I do that?
>>
> Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing the
> command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote specifics), and
> add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains any spaces, be sure
> to enclose it in quotes.
>
> Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click Open,
> which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this works on
> XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder containing the LyX
> icon and do the right click > Properties act there.
>
> /Paul
>
>


-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the result:

E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scriptsE:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\python
TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib

The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
Tools  TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py failed
and the window that opens to display the file list is empty (see attached
image).

Thanks,
-Gabe


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 Thanks Richard,

 I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still
 having the same problem.

 I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

 I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools  TeX
 Information.

 Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

  I've changed the subject to try to attract the attention of the Windows
 crowd. It certainly looks as if there is some problem with your python
 installation. You might want to try the alternate installer, which I think
 also installs a usable version of python.

 Richard


attachment: Empty Box.png

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul Rubin]

Gabriel Kniffin gabekniffin at gmail.com writes:
 
 I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the
 result:
E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scriptsE:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\
python TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib

 The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
 Tools  TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py
 failed and the window that opens to display the file list is empty
 (see attached image).Thanks,-Gabe


The output from the script is correct, and obviously the Python installation
that the LyX installer deposited on your system is working.  I noticed that LyX
is installed on your E: drive.  Is this a partition of one of your hard drives,
or is this a mapped network drive?  Perhaps more importantly, where is your LyX
user directory (Help  About LyX  Version, user directory)?  Once upon a time
there were problems with running LyX from a Windows roaming profile (home
directory on a mapped server); I don't know if that's still an issue.

/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the result:

E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scriptsE:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\python
TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib

The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
Tools  TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py failed
and the window that opens to display the file list is empty (see attached
image).

Thanks,
-Gabe


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 Thanks Richard,

 I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still
 having the same problem.

 I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

 I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools  TeX
 Information.

 Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

  I've changed the subject to try to attract the attention of the Windows
 crowd. It certainly looks as if there is some problem with your python
 installation. You might want to try the alternate installer, which I think
 also installs a usable version of python.

 Richard


attachment: Empty Box.png

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul Rubin]

Gabriel Kniffin gabekniffin at gmail.com writes:
 
 I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the
 result:
E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scriptsE:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\
python TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib

 The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
 Tools  TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py
 failed and the window that opens to display the file list is empty
 (see attached image).Thanks,-Gabe


The output from the script is correct, and obviously the Python installation
that the LyX installer deposited on your system is working.  I noticed that LyX
is installed on your E: drive.  Is this a partition of one of your hard drives,
or is this a mapped network drive?  Perhaps more importantly, where is your LyX
user directory (Help  About LyX  Version, user directory)?  Once upon a time
there were problems with running LyX from a Windows roaming profile (home
directory on a mapped server); I don't know if that's still an issue.

/Paul

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the result:

"E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scripts>E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\python
TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib"

The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
Tools > TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py failed
and the window that opens to display the file list is empty (see attached
image).

Thanks,
-Gabe


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:

> On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> Thanks Richard,
>>
>> I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still
>> having the same problem.
>>
>> I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.
>>
>> I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools > TeX
>> Information.
>>
>> Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?
>>
>>  I've changed the subject to try to attract the attention of the Windows
> crowd. It certainly looks as if there is some problem with your python
> installation. You might want to try the alternate installer, which I think
> also installs a usable version of python.
>
> Richard
>
>
<>

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Paul Rubin]

Gabriel Kniffin  gmail.com> writes:
 
> I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the
> result:
"E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scripts>E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\
python TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib"

> The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
> Tools > TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py
> failed and the window that opens to display the file list is empty
> (see attached image).Thanks,-Gabe


The output from the script is correct, and obviously the Python installation
that the LyX installer deposited on your system is working.  I noticed that LyX
is installed on your E: drive.  Is this a partition of one of your hard drives,
or is this a mapped network drive?  Perhaps more importantly, where is your LyX
user directory (Help > About LyX > Version, "user directory")?  Once upon a time
there were problems with running LyX from a Windows roaming profile (home
directory on a mapped server); I don't know if that's still an issue.

/Paul