Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that includes spaces. I should have realised this before. With the tools in c:\GnuWin32\bin it works very well. Thank you to all those who had helpful suggestions. Geoff

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Martin A. Hansen
consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:08:35PM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that includes spaces. I

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Helge Hafting
Martin A. Hansen wrote: consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:08:35PM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Martin A. Hansen
but shurely these troublesome paths can have any meta-chars escaped from lyx? martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 02:33:11PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Martin A. Hansen wrote: consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Angus Leeming
Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. True enough, Helge, but MikTeX (Windows) and teTeX 3 (*nix) both provide support for spaces in filenames.

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Herbert Voss
Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. latex a\ file\ with\ a\ space.tex is no problem Herbert -- http://TeXnik.de/ http://PSTricks.de/

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Angus Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. Angus True enough, Helge, but MikTeX (Windows)

Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that includes spaces. I should have realised this before. With the tools in c:\GnuWin32\bin it works very well. Thank you to all those who had helpful suggestions. Geoff

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Martin A. Hansen
consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:08:35PM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that includes spaces. I

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Helge Hafting
Martin A. Hansen wrote: consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:08:35PM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Martin A. Hansen
but shurely these troublesome paths can have any meta-chars escaped from lyx? martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 02:33:11PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Martin A. Hansen wrote: consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Angus Leeming
Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. True enough, Helge, but MikTeX (Windows) and teTeX 3 (*nix) both provide support for spaces in filenames.

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Herbert Voss
Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. latex a\ file\ with\ a\ space.tex is no problem Herbert -- http://TeXnik.de/ http://PSTricks.de/

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Angus Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. Angus True enough, Helge, but MikTeX (Windows)

Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that includes spaces. I should have realised this before. With the tools in c:\GnuWin32\bin it works very well. Thank you to all those who had helpful suggestions. Geoff

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Martin A. Hansen
consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:08:35PM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: > After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the > GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that includes spaces. I

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Helge Hafting
Martin A. Hansen wrote: consider this a feature request. let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:08:35PM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: After much fiddling I have found the problem. Lyx doesnt like the GnuWin32\bin files to have a path that

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Martin A. Hansen
but shurely these troublesome paths can have any meta-chars escaped from lyx? martin On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 02:33:11PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > Martin A. Hansen wrote: > > >consider this a feature request. > > > > > >let lyx be able to allow filenames with meta-chars. > > > > > > >

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Angus Leeming
Helge Hafting wrote: > Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex > which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have > the power to change latex. True enough, Helge, but MikTeX (Windows) and teTeX 3 (*nix) both provide support for spaces in

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Herbert Voss
Helge Hafting wrote: Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not have the power to change latex. latex a\ file\ with\ a\ space.tex is no problem Herbert -- http://TeXnik.de/ http://PSTricks.de/

Re: Word Import - the solution

2005-03-09 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Helge Hafting wrote: >> Note that lyx can be fixed by the lyx team, but lyx relies on latex >> which also struggle with spaces in filenames. People here does not >> have the power to change latex. Angus> True enough, Helge, but