Re: Error message when trying to compile a document

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Can you create a minimal working example?

The smallest document, with the least packages which gives this error?

el


On 2016-09-26 17:26, Harold Mouras wrote:
> Dear LyX users,
> 
> I am writing a LyX document. However, when trying to compile it, I
> have the following error message in french:
> "Le chemin d'acc=C3=A8s =C3=A0 votre document
> 
> (/Users/UPJV/Google Drive/Carrie=CC=80re/2016/Postes/UoMichigan/)
> 
> contient des caract=C3=A8res inconnus
> 
> de l'encodage en cours (i. e. =CC=80).
> 
> I do not understand very goofd because there are no such forbidden
> letters in the path to my documents.
> 
> Would someone have any idea ?
> Thank you very much in advance,
> Regards,
> Harold
> 

Re: Error message when trying to compile a document

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 09/26/2016 11:26 AM, Harold Mouras wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I am writing a LyX document. However, when trying to compile it, I
have the following error message in french:
"Le chemin d'acc=C3=A8s =C3=A0 votre document

(/Users/UPJV/Google Drive/Carrie=CC=80re/2016/Postes/UoMichigan/)

contient des caract=C3=A8res inconnus

de l'encodage en cours (i. e. =CC=80).

I do not understand very goofd because there are no such forbidden
letters in the path to my documents.

Would someone have any idea ?
Thank you very much in advance,
Regards,
Harold
Mandatory wisecrack: All mentions of the University of Michigan are 
strictly forbidden.


Somewhat more seriously: it looks as if there may be non-ASCII 
characters in the portion of the URL between "Google Drive" and "2016". 
If so, you might want to create a shortcut to the target directory with 
some simple, strictly ASCII name. How to do this depends on your 
operating system.


Paul

Re: Error message with bad citation/reference

[Bob Alvarez]

Bob Alvarez aprendtech at gmail.com writes:

 
 Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot 
 find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in 
 the document?
 

Here is the way to do it:
1. In Lyx (my version is 2.1.3 on Windows 7), select View|Messages Pane

2. make a small change in your file so the document will be re-processed

3. Click on View (the two eyes icon) or ctrl-R
You will see many messages appear.

4. Scroll down to the line containing 
bibtex your lyx file name)

5. The lines immediately after that will contain the messages from bibtex
including the error messages.
In my example, they contained the message:
09:24:22.758: Warning--I didn't find a database entry for Anderson1986

Re: Error message with bad citation/reference

[Bob Alvarez]

Bob Alvarez aprendtech at gmail.com writes:

 
 Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot 
 find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in 
 the document?
 

Here is the way to do it:
1. In Lyx (my version is 2.1.3 on Windows 7), select View|Messages Pane

2. make a small change in your file so the document will be re-processed

3. Click on View (the two eyes icon) or ctrl-R
You will see many messages appear.

4. Scroll down to the line containing 
bibtex your lyx file name)

5. The lines immediately after that will contain the messages from bibtex
including the error messages.
In my example, they contained the message:
09:24:22.758: Warning--I didn't find a database entry for Anderson1986

Re: Error message with bad citation/reference

[Bob Alvarez]

Bob Alvarez  gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Is there a way to get Lyx to display an error message when it cannot 
> find a citation in a bibtex database or a cross-reference to a label in 
> the document?
> 

Here is the way to do it:
1. In Lyx (my version is 2.1.3 on Windows 7), select View|Messages Pane

2. make a small change in your file so the document will be re-processed

3. Click on View (the two eyes icon) or ctrl-R
You will see many messages appear.

4. Scroll down to the line containing 
bibtex 

Re: Error message: not in outer par mode

[Paul A . Rubin]

Annagloria Santello annag.santello at gmail.com writes:

 
 Hi everybody,I'm writing my graduate thesis and have a problem when i try to
convert the Lyx document in pdf (or dvi or postscript).The error message tells
not in outer par mode and Lyx highlights a maths formula. But I really can't
see what's wrong with that!Hope to hear from you soon,Best,Anna

It's hard to diagnose without seeing the document.  Make a copy of the document,
and try to chop out as much material as you can while preserving the error
message.  Also see if the error persists when you change the document class to
something simple like article.  If the error is still there, please post a
minimal document containing the error (preferably using a document class that
ships with LyX) to the list.  If chopping surrounding material does eliminate
the error, maybe the last thing you zapped will tell us something about the
source of the problem.

Paul 

Re: Error message: not in outer par mode

[Paul A . Rubin]

Annagloria Santello annag.santello at gmail.com writes:

 
 Hi everybody,I'm writing my graduate thesis and have a problem when i try to
convert the Lyx document in pdf (or dvi or postscript).The error message tells
not in outer par mode and Lyx highlights a maths formula. But I really can't
see what's wrong with that!Hope to hear from you soon,Best,Anna

It's hard to diagnose without seeing the document.  Make a copy of the document,
and try to chop out as much material as you can while preserving the error
message.  Also see if the error persists when you change the document class to
something simple like article.  If the error is still there, please post a
minimal document containing the error (preferably using a document class that
ships with LyX) to the list.  If chopping surrounding material does eliminate
the error, maybe the last thing you zapped will tell us something about the
source of the problem.

Paul 

Re: Error message: not in outer par mode

[Paul A . Rubin]

Annagloria Santello  gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi everybody,I'm writing my graduate thesis and have a problem when i try to
convert the Lyx document in pdf (or dvi or postscript).The error message tells
"not in outer par mode" and Lyx highlights a maths formula. But I really can't
see what's wrong with that!Hope to hear from you soon,Best,Anna

It's hard to diagnose without seeing the document.  Make a copy of the document,
and try to chop out as much material as you can while preserving the error
message.  Also see if the error persists when you change the document class to
something simple like "article".  If the error is still there, please post a
minimal document containing the error (preferably using a document class that
ships with LyX) to the list.  If chopping surrounding material does eliminate
the error, maybe the last thing you zapped will tell us something about the
source of the problem.

Paul 

Re: Error Message From Lyx I Don't Understand

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Thomas La Bone wrote:

 Errors:
 
 LaTeX Error: Command \texteuro unavailable in encoding T1.

The error message suggests that you have a Euro sign somewhere in your text 
and that LaTeX does not know how to deal with it. However,
 
 Description
 
 \newblock Birkhä
 user, 2002.
 Your command was ignored.
 Type  I command return  to replace it with another command,
 or  return  to continue without it.

Do you happen to use a utf8-encoded bibtex file? If so, look here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Tips#toc1

Jürgen

Re: Error Message From Lyx I Don't Understand

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Thomas La Bone wrote:

 Errors:
 
 LaTeX Error: Command \texteuro unavailable in encoding T1.

The error message suggests that you have a Euro sign somewhere in your text 
and that LaTeX does not know how to deal with it. However,
 
 Description
 
 \newblock Birkhä
 user, 2002.
 Your command was ignored.
 Type  I command return  to replace it with another command,
 or  return  to continue without it.

Do you happen to use a utf8-encoded bibtex file? If so, look here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Tips#toc1

Jürgen

Re: Error Message From Lyx I Don't Understand

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Thomas La Bone wrote:

> Errors:
> 
> LaTeX Error: Command \texteuro unavailable in encoding T1.

The error message suggests that you have a Euro sign somewhere in your text 
and that LaTeX does not know how to deal with it. However,
 
> Description
> 
> \newblock Birkhä
> user, 2002.
> Your command was ignored.
> Type  Ito replace it with another command,
> orto continue without it.

Do you happen to use a utf8-encoded bibtex file? If so, look here:
http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Tips#toc1

Jürgen

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class.


Then you don't have LaTeX installed or the LaTeX installation is broken.

I suggest to do

1. uninstall LyX completely
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
3. open an Internet connection
3. reinstall LyX using the complete version of this installer:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class.


Then you don't have LaTeX installed or the LaTeX installation is broken.

I suggest to do

1. uninstall LyX completely
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
3. open an Internet connection
3. reinstall LyX using the complete version of this installer:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the "article" class.


Then you don't have LaTeX installed or the LaTeX installation is broken.

I suggest to do

1. uninstall LyX completely
2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_
3. open an Internet connection
3. reinstall LyX using the complete version of this installer:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
 When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open
 Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the
 button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
 variable.

I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
was left open on the thread.

 Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path
 the directories.

At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
correspond to the one on the About box actually.

My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
or something, it would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Well, never mind my last e-mail, I found a way to execute the script.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.
For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class. But when I open a lyx document that has this class
(the welcome one), I receive a message that the class is unusable. When I
try to export to any format, it says it doesn't have enough information...
:(

Should I just try reinstalling everything?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Tiago Rinck Caveden cave...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hello!

 On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
  Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
  When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then
 open
  Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab
 the
  button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
  variable.

 I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
 was left open on the thread.

  Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under
 Path
  the directories.

 At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
 directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
 directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
 on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
 directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
 correspond to the one on the About box actually.

 My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
 directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
 there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
 the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
 or something, it would be great.

 Thanks,
 --
 Tiago Rinck Caveden
 http://caveden.multiply.com




-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
 Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
 When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open
 Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the
 button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
 variable.

I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
was left open on the thread.

 Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path
 the directories.

At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
correspond to the one on the About box actually.

My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
or something, it would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Well, never mind my last e-mail, I found a way to execute the script.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.
For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the article class. But when I open a lyx document that has this class
(the welcome one), I receive a message that the class is unusable. When I
try to export to any format, it says it doesn't have enough information...
:(

Should I just try reinstalling everything?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Tiago Rinck Caveden cave...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hello!

 On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr uwesto...@web.de wrote:
  Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
  When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then
 open
  Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab
 the
  button Environment variables where you can add your path to the PATH
  variable.

 I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
 was left open on the thread.

  Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under
 Path
  the directories.

 At the preference box, the closest option I find is the work
 directory. When I change it, the change is not reflected on the user
 directory displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
 on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
 directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
 correspond to the one on the About box actually.

 My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
 directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
 there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
 the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
 or something, it would be great.

 Thanks,
 --
 Tiago Rinck Caveden
 http://caveden.multiply.com




-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello!

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr  wrote:
> Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
> When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open
> Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the
> button "Environment variables" where you can add your path to the PATH
> variable.

I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
was left open on the thread.

> Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools -> Preferences and change there under Path
> the directories.

At the preference box, the closest option I find is the "work
directory". When I change it, the change is not reflected on the "user
directory" displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
correspond to the one on the About box actually.

My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
or something, it would be great.

Thanks,
-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Well, never mind my last e-mail, I found a way to execute the script.

But that doesn't seem to be enough.
For example, during the execution of the python script, it said it could
find the "article" class. But when I open a lyx document that has this class
(the welcome one), I receive a message that the class is unusable. When I
try to export to any format, it says it doesn't have enough information...
:(

Should I just try reinstalling everything?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Tiago Rinck Caveden wrote:

> Hello!
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Uwe Stöhr  wrote:
> > Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:
> > When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then
> open
> > Windows' System settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab
> the
> > button "Environment variables" where you can add your path to the PATH
> > variable.
>
> I know, my problem isn't there, I was just answering a question that
> was left open on the thread.
>
> > Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools -> Preferences and change there under
> Path
> > the directories.
>
> At the preference box, the closest option I find is the "work
> directory". When I change it, the change is not reflected on the "user
> directory" displayed at the About box and the folder mentioned before
> on this thread (lix15, in my case lyx16) is not created at the new
> directory. No directory that I can change at the Preference box
> correspond to the one on the About box actually.
>
> My only problem is that I cannot open a shell at the current user
> directory to execute the program suggested (python configure.py) from
> there... if I could change the directory to something else or execute
> the program from somewhere else, giving the directory as a parameter
> or something, it would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Tiago Rinck Caveden
> http://caveden.multiply.com
>



-- 
Tiago Rinck Caveden
http://caveden.multiply.com

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the list, I fount this thread on Nabble via Google and I'm having
the same problem.
My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested. Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?

Thanks!

By the way...


grapeshot wrote:
 
 
 
1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.
 
 THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
 this?
 

I think he meant Windows PATH environment variable. Right-click on My
Computer - Advanced - Environment Variables. Find PATH, and add MiKTeX bin
directory to the list.

-- 
View this message in context: 
http://n2.nabble.com/Error-message-after-Installation-with-current-lyx-webinstaller-%28windows%29-tp477745p2274243.html
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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested.


I haven't understand the problem. When you install LyX with admin permissions, LyX is usable for all 
users on a PC, no matter what permissions they have.


When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open Windows' System 
settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the button Environment variables where you 
can add your path to the PATH variable.



Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?


Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path the 
directories.

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the list, I fount this thread on Nabble via Google and I'm having
the same problem.
My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested. Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?

Thanks!

By the way...


grapeshot wrote:
 
 
 
1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.
 
 THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
 this?
 

I think he meant Windows PATH environment variable. Right-click on My
Computer - Advanced - Environment Variables. Find PATH, and add MiKTeX bin
directory to the list.

-- 
View this message in context: 
http://n2.nabble.com/Error-message-after-Installation-with-current-lyx-webinstaller-%28windows%29-tp477745p2274243.html
Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested.


I haven't understand the problem. When you install LyX with admin permissions, LyX is usable for all 
users on a PC, no matter what permissions they have.


When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open Windows' System 
settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the button Environment variables where you 
can add your path to the PATH variable.



Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?


Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools - Preferences and change there under Path the 
directories.

regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Tiago Rinck Caveden]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to the list, I fount this thread on Nabble via Google and I'm having
the same problem.
My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested. Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?

Thanks!

By the way...


grapeshot wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>>1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.
> 
> THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
> this?
> 

I think he meant Windows PATH environment variable. Right-click on My
Computer -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Find PATH, and add MiKTeX bin
directory to the list.

-- 
View this message in context: 
http://n2.nabble.com/Error-message-after-Installation-with-current-lyx-webinstaller-%28windows%29-tp477745p2274243.html
Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Tiago Rinck Caveden schrieb:


My Lyx user directory is a network path that CMD doesn't allow me to go to
execute the program suggested.


I haven't understand the problem. When you install LyX with admin permissions, LyX is usable for all 
users on a PC, no matter what permissions they have.


When you need to add a directory to the PATH environment variable, then open Windows' System 
settings dialog. There you find under the advanced tab the button "Environment variables" where you 
can add your path to the PATH variable.



Is there a way I can change this user
directory, or pass a parameter to the script saying where to create the
folder?


Yes, open in LyX the menu Tools -> Preferences and change there under Path the 
directories.

regards Uwe

Re: Error message when trying to see the pdf II

[Uwe Stöhr]

Segovia, Cesar A schrieb:


I resume work today on that same doc and when I tried to view it, I got
the following error message:
 
...SI 5408 Applied Optimization/Homeworks/HW#0 


3/\string/}}

You meant to type ## instead of #, right?


Seems to be the # bug in hyperlinks I fixed for LyX 1.6.2. Can you send me a _small_ example file 
to be able to reproduce your problem.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message when trying to see the pdf II

[Uwe Stöhr]

Segovia, Cesar A schrieb:


I resume work today on that same doc and when I tried to view it, I got
the following error message:
 
...SI 5408 Applied Optimization/Homeworks/HW#0 


3/\string/}}

You meant to type ## instead of #, right?


Seems to be the # bug in hyperlinks I fixed for LyX 1.6.2. Can you send me a _small_ example file 
to be able to reproduce your problem.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message when trying to see the pdf II

[Uwe Stöhr]

Segovia, Cesar A schrieb:


I resume work today on that same doc and when I tried to view it, I got
the following error message:
 
...SI 5408 Applied Optimization/Homeworks/HW#0 


3/\string"/}}

You meant to type ## instead of #, right?


Seems to be the "#" bug in hyperlinks I fixed for LyX 1.6.2. Can you send me a _small_ example file 
to be able to reproduce your problem.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message

[rgheck]

Marcelo Acuña wrote:

Hi,
Please, does anyone know what does the follwoing mean?

TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
 101::AID-NME763{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-C}

If you really absolutely need more capacity,
you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.

It appeared when I changed the bib style to IEEEtran with
the Book
Koma-Script document class.

Thank you,
Hesham



 I have this message in several times because package conflict or other 
different problems.

  
You'll often get this when packages try to redefine things in a way that 
causes an infinite loop.


rh

Re: Error message

[rgheck]

Marcelo Acuña wrote:

Hi,
Please, does anyone know what does the follwoing mean?

TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
 101::AID-NME763{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-C}

If you really absolutely need more capacity,
you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.

It appeared when I changed the bib style to IEEEtran with
the Book
Koma-Script document class.

Thank you,
Hesham



 I have this message in several times because package conflict or other 
different problems.

  
You'll often get this when packages try to redefine things in a way that 
causes an infinite loop.


rh

Re: Error message

[rgheck]

Marcelo Acuña wrote:

Hi,
Please, does anyone know what does the follwoing mean?

TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
 101::AID-NME763{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-C}

If you really absolutely need more capacity,
you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.

It appeared when I changed the bib style to IEEEtran with
the Book
Koma-Script document class.

Thank you,
Hesham



 I have this message in several times because package conflict or other 
different problems.

  
You'll often get this when packages try to redefine things in a way that 
causes an infinite loop.


rh

Re: Error message

[Marcelo Acuña]

 Hi,
 Please, does anyone know what does the follwoing mean?
 
 TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
  101::AID-NME763{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-C}
 
 If you really absolutely need more capacity,
 you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.
 
 It appeared when I changed the bib style to IEEEtran with
 the Book
 Koma-Script document class.
 
 Thank you,
 Hesham

 I have this message in several times because package conflict or other 
different problems.
 Marcelo


  Yahoo! Cocina
Recetas prácticas y comida saludable
http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/

Re: Error message

[Marcelo Acuña]

 Hi,
 Please, does anyone know what does the follwoing mean?
 
 TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
  101::AID-NME763{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-C}
 
 If you really absolutely need more capacity,
 you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.
 
 It appeared when I changed the bib style to IEEEtran with
 the Book
 Koma-Script document class.
 
 Thank you,
 Hesham

 I have this message in several times because package conflict or other 
different problems.
 Marcelo


  Yahoo! Cocina
Recetas prácticas y comida saludable
http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/

Re: Error message

[Marcelo Acuña]

> Hi,
> Please, does anyone know what does the follwoing mean?
> 
> TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
>  101::AID-NME763{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-C}
> 
> If you really absolutely need more capacity,
> you can ask a wizard to enlarge me.
> 
> It appeared when I changed the bib style to IEEEtran with
> the Book
> Koma-Script document class.
> 
> Thank you,
> Hesham

 I have this message in several times because package conflict or other 
different problems.
 Marcelo


  Yahoo! Cocina
Recetas prácticas y comida saludable
http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/

Re: Error message in LyX 1.5.7

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Alex wrote:

 P.S. I assume no one will be fixing any 1.5.7 bugs now that 1.6.0 is
 out? However this new AltInstaller might be causing some of the
 problems.

This specific bug will be fixed in the official installer that comes out in a 
few days. And probably Uwe will also implement it in an update of the 
AltInstaller.

Jürgen

Re: Error message in LyX 1.5.7

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Alex wrote:

 P.S. I assume no one will be fixing any 1.5.7 bugs now that 1.6.0 is
 out? However this new AltInstaller might be causing some of the
 problems.

This specific bug will be fixed in the official installer that comes out in a 
few days. And probably Uwe will also implement it in an update of the 
AltInstaller.

Jürgen

Re: Error message in LyX 1.5.7

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Alex wrote:

> P.S. I assume no one will be fixing any 1.5.7 bugs now that 1.6.0 is
> out? However this new AltInstaller might be causing some of the
> problems.

This specific bug will be fixed in the "official" installer that comes out in a 
few days. And probably Uwe will also implement it in an update of the 
AltInstaller.

Jürgen

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[grapeshot]

I appear to be having the same problem as the originator of this thread.

First I thought that maybe my packages needed updating.  So, using the
advice in 
http://n2.nabble.com/cannot-find-styles-(ms-windows)-td477787.html#a477788
THIS  thread.

I tried updating all my packages.  It turns our that four, out of about 50
or so (I didn't really count all of them) that needed updating, simply
wouldn't install at all.  (I can forward you the error log files if it would
help.  I also noted the error messages that the MiKTeX updater gave me for
each failed update.  I was unable to resolve the problem with these four on
my own.)


Afterwards, I was still getting the same error messages when trying to open
the Tutorial and other help documents -- so clearly updating my packages
wasn't the solution.

Then I found this thread.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  

Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.

Not being very sure what to do next, I forged on with the advice posted
here.



If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:

1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?
I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 

I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.

I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.

 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 



  If not ...

3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...

I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  

At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?
 


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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

grapeshot wrote:

If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  


Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.


If any of them are marked available, then LyX was able to find MikTeX.


If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command

path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?


This is a Windows issue, not something you would fix in LyX.  In XP, 
right click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced, Environment 
Variables.  You'll see varialbes named Path in both lists; the one on 
top is used only when you're logged in, while the one on the bottom is 
used when any user is logged in.


But this would be to check whether MikTeX was on the system path, and 
apparently it is, or else the LyX configuration script would not find it 
and LyX would say that none of the document classes are available.



I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 


I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.


The dot translates as this directory, so it's redundant but harmless.


I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?


No, the system command path (which tells DOS where to look when you run 
a program that's not in the current directory) was the concern, but only 
if *no* classes are available.




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.


 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 





 If not ...
3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  


I can't argue with your assessment of that.  :-)  It sounds as though 
Windows is finding kpsewhich (which is a MikTeX program) but that the 
file is corrupted or not a DOS program.  (This could happen if you 
somehow installed, say, a Linux TeX distribution, except that then it 
wouldn't be MikTeX.)


At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?


Did you install MikTeX yourself, or did the LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe 
install it?  I don't think that installer contains MikTeX, but I get 
confused by the various installer names.


If DOS won't run kpsewhich, then I think there may be a problem with 
your MikTeX installation.  If so, reinstalling LyX won't fix it; you'll 
need to either repair MikTeX or uninstall/reinstall MikTeX.  But it's 
still a bit unclear what's going on; I've never seen that particular 
error message with kpsewhich.  (FYI, kpsewhich is a program that tells 
you where your LaTeX distribution, in this case MikTeX, is finding 
various LaTeX files -- and, by implication, *if* it's finding those files.)


Let's try a different tack here.  Start in LyX, by looking at Help - 
LaTeX Configuration.  Look for a few of the missing classes, and note 
down what package 

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[grapeshot]

I appear to be having the same problem as the originator of this thread.

First I thought that maybe my packages needed updating.  So, using the
advice in 
http://n2.nabble.com/cannot-find-styles-(ms-windows)-td477787.html#a477788
THIS  thread.

I tried updating all my packages.  It turns our that four, out of about 50
or so (I didn't really count all of them) that needed updating, simply
wouldn't install at all.  (I can forward you the error log files if it would
help.  I also noted the error messages that the MiKTeX updater gave me for
each failed update.  I was unable to resolve the problem with these four on
my own.)


Afterwards, I was still getting the same error messages when trying to open
the Tutorial and other help documents -- so clearly updating my packages
wasn't the solution.

Then I found this thread.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  

Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.

Not being very sure what to do next, I forged on with the advice posted
here.



If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:

1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?
I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 

I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.

I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.

 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 



  If not ...

3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...

I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  

At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?
 


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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

grapeshot wrote:

If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  


Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.


If any of them are marked available, then LyX was able to find MikTeX.


If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command

path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?


This is a Windows issue, not something you would fix in LyX.  In XP, 
right click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced, Environment 
Variables.  You'll see varialbes named Path in both lists; the one on 
top is used only when you're logged in, while the one on the bottom is 
used when any user is logged in.


But this would be to check whether MikTeX was on the system path, and 
apparently it is, or else the LyX configuration script would not find it 
and LyX would say that none of the document classes are available.



I checked the paths under Tools and Settings.
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 


I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra .)

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.


The dot translates as this directory, so it's redundant but harmless.


I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?


No, the system command path (which tells DOS where to look when you run 
a program that's not in the current directory) was the concern, but only 
if *no* classes are available.




2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.


 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 





 If not ...
3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says The system cannot execute the specified program. 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  


I can't argue with your assessment of that.  :-)  It sounds as though 
Windows is finding kpsewhich (which is a MikTeX program) but that the 
file is corrupted or not a DOS program.  (This could happen if you 
somehow installed, say, a Linux TeX distribution, except that then it 
wouldn't be MikTeX.)


At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?


Did you install MikTeX yourself, or did the LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe 
install it?  I don't think that installer contains MikTeX, but I get 
confused by the various installer names.


If DOS won't run kpsewhich, then I think there may be a problem with 
your MikTeX installation.  If so, reinstalling LyX won't fix it; you'll 
need to either repair MikTeX or uninstall/reinstall MikTeX.  But it's 
still a bit unclear what's going on; I've never seen that particular 
error message with kpsewhich.  (FYI, kpsewhich is a program that tells 
you where your LaTeX distribution, in this case MikTeX, is finding 
various LaTeX files -- and, by implication, *if* it's finding those files.)


Let's try a different tack here.  Start in LyX, by looking at Help - 
LaTeX Configuration.  Look for a few of the missing classes, and note 
down what package 

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[grapeshot]

I appear to be having the same problem as the originator of this thread.

First I thought that maybe my packages needed updating.  So, using the
advice in 
http://n2.nabble.com/cannot-find-styles-(ms-windows)-td477787.html#a477788
THIS  thread.

I tried updating all my packages.  It turns our that four, out of about 50
or so (I didn't really count all of them) that needed updating, simply
wouldn't install at all.  (I can forward you the error log files if it would
help.  I also noted the error messages that the MiKTeX updater gave me for
each failed update.  I was unable to resolve the problem with these four on
my own.)


Afterwards, I was still getting the same error messages when trying to open
the Tutorial and other help documents -- so clearly updating my packages
wasn't the solution.

Then I found this thread.



>>If you start a new document and go to Document -> Settings... -> 
>>Document Class -> Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
>>unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  

Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.

Not being very sure what to do next, I forged on with the advice posted
here.



>>If they are all 
>>unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
>>can try the following:
>>
>>1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command
path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?
I checked the paths under "Tools" and "Settings".
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 

I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra ".")

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.

I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?




>2.  Tools -> Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.

 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 



>  If not ...
>>
>>3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
>>find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
>>the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
>>directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
>>messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...

I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says "The system cannot execute the specified program." 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  

At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?
 


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Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

grapeshot wrote:

If you start a new document and go to Document -> Settings... -> 
Document Class -> Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  


Checking my document classes as per the instructions indicates that most,
but not all classes are unavailable, including scrbook.


If any of them are marked available, then LyX was able to find MikTeX.


If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command

path.

THIS advice has me very puzzled.  WHAT does this mean??  Where do I check
this?


This is a Windows issue, not something you would fix in LyX.  In XP, 
right click My Computer, click Properties, Advanced, Environment 
Variables.  You'll see varialbes named "Path" in both lists; the one on 
top is used only when you're logged in, while the one on the bottom is 
used when any user is logged in.


But this would be to check whether MikTeX was on the system path, and 
apparently it is, or else the LyX configuration script would not find it 
and LyX would say that none of the document classes are available.



I checked the paths under "Tools" and "Settings".
Here's an image of what it shows for my paths.
http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1511/6799618/14409421/331519515.jpg 


I noticed that my Documents Templates path seemes hosed up.  It reads:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\.\templates\

But when I check the actual path, it's more like
C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\templates\  (That's WITHOUT the extra ".")

However, I'm not smart enough to know if this is right or wrong.  Also, I've
tried changing it, and it has had no effect on anything as far as I can
tell, PLUS it keeps changing back every time I re-open LyX.


The dot translates as "this directory", so it's redundant but harmless.


I also note that in this window, my PATH settings seem to be:
C:\Program Files\LyX15\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\python;C:\Program
Files\LyX15\ghostscript\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX15\imagemagick

If THIS is the path that I'm supposed to be checking, it clearly says
nothing whatsoever about MiKTeX.   Am I supposed to type in something
different here?  If so, what?


No, the system command path (which tells DOS where to look when you run 
a program that's not in the current directory) was the concern, but only 
if *no* classes are available.




2.  Tools -> Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better.


 I've tried various times to Reconfigure LyX, but that hasn't resolved my
problem. 





 If not ...
3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


I tried the kpsewhich command at a dos prompt.  (at C:\ that is) and I get a
message back that says "The system cannot execute the specified program." 
I'm not sure what exactly this message means, but it can't be good.  


I can't argue with your assessment of that.  :-)  It sounds as though 
Windows is finding kpsewhich (which is a MikTeX program) but that the 
file is corrupted or not a DOS program.  (This could happen if you 
somehow installed, say, a Linux TeX distribution, except that then it 
wouldn't be MikTeX.)


At this point I have to confess that I'm WAY beyond my computer knowledge
and have absolutely no idea of what to do.  For all these hours of puzzling
over this, I seem to be no further towards figuring out how to make LyX
properly open the help documents.  And if those won't open, how can I be
confident that anything else I may want to do in LyX would work properly?

Can you help me out??

ER...for reference, I am running Windows XP SP3, and used the installer
LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe to install.  Based on the comments in this thread,
that appears to have been the wrong one to use.  Should I uninstall
everything and start all over?  If so, what all do I need to uninstall?


Did you install MikTeX yourself, or did the LyX-1.5.6-Installer.exe 
install it?  I don't think that installer contains MikTeX, but I get 
confused by the various installer names.


If DOS won't run kpsewhich, then I think there may be a problem with 
your MikTeX installation.  If so, reinstalling LyX won't fix it; you'll 
need to either repair MikTeX or uninstall/reinstall MikTeX.  But it's 
still a bit unclear what's going on; I've never seen that particular 
error message with kpsewhich.  (FYI, kpsewhich is a program that tells 
you where your LaTeX distribution, in this case MikTeX, is finding 
various LaTeX files -- and, by implication, *if* it's finding those files.)


Let's try a different tack here.  Start in LyX, by looking at Help -> 
LaTeX Configuration.  Look for a few of the missing classes, and note 

Re: Error message: conversion failed (to DVi, PDF or PS)

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Olivier Vilaça wrote:
I have Lyx 1.5.6 installed on my MacBook (running Leopard). I've been 
working on my PhD smoothly for a month now but today I have the 
following error message when trying to convert my file to DVI/PDF/PS: 
conversion failed. I had this kind of error message two weeks ago and 
found the problem: I used the superscript function on a letter. As soon 
as I removed it, the conversion worked again. But today, I don't have 
any clue about what is going wrong. I don't find any debug tool on Lyx. 
Is there any? How to find the origin of the problem to solve it?



Hello Olivier,

you can try:

1) if Document - Latex Log gives some helpful indication at the end
2) open View - View Source before conversion. LyX might jump to or 
highlight the offending part in the Source View
3) save your file under a different name and divide-and-conquer 
(systematically cut out large chunks until it works, to localise the 
problem).


Hope that helps. Please report back what was the cause.

/Konrad

Re: Error message: conversion failed (to DVi, PDF or PS)

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Olivier Vilaça wrote:
I have Lyx 1.5.6 installed on my MacBook (running Leopard). I've been 
working on my PhD smoothly for a month now but today I have the 
following error message when trying to convert my file to DVI/PDF/PS: 
conversion failed. I had this kind of error message two weeks ago and 
found the problem: I used the superscript function on a letter. As soon 
as I removed it, the conversion worked again. But today, I don't have 
any clue about what is going wrong. I don't find any debug tool on Lyx. 
Is there any? How to find the origin of the problem to solve it?



Hello Olivier,

you can try:

1) if Document - Latex Log gives some helpful indication at the end
2) open View - View Source before conversion. LyX might jump to or 
highlight the offending part in the Source View
3) save your file under a different name and divide-and-conquer 
(systematically cut out large chunks until it works, to localise the 
problem).


Hope that helps. Please report back what was the cause.

/Konrad

Re: Error message: "conversion failed" (to DVi, PDF or PS)

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Olivier Vilaça wrote:
I have Lyx 1.5.6 installed on my MacBook (running Leopard). I've been 
working on my PhD smoothly for a month now but today I have the 
following error message when trying to convert my file to DVI/PDF/PS: 
"conversion failed". I had this kind of error message two weeks ago and 
found the problem: I used the superscript function on a letter. As soon 
as I removed it, the conversion worked again. But today, I don't have 
any clue about what is going wrong. I don't find any debug tool on Lyx. 
Is there any? How to find the origin of the problem to solve it?



Hello Olivier,

you can try:

1) if Document -> Latex Log gives some helpful indication at the end
2) open View -> View Source before conversion. LyX might jump to or 
highlight the offending part in the Source View
3) save your file under a different name and divide-and-conquer 
(systematically cut out large chunks until it works, to localise the 
problem).


Hope that helps. Please report back what was the cause.

/Konrad

Re: Error message

[Richard heck]

Hesham Kamel wrote:

Hello,
I am a new user. I am using LyX 1.5.5 and JabRef.
When I insert citations I keep getting the follwoing errors:

  
I'm guessing you have a '$' somewhere in your citation. Or some other 
illegal character. If this doesn't help, please post the file that's 
causing the problem.


rh


*Error #
1-*
Email Address: hosseini_

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nikahd, M. 2; Affiliations: 1: S...

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Error #
2-*

 I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Error #
3-*

 I've inserted something that you may have forgotten.

(See the inserted text above.)

With luck, this will get me unwedged. But if you

really didn't forget anything, try typing `2' now; then

my insertion and my current dilemma will both disappear.


*Error #
4-*

 I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.

--


Although without the references, the document compiles perfectly.
The document contains ONLY text, no math, images,etc, only text.


Can someone please help.

Thank you
  

Re: Error message

[Richard heck]

Hesham Kamel wrote:

Hello,
I am a new user. I am using LyX 1.5.5 and JabRef.
When I insert citations I keep getting the follwoing errors:

  
I'm guessing you have a '$' somewhere in your citation. Or some other 
illegal character. If this doesn't help, please post the file that's 
causing the problem.


rh


*Error #
1-*
Email Address: hosseini_

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nikahd, M. 2; Affiliations: 1: S...

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Error #
2-*

 I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Error #
3-*

 I've inserted something that you may have forgotten.

(See the inserted text above.)

With luck, this will get me unwedged. But if you

really didn't forget anything, try typing `2' now; then

my insertion and my current dilemma will both disappear.


*Error #
4-*

 I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.

--


Although without the references, the document compiles perfectly.
The document contains ONLY text, no math, images,etc, only text.


Can someone please help.

Thank you
  

Re: Error message

[Richard heck]

Hesham Kamel wrote:

Hello,
I am a new user. I am using LyX 1.5.5 and JabRef.
When I insert citations I keep getting the follwoing errors:

  
I'm guessing you have a '$' somewhere in your citation. Or some other 
illegal character. If this doesn't help, please post the file that's 
causing the problem.


rh


*Error #
1-*
Email Address: hosseini_

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nikahd, M. 2; Affiliations: 1: S...

I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Error #
2-*

 I've inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.


*Error #
3-*

 I've inserted something that you may have forgotten.

(See the  above.)

With luck, this will get me unwedged. But if you

really didn't forget anything, try typing `2' now; then

my insertion and my current dilemma will both disappear.


*Error #
4-*

 I've deleted a group-closing symbol because it seems to be

spurious, as in `$x}$'. But perhaps the } is legitimate and

you forgot something else, as in `\hbox{$x}'. In such cases

the way to recover is to insert both the forgotten and the

deleted material, e.g., by typing `I$}'.

--


Although without the references, the document compiles perfectly.
The document contains ONLY text, no math, images,etc, only text.


Can someone please help.

Thank you
  

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Joost Verburg]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you 
need to do, is to have an open internet connection before you start to 
install LyX.


The standard installer does the same thing. Try Tools  Reconfigure and 
MiKTeX should try to download it again.


Joost

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Joost Verburg]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you 
need to do, is to have an open internet connection before you start to 
install LyX.


The standard installer does the same thing. Try Tools  Reconfigure and 
MiKTeX should try to download it again.


Joost

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Joost Verburg]

Uwe Stöhr wrote:

When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you 
need to do, is to have an open internet connection before you start to 
install LyX.


The standard installer does the same thing. Try Tools > Reconfigure and 
MiKTeX should try to download it again.


Joost

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

Peter Jahn wrote:

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command path.

2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better. 
 If not ...


3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


4.  Check Help - About LyX to find where LyX is putting your home 
directory.  A tilde there usually means C:\Documents and Settings\your 
id here\ in XP (I forget where it ends up in Vista, where everything 
has been moved around), but just to be safe run 'set H' at a DOS prompt 
and concatenate HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to find the replacement for the 
tilde.  Open a DOS prompt in the parent of the home directory (e.g., 
C:\Documents and Settings\me\), delete the lyx15 directory entirely, 
then run 'path to LyX\python\python.exe path to 
LyX\Resources\configure.py' and cross your fingers (toes too if you 
can).  Watch the output and see if the script indicates that (a) it 
found a working latex.exe and (b) it found at least some document 
classes.  If that works, try starting LyX again.


If most of the classes are there but scrbook is not, you just need to 
use the MiKTeX package manager to install the komascript classes.


/Paul

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Peter Jahn schrieb:


I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?


This is not your mistake. To be able to process all docs, the LaTeX-package koma-script needs to be 
installed.


When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you need to do, is to have an open 
internet connection before you start to install LyX.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

Peter Jahn wrote:

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.



If you start a new document and go to Document - Settings... - 
Document Class - Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command path.

2.  Tools - Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better. 
 If not ...


3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


4.  Check Help - About LyX to find where LyX is putting your home 
directory.  A tilde there usually means C:\Documents and Settings\your 
id here\ in XP (I forget where it ends up in Vista, where everything 
has been moved around), but just to be safe run 'set H' at a DOS prompt 
and concatenate HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to find the replacement for the 
tilde.  Open a DOS prompt in the parent of the home directory (e.g., 
C:\Documents and Settings\me\), delete the lyx15 directory entirely, 
then run 'path to LyX\python\python.exe path to 
LyX\Resources\configure.py' and cross your fingers (toes too if you 
can).  Watch the output and see if the script indicates that (a) it 
found a working latex.exe and (b) it found at least some document 
classes.  If that works, try starting LyX again.


If most of the classes are there but scrbook is not, you just need to 
use the MiKTeX package manager to install the komascript classes.


/Paul

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Peter Jahn schrieb:


I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?


This is not your mistake. To be able to process all docs, the LaTeX-package koma-script needs to be 
installed.


When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you need to do, is to have an open 
internet connection before you start to install LyX.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Paul A. Rubin]

Peter Jahn wrote:

Hi lyx user group,

I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?

I also tried the installation on windows vista. The same effect occurs here
too.

Thanks for any help.



If you start a new document and go to Document -> Settings... -> 
Document Class -> Document class, are *all* the classes listed as 
unavailable, or just some (including scrbook)?  If they are all 
unavailable, LyX had a problem configuring itself.  In that case, you 
can try the following:


1.  Make sure that the MiKTeX bin directory is on your system command path.

2.  Tools -> Reconfigure, then restart LyX and see if things are better. 
 If not ...


3.  At a DOS prompt, run 'kpsewhich article.cls'.  If MiKTeX doesn't 
find article.cls, your MiKTeX installation is somehow screwed up.  If 
the OS doesn't find the kpsewhich command, either you didn't get the bin 
directory on the command path or your MiKTeX installation is severely 
messed up.  Assuming MiKTeX is ok ...


4.  Check Help -> About LyX to find where LyX is putting your "home 
directory".  A tilde there usually means C:\Documents and Settings\id here>\ in XP (I forget where it ends up in Vista, where everything 
has been moved around), but just to be safe run 'set H' at a DOS prompt 
and concatenate HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to find the replacement for the 
tilde.  Open a DOS prompt in the parent of the home directory (e.g., 
C:\Documents and Settings\me\), delete the lyx15 directory entirely, 
then run '\python\python.exe LyX>\Resources\configure.py' and cross your fingers (toes too if you 
can).  Watch the output and see if the script indicates that (a) it 
found a working latex.exe and (b) it found at least some document 
classes.  If that works, try starting LyX again.


If most of the classes are there but scrbook is not, you just need to 
use the MiKTeX package manager to install the komascript classes.


/Paul

Re: Error message after Installation with current lyx-webinstaller (windows)

[Uwe Stöhr]

Peter Jahn schrieb:


I just installed lyx on a windows xp system (sp2). After the installation
(which included MikTeX, ghostscript, imagemagick) and after opening files
(i. e. from the docs) error messages appear telling me that layout-files are
missing (scrbook.layout). Is this a known bug? Was it my mistake?


This is not your mistake. To be able to process all docs, the LaTeX-package koma-script needs to be 
installed.


When you install LyX using this installer:
http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller

all LaTeX-packages needed by LyX are automatically installed. All you need to do, is to have an open 
internet connection before you start to install LyX.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message: Error opening PDF file with new lyx-144-1.exe

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 2/15/07 5:10 PM, Marius Disler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thanks for the new version!
 
 But I have some problems with the new LyX for Windows. I wanted to
 create a pdf with pdflatex and the result was an error window:
 
 PDF viewer: Error opening PDF file
 
 The other options ps2pdf, dvipdfm don't work either, but simple ps-files
 or DVI's are possible. I tried to convert pdf's from several .lyx-files,
 but even files with one letter don't work. Before I have used
 lyx-143-5.exe and it has worked fine. I use Windows XP.
 
 Thanks for any help on this issue!


I also recently installed 1.4.4 on XP and I had to change the PDF(ps2pdf),
PDF(pdflatex), and PDF(dvipdfm) file formats to 'PDFViewWin8.cmd' because I
am using adobe reader 8 rather than 7. The file formats are under
Tools-Preference-File formats. Don't know if that is the problem.

Bob

Re: Error message: Error opening PDF file with new lyx-144-1.exe

[Uwe Stöhr]

Marius Disler schrieb:

But I have some problems with the new LyX for Windows. I wanted to 
create a pdf with pdflatex and the result was an error window:


PDF viewer: Error opening PDF file


Are you using Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 as default PDF viewer?
If yes, what entry do you see in LyX's preferences in the file format section for the PDF types? It 
should be 'PDFViewWin8.cmd'.


If this is the case I think I found the bug. I'll upload a fixed installer version tomorrow. Thanks 
for the report.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message: Error opening PDF file with new lyx-144-1.exe

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 2/15/07 5:10 PM, Marius Disler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thanks for the new version!
 
 But I have some problems with the new LyX for Windows. I wanted to
 create a pdf with pdflatex and the result was an error window:
 
 PDF viewer: Error opening PDF file
 
 The other options ps2pdf, dvipdfm don't work either, but simple ps-files
 or DVI's are possible. I tried to convert pdf's from several .lyx-files,
 but even files with one letter don't work. Before I have used
 lyx-143-5.exe and it has worked fine. I use Windows XP.
 
 Thanks for any help on this issue!


I also recently installed 1.4.4 on XP and I had to change the PDF(ps2pdf),
PDF(pdflatex), and PDF(dvipdfm) file formats to 'PDFViewWin8.cmd' because I
am using adobe reader 8 rather than 7. The file formats are under
Tools-Preference-File formats. Don't know if that is the problem.

Bob

Re: Error message: Error opening PDF file with new lyx-144-1.exe

[Uwe Stöhr]

Marius Disler schrieb:

But I have some problems with the new LyX for Windows. I wanted to 
create a pdf with pdflatex and the result was an error window:


PDF viewer: Error opening PDF file


Are you using Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 as default PDF viewer?
If yes, what entry do you see in LyX's preferences in the file format section for the PDF types? It 
should be 'PDFViewWin8.cmd'.


If this is the case I think I found the bug. I'll upload a fixed installer version tomorrow. Thanks 
for the report.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message: "Error opening PDF file" with new lyx-144-1.exe

[Bob Lounsbury]

On 2/15/07 5:10 PM, "Marius Disler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks for the new version!
> 
> But I have some problems with the new LyX for Windows. I wanted to
> create a pdf with pdflatex and the result was an error window:
> 
> PDF viewer: "Error opening PDF file"
> 
> The other options ps2pdf, dvipdfm don't work either, but simple ps-files
> or DVI's are possible. I tried to convert pdf's from several .lyx-files,
> but even files with one letter don't work. Before I have used
> lyx-143-5.exe and it has worked fine. I use Windows XP.
> 
> Thanks for any help on this issue!


I also recently installed 1.4.4 on XP and I had to change the PDF(ps2pdf),
PDF(pdflatex), and PDF(dvipdfm) file formats to 'PDFViewWin8.cmd' because I
am using adobe reader 8 rather than 7. The file formats are under
Tools->Preference->File formats. Don't know if that is the problem.

Bob

Re: Error message: "Error opening PDF file" with new lyx-144-1.exe

[Uwe Stöhr]

Marius Disler schrieb:

But I have some problems with the new LyX for Windows. I wanted to 
create a pdf with pdflatex and the result was an error window:


PDF viewer: "Error opening PDF file"


Are you using Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8 as default PDF viewer?
If yes, what entry do you see in LyX's preferences in the file format section for the PDF types? It 
should be 'PDFViewWin8.cmd'.


If this is the case I think I found the bug. I'll upload a fixed installer version tomorrow. Thanks 
for the report.


regards Uwe

Re: Error message at launching

[Paul A. Rubin]

DU VIGNAUD DE VILLEFORT FRANCOIS GASAPRD PHI wrote:
Hello, 


I have just installed the 1.4.3 version on my machine. It has run successfully 
but when I try to launch LyX it fails with the following error message :

LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

Can anyone help me on this ? 


Thx in advance,

Best regards,

François



Is this on a Windows system?  If so, is your home directory on a remote 
server?  (If you are not sure, open a DOS window, run 'set h', and see 
what is set for your home drive and home path.)


/Paul

Re: Error message at launching

[Eugenio]

I had this problem installing 1.4.5 on my windows machine.

Try erasing the preferences directory located at:

 c:\Documents and Settings\*username*\Application 
Data\lyx1.4.x


This is to regenerate the directory in full.  It will work at least the 
first time


If this does not work, double check your tex installation.  If you are 
running Miktex 2.5, download it to your computer before installing it and do 
not use the Lyx installer (I found some problems of this kind, using it)


Now my system is up and running with Lyx 1.3.5 and Miktex 2.5

Eugenio


- Original Message - 
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Error message at launching



DU VIGNAUD DE VILLEFORT FRANCOIS GASAPRD PHI wrote:
Hello, I have just installed the 1.4.3 version on my machine. It has run 
successfully but when I try to launch LyX it fails with the following 
error message :


LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

Can anyone help me on this ? Thx in advance,

Best regards,

François



Is this on a Windows system?  If so, is your home directory on a remote 
server?  (If you are not sure, open a DOS window, run 'set h', and see 
what is set for your home drive and home path.)


/Paul

Re: Error message at launching

[Paul A. Rubin]

DU VIGNAUD DE VILLEFORT FRANCOIS GASAPRD PHI wrote:
Hello, 


I have just installed the 1.4.3 version on my machine. It has run successfully 
but when I try to launch LyX it fails with the following error message :

LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

Can anyone help me on this ? 


Thx in advance,

Best regards,

François



Is this on a Windows system?  If so, is your home directory on a remote 
server?  (If you are not sure, open a DOS window, run 'set h', and see 
what is set for your home drive and home path.)


/Paul

Re: Error message at launching

[Eugenio]

I had this problem installing 1.4.5 on my windows machine.

Try erasing the preferences directory located at:

 c:\Documents and Settings\*username*\Application 
Data\lyx1.4.x


This is to regenerate the directory in full.  It will work at least the 
first time


If this does not work, double check your tex installation.  If you are 
running Miktex 2.5, download it to your computer before installing it and do 
not use the Lyx installer (I found some problems of this kind, using it)


Now my system is up and running with Lyx 1.3.5 and Miktex 2.5

Eugenio


- Original Message - 
From: Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Error message at launching



DU VIGNAUD DE VILLEFORT FRANCOIS GASAPRD PHI wrote:
Hello, I have just installed the 1.4.3 version on my machine. It has run 
successfully but when I try to launch LyX it fails with the following 
error message :


LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

Can anyone help me on this ? Thx in advance,

Best regards,

François



Is this on a Windows system?  If so, is your home directory on a remote 
server?  (If you are not sure, open a DOS window, run 'set h', and see 
what is set for your home drive and home path.)


/Paul

Re: Error message at launching

[Paul A. Rubin]

DU VIGNAUD DE VILLEFORT FRANCOIS GASAPRD PHI wrote:
Hello, 


I have just installed the 1.4.3 version on my machine. It has run successfully 
but when I try to launch LyX it fails with the following error message :

LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

Can anyone help me on this ? 


Thx in advance,

Best regards,

François



Is this on a Windows system?  If so, is your home directory on a remote 
server?  (If you are not sure, open a DOS window, run 'set h', and see 
what is set for your home drive and home path.)


/Paul

Re: Error message at launching

[Eugenio]

I had this problem installing 1.4.5 on my windows machine.

Try erasing the preferences directory located at:

 c:\Documents and Settings\*username*\Application 
Data\lyx1.4.x


This is to regenerate the directory in full.  It will work at least the 
first time


If this does not work, double check your tex installation.  If you are 
running Miktex 2.5, download it to your computer before installing it and do 
not use the Lyx installer (I found some problems of this kind, using it)


Now my system is up and running with Lyx 1.3.5 and Miktex 2.5

Eugenio


- Original Message - 
From: "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Error message at launching



DU VIGNAUD DE VILLEFORT FRANCOIS GASAPRD PHI wrote:
Hello, I have just installed the 1.4.3 version on my machine. It has run 
successfully but when I try to launch LyX it fails with the following 
error message :


LyXTextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!

Can anyone help me on this ? Thx in advance,

Best regards,

François



Is this on a Windows system?  If so, is your home directory on a remote 
server?  (If you are not sure, open a DOS window, run 'set h', and see 
what is set for your home drive and home path.)


/Paul

Re: Error message starting LyX

[Paul A. Rubin]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have installed LyX on Vector-Linux 5.1 (which is in the Slackware
family...), but I get the following message when I start LyX:

LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file  `'. Exiting.

Am I missing some directory of file? Can I get this from the files in
another distro (Ubuntu or RedHat is what I have). I search in the
slackware packages, but it seems that I installed all the packages I
needed



Sorry if this is too late.  The textclass.lst file and a few other 
related files are generated by LyX when it configures itself, so no, you 
cannot get them from another distro.  If the problem still exists, try 
running 'python configure.py' (in the Resources directory under the LyX 
installation) from a shell.


/Paul

Re: Error message starting LyX

[Paul A. Rubin]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have installed LyX on Vector-Linux 5.1 (which is in the Slackware
family...), but I get the following message when I start LyX:

LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file  `'. Exiting.

Am I missing some directory of file? Can I get this from the files in
another distro (Ubuntu or RedHat is what I have). I search in the
slackware packages, but it seems that I installed all the packages I
needed



Sorry if this is too late.  The textclass.lst file and a few other 
related files are generated by LyX when it configures itself, so no, you 
cannot get them from another distro.  If the problem still exists, try 
running 'python configure.py' (in the Resources directory under the LyX 
installation) from a shell.


/Paul

Re: Error message starting LyX

[Paul A. Rubin]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have installed LyX on Vector-Linux 5.1 (which is in the Slackware
family...), but I get the following message when I start LyX:

LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file  `'. Exiting.

Am I missing some directory of file? Can I get this from the files in
another distro (Ubuntu or RedHat is what I have). I search in the
slackware packages, but it seems that I installed all the packages I
needed



Sorry if this is too late.  The textclass.lst file and a few other 
related files are generated by LyX when it configures itself, so no, you 
cannot get them from another distro.  If the problem still exists, try 
running 'python configure.py' (in the Resources directory under the LyX 
installation) from a shell.


/Paul

Re: Error message LaTeX Error: no \title given

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

winson wrote:
 I use LyX 1.42 on Windows XP. I am typing an article
 with the attached 'ndst.sty' style file. Each time I
 tried to view the article 'Example.lyx' in DVI format,
 I got an error message LaTeX Error: no \title given.
 There are only three lines in 'Example.lyx': title,
 author, and date. I have not used LaTeX and LyX for a
 long time until now. So I am not sure if this is a
 problem of 'ndst.sty' or a bug of LyX. Could anyone
 give me a little help? Thanks.

Your ndst.sty redefines \title, \author etc. to be used _without_ the 
\maketitle command. This interferes with article.cls when LyX inserts the 
\maketitle command.

Two solutions:

1. quick and dirty: 
insert
\renewcommand\maketitle{}
to your preamble

2. Better:
in your layout file, insert add the end of the file something like (untested)

Style Title
InTitle   0
End

Style Author
InTitle   0
End

Style Date
InTitle  0
End

HTH,
Jürgen


 Winson

Re: Error message LaTeX Error: no \title given

[winson]

Juergen:

Thank you! Your Dirty  Quick approach works. I will refresh my LaTeX knowledge 
a little bit, and will try the 'better approach' soon. Thanks again.  

Re: Error message LaTeX Error: no \title given

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

winson wrote:
 I use LyX 1.42 on Windows XP. I am typing an article
 with the attached 'ndst.sty' style file. Each time I
 tried to view the article 'Example.lyx' in DVI format,
 I got an error message LaTeX Error: no \title given.
 There are only three lines in 'Example.lyx': title,
 author, and date. I have not used LaTeX and LyX for a
 long time until now. So I am not sure if this is a
 problem of 'ndst.sty' or a bug of LyX. Could anyone
 give me a little help? Thanks.

Your ndst.sty redefines \title, \author etc. to be used _without_ the 
\maketitle command. This interferes with article.cls when LyX inserts the 
\maketitle command.

Two solutions:

1. quick and dirty: 
insert
\renewcommand\maketitle{}
to your preamble

2. Better:
in your layout file, insert add the end of the file something like (untested)

Style Title
InTitle   0
End

Style Author
InTitle   0
End

Style Date
InTitle  0
End

HTH,
Jürgen


 Winson

Re: Error message LaTeX Error: no \title given

[winson]

Juergen:

Thank you! Your Dirty  Quick approach works. I will refresh my LaTeX knowledge 
a little bit, and will try the 'better approach' soon. Thanks again.  

Re: Error message "LaTeX Error: no \title given"

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

winson wrote:
> I use LyX 1.42 on Windows XP. I am typing an article
> with the attached 'ndst.sty' style file. Each time I
> tried to view the article 'Example.lyx' in DVI format,
> I got an error message "LaTeX Error: no \title given".
> There are only three lines in 'Example.lyx': title,
> author, and date. I have not used LaTeX and LyX for a
> long time until now. So I am not sure if this is a
> problem of 'ndst.sty' or a bug of LyX. Could anyone
> give me a little help? Thanks.

Your ndst.sty redefines \title, \author etc. to be used _without_ the 
\maketitle command. This interferes with article.cls when LyX inserts the 
\maketitle command.

Two solutions:

1. quick and dirty: 
insert
\renewcommand\maketitle{}
to your preamble

2. Better:
in your layout file, insert add the end of the file something like (untested)

Style Title
InTitle   0
End

Style Author
InTitle   0
End

Style Date
InTitle  0
End

HTH,
Jürgen


> Winson

Re: Error message "LaTeX Error: no \title given"

[winson]

Juergen:

Thank you! Your Dirty & Quick approach works. I will refresh my LaTeX knowledge 
a little bit, and will try the 'better approach' soon. Thanks again.  

Re: Error message on bindings

[Paul A. Rubin]

Srinivas Nedunuri wrote:

I changed the bindings file to bind M-p to the Greek letter pi. I get the 
following error messages:

Error: New binding for 'M-p p' is overriding old binding...
Error: New binding for 'M-p c' is overriding old binding...
Error: New binding for 'M-p a' is overriding old binding...
..etc...

Can anyone explain why I'm getting these. I thought that new bindings simply 
overrode old ones

thanks

M-p is bound to the paragraph style (A.2.8 in the Customization manual). 
   To remap keys bound to menu items, you have to redefine your user 
interface.  See http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/BlockedKeyboardShortcuts.


-- Paul

Re: Error message on bindings

[Paul A. Rubin]

Srinivas Nedunuri wrote:

I changed the bindings file to bind M-p to the Greek letter pi. I get the 
following error messages:

Error: New binding for 'M-p p' is overriding old binding...
Error: New binding for 'M-p c' is overriding old binding...
Error: New binding for 'M-p a' is overriding old binding...
..etc...

Can anyone explain why I'm getting these. I thought that new bindings simply 
overrode old ones

thanks

M-p is bound to the paragraph style (A.2.8 in the Customization manual). 
   To remap keys bound to menu items, you have to redefine your user 
interface.  See http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/BlockedKeyboardShortcuts.


-- Paul

Re: Error message on bindings

[Paul A. Rubin]

Srinivas Nedunuri wrote:

I changed the bindings file to bind M-p to the Greek letter pi. I get the 
following error messages:

Error: New binding for 'M-p p' is overriding old binding...
Error: New binding for 'M-p c' is overriding old binding...
Error: New binding for 'M-p a' is overriding old binding...
..etc...

Can anyone explain why I'm getting these. I thought that new bindings simply 
overrode old ones

thanks

M-p is bound to the paragraph style (A.2.8 in the Customization manual). 
   To remap keys bound to menu items, you have to redefine your user 
interface.  See http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/BlockedKeyboardShortcuts.


-- Paul