Re: zlib and 1.4.3

2006-11-13 Thread José Matos
On Monday 13 November 2006 1:16 am, John B. Egger wrote: I unwisely installed LyX 1.4.3 in my /home/john/Downloads directory, and ./configure gave an error that libz can't be found and to make sure zlib is installed properly. Although I went ahead with make anyway, and LyX 1.4.3 is running,

Re: figure in footer with fancyfoot

2006-11-13 Thread Georg Baum
Paul A. Rubin wrote: You're welcome. As a postscript, I entered a bug report on it and found out this is apparently classified as a feature rather than a bug. The developers consider anything the user puts in the preamble (such as graphics in a footer) to be the user's responsibility. That

Re: Using kpdf as the default pdf viewer

2006-11-13 Thread Sven Schreiber
Guy Rutenberg schrieb: Hi, I'm using LyX 1.4 on Linux and I would like to set kpdf (instead of gv) as my default viewer in LyX for pdf's. Can someone please write to me how to do it or point me to where I would find such instructions? have you tried tools-settings-file formats-viewer

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Martin A. Hansen
I am not entirely certain what you are trying to do. Track changes works by enabling track changes to a document, and changes are subsequently tracked and can be displayed. Now, if you have two documents, and would like to see the changes between them - that is not what track changes do - and I

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
Sorry that you haven't cought my meaning. Please check the following link for a screenshot I just captured. You will see here the menu Show changes in output was disabled now in this version due to some reasons(?). But I want to use this function as you mentioned. I hope to list the changes I

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
This function in your LyX can be used? Can you help post the version u used currently? My files are too big to be uploaded somewhere (many figures). Thanks. On 11/13/06, John McCabe-Dansted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/06, Wang Xiangqi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry that you haven't

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
Seems the previous version (1.4.3-4) works for me. After upgrading to 1.4.3-5, this function was disabled.Now where can I download the previous version? On 11/13/06, Wang Xiangqi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This function in your LyX can be used? Can you help post the version u used currently? My

Change text style automatically

2006-11-13 Thread Christian Kerst
Hello everyone, I wonder if it is possible in Lyx to replace one word by another automatically with a new text style? I am working on a term paper and need to refer to several authors during my document. It is required to put the authors names into small capitals. As I know from other term

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Wang Xiangqi schrieb: In current version (1.4.3-5, windows version), the function Show changes in output is disabled. Is there any way to activate it? I need this function urgently. The menu is only greyed out when the LaTeX-package dvipost is installed. If you have problem with this you

Re: PLEASE TO HELP ME

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Mario Casaverde Rio schrieb: I´m wishing to install the lyx but I do not get. Please to explain me what are the requirements and to install this text program. I´m wishing long time a text editor in windows plataform. You can donwnload this installer:

Changing numbers for enumerations

2006-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
I need to write an answer sheet for a problems page I gave my students. The problem is that the answer sheet only needs to include some of questions. I thought of using the enumeration environment, but that requires changing the numbers mid-way to match the questions. How do I do this? Just

Re: wrap:Figure

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Bob Lounsbury schrieb: I looked at the documentation and it seems that the only problem is with page breaks. ... I created two documents one where the wrapped figure is not displayed and one where the wrap figure is displayed if I set the figure size to match the wrap figure size.

Re: wrap:Figure

2006-11-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Nov 13, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Bob Lounsbury schrieb: I looked at the documentation and it seems that the only problem is with page breaks. ... I created two documents one where the wrapped figure is not displayed and one where the wrap figure is displayed if I set

[Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Olumide
Hi - I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory '\\drive\videohead\Profile\Application Data\lyx1.4.x' CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current

Re: Changing numbers for enumerations

2006-11-13 Thread Bruce Pourciau
I need to write an answer sheet for a problems page I gave my students. The problem is that the answer sheet only needs to include some of questions. Since presumably you do not need the numbers to update, why not just use the List environment? In the paragraph settings, put an uppercase

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Olumide wrote: Hi - I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory '\\drive\videohead\Profile\Application Data\lyx1.4.x' CMD.EXE was started with the above path

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Olumide schrieb: I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message:... LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. This is a known LyX bug that may sometimes occur.

memoir with hyperref

2006-11-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
Hello, I'm using the memoir class for my thesis under 1.4.3 and I thought it might be nice to use the hyperref package to create a few links. I know there are some known issues with memoir and hyperref, but generally these are discussed in the memoir documentation by Peter Wilson.

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Olumide schrieb: I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message:... LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. This is a known LyX bug that may

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul A. Rubin schrieb: I don't think there will be files in ~:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\LyX1.4.x (in fact, I don't think that directory will exist). From the error messages in the original post, I think that if anything they will be under C:\Windows. textclass.lst

Re: Newbie questions re. Lyx

2006-11-13 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Gmane User [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Log line: ./Tutorial.tex:48: Font T1/cmr/m/sc/9=eccc0900 at 9.0pt not loadable: Metric (T I think that you are missing the tetex-extra package. Try issuing the command kpsewhich eccc.mf and see what it says. For me its output is: $ kpsewhich eccc.mf

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Olumide
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Paul A. Rubin schrieb: I don't think there will be files in ~:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\LyX1.4.x (in fact, I don't think that directory will exist). From the error messages in the original post, I think that if anything they will be under

Re: memoir with hyperref

2006-11-13 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 14. November 2006 00:23 schrieb Bob Lounsbury: Hello, I'm using the memoir class for my thesis under 1.4.3 and I thought it might be nice to use the hyperref package to create a few links. I know there are some known issues with memoir and hyperref, but generally these are

xfig and 1.4.3

2006-11-13 Thread Jens Nellesen
Hi, I tried to include an xfig-file using Insert-File-External Material . For testing, this fig-file contains only a text field (Hello world)(with special flag set and Latex default font selected) With Cygwin (Lyx 1.4.3) everything works fine. But under Windows (Lyx 1.4.3-5) it says that an

Re: zlib and 1.4.3

2006-11-13 Thread José Matos
On Monday 13 November 2006 1:16 am, John B. Egger wrote: I unwisely installed LyX 1.4.3 in my /home/john/Downloads directory, and ./configure gave an error that libz can't be found and to make sure zlib is installed properly. Although I went ahead with make anyway, and LyX 1.4.3 is running,

Re: figure in footer with fancyfoot

2006-11-13 Thread Georg Baum
Paul A. Rubin wrote: You're welcome. As a postscript, I entered a bug report on it and found out this is apparently classified as a feature rather than a bug. The developers consider anything the user puts in the preamble (such as graphics in a footer) to be the user's responsibility. That

Re: Using kpdf as the default pdf viewer

2006-11-13 Thread Sven Schreiber
Guy Rutenberg schrieb: Hi, I'm using LyX 1.4 on Linux and I would like to set kpdf (instead of gv) as my default viewer in LyX for pdf's. Can someone please write to me how to do it or point me to where I would find such instructions? have you tried tools-settings-file formats-viewer

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Martin A. Hansen
I am not entirely certain what you are trying to do. Track changes works by enabling track changes to a document, and changes are subsequently tracked and can be displayed. Now, if you have two documents, and would like to see the changes between them - that is not what track changes do - and I

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
Sorry that you haven't cought my meaning. Please check the following link for a screenshot I just captured. You will see here the menu Show changes in output was disabled now in this version due to some reasons(?). But I want to use this function as you mentioned. I hope to list the changes I

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
This function in your LyX can be used? Can you help post the version u used currently? My files are too big to be uploaded somewhere (many figures). Thanks. On 11/13/06, John McCabe-Dansted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/13/06, Wang Xiangqi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry that you haven't

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
Seems the previous version (1.4.3-4) works for me. After upgrading to 1.4.3-5, this function was disabled.Now where can I download the previous version? On 11/13/06, Wang Xiangqi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This function in your LyX can be used? Can you help post the version u used currently? My

Change text style automatically

2006-11-13 Thread Christian Kerst
Hello everyone, I wonder if it is possible in Lyx to replace one word by another automatically with a new text style? I am working on a term paper and need to refer to several authors during my document. It is required to put the authors names into small capitals. As I know from other term

Re: How can I enable Show changes in output

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Wang Xiangqi schrieb: In current version (1.4.3-5, windows version), the function Show changes in output is disabled. Is there any way to activate it? I need this function urgently. The menu is only greyed out when the LaTeX-package dvipost is installed. If you have problem with this you

Re: PLEASE TO HELP ME

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Mario Casaverde Rio schrieb: I´m wishing to install the lyx but I do not get. Please to explain me what are the requirements and to install this text program. I´m wishing long time a text editor in windows plataform. You can donwnload this installer:

Changing numbers for enumerations

2006-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
I need to write an answer sheet for a problems page I gave my students. The problem is that the answer sheet only needs to include some of questions. I thought of using the enumeration environment, but that requires changing the numbers mid-way to match the questions. How do I do this? Just

Re: wrap:Figure

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Bob Lounsbury schrieb: I looked at the documentation and it seems that the only problem is with page breaks. ... I created two documents one where the wrapped figure is not displayed and one where the wrap figure is displayed if I set the figure size to match the wrap figure size.

Re: wrap:Figure

2006-11-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Nov 13, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Bob Lounsbury schrieb: I looked at the documentation and it seems that the only problem is with page breaks. ... I created two documents one where the wrapped figure is not displayed and one where the wrap figure is displayed if I set

[Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Olumide
Hi - I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory '\\drive\videohead\Profile\Application Data\lyx1.4.x' CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current

Re: Changing numbers for enumerations

2006-11-13 Thread Bruce Pourciau
I need to write an answer sheet for a problems page I gave my students. The problem is that the answer sheet only needs to include some of questions. Since presumably you do not need the numbers to update, why not just use the List environment? In the paragraph settings, put an uppercase

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Olumide wrote: Hi - I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory '\\drive\videohead\Profile\Application Data\lyx1.4.x' CMD.EXE was started with the above path

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Olumide schrieb: I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message:... LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. This is a known LyX bug that may sometimes occur.

memoir with hyperref

2006-11-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
Hello, I'm using the memoir class for my thesis under 1.4.3 and I thought it might be nice to use the hyperref package to create a few links. I know there are some known issues with memoir and hyperref, but generally these are discussed in the memoir documentation by Peter Wilson.

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Olumide schrieb: I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message:... LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. This is a known LyX bug that may

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul A. Rubin schrieb: I don't think there will be files in ~:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\LyX1.4.x (in fact, I don't think that directory will exist). From the error messages in the original post, I think that if anything they will be under C:\Windows. textclass.lst

Re: Newbie questions re. Lyx

2006-11-13 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Gmane User [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Log line: ./Tutorial.tex:48: Font T1/cmr/m/sc/9=eccc0900 at 9.0pt not loadable: Metric (T I think that you are missing the tetex-extra package. Try issuing the command kpsewhich eccc.mf and see what it says. For me its output is: $ kpsewhich eccc.mf

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Olumide
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Paul A. Rubin schrieb: I don't think there will be files in ~:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\LyX1.4.x (in fact, I don't think that directory will exist). From the error messages in the original post, I think that if anything they will be under

Re: memoir with hyperref

2006-11-13 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 14. November 2006 00:23 schrieb Bob Lounsbury: Hello, I'm using the memoir class for my thesis under 1.4.3 and I thought it might be nice to use the hyperref package to create a few links. I know there are some known issues with memoir and hyperref, but generally these are

xfig and 1.4.3

2006-11-13 Thread Jens Nellesen
Hi, I tried to include an xfig-file using Insert-File-External Material . For testing, this fig-file contains only a text field (Hello world)(with special flag set and Latex default font selected) With Cygwin (Lyx 1.4.3) everything works fine. But under Windows (Lyx 1.4.3-5) it says that an

Re: zlib and 1.4.3

2006-11-13 Thread José Matos
On Monday 13 November 2006 1:16 am, John B. Egger wrote: > I unwisely installed LyX 1.4.3 in my /home/john/Downloads directory, and > ./configure gave an error that libz can't be found and to make sure zlib > is installed properly. Although I went ahead with "make" anyway, and LyX > 1.4.3 is

Re: figure in footer with fancyfoot

2006-11-13 Thread Georg Baum
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > You're welcome. As a postscript, I entered a bug report on it and found > out this is apparently classified as a feature rather than a bug. The > developers consider anything the user puts in the preamble (such as > graphics in a footer) to be the user's responsibility.

Re: Using kpdf as the default pdf viewer

2006-11-13 Thread Sven Schreiber
Guy Rutenberg schrieb: > Hi, > > I'm using LyX 1.4 on Linux and I would like to set kpdf (instead of gv) as > my default viewer in LyX for pdf's. Can someone please write to me how > to do > it or point me to where I would find such instructions? > > have you tried tools->settings->file

Re: How can I enable "Show changes in output "

2006-11-13 Thread Martin A. Hansen
I am not entirely certain what you are trying to do. Track changes works by enabling "track changes" to a document, and changes are subsequently tracked and can be displayed. Now, if you have two documents, and would like to see the changes between them - that is not what track changes do - and

Re: How can I enable "Show changes in output "

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
Sorry that you haven't cought my meaning. Please check the following link for a screenshot I just captured. You will see here the menu "Show changes in output " was disabled now in this version due to some reasons(?). But I want to use this function as you mentioned. I hope to list the changes I

Re: How can I enable "Show changes in output "

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
This function in your LyX can be used? Can you help post the version u used currently? My files are too big to be uploaded somewhere (many figures). Thanks. On 11/13/06, John McCabe-Dansted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/13/06, Wang Xiangqi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry that you haven't

Re: How can I enable "Show changes in output "

2006-11-13 Thread Wang Xiangqi
Seems the previous version (1.4.3-4) works for me. After upgrading to 1.4.3-5, this function was disabled.Now where can I download the previous version? On 11/13/06, Wang Xiangqi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This function in your LyX can be used? Can you help post the version u used currently?

Change text style automatically

2006-11-13 Thread Christian Kerst
Hello everyone, I wonder if it is possible in Lyx to replace one word by another automatically with a new text style? I am working on a term paper and need to refer to several authors during my document. It is required to put the authors names into small capitals. As I know from other term

Re: How can I enable "Show changes in output "

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Wang Xiangqi schrieb: In current version (1.4.3-5, windows version), the function "Show changes in output" is disabled. Is there any way to activate it? I need this function urgently. The menu is only greyed out when the LaTeX-package dvipost is installed. If you have problem with this you

Re: PLEASE TO HELP ME

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Mario Casaverde Rio schrieb: I´m wishing to install the lyx but I do not get. > Please to explain me what are the requirements > and to install this text program. I´m wishing > long time a text editor in windows plataform. You can donwnload this installer:

Changing numbers for enumerations

2006-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
I need to write an answer sheet for a problems page I gave my students. The problem is that the answer sheet only needs to include some of questions. I thought of using the enumeration environment, but that requires changing the numbers mid-way to match the questions. How do I do this? Just

Re: wrap:Figure

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Bob Lounsbury schrieb: I looked at the documentation and it seems that the only problem is with page breaks. ... I created two documents one where the wrapped figure is not displayed and one where the wrap figure is displayed if I set the figure size to match the wrap figure size.

Re: wrap:Figure

2006-11-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Nov 13, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Bob Lounsbury schrieb: I looked at the documentation and it seems that the only problem is with page breaks. ... I created two documents one where the wrapped figure is not displayed and one where the wrap figure is displayed if I set

[Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Olumide
Hi - I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory '\\drive\videohead\Profile\Application Data\lyx1.4.x' CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current

Re: Changing numbers for enumerations

2006-11-13 Thread Bruce Pourciau
I need to write an answer sheet for a problems page I gave my students. The problem is that the answer sheet only needs to include some of questions. Since presumably you do not need the numbers to update, why not just use the List environment? In the paragraph settings, put an uppercase

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Olumide wrote: Hi - I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory '\\drive\videohead\Profile\Application Data\lyx1.4.x' CMD.EXE was started with the above path

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Olumide schrieb: I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message:... LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. This is a known LyX bug that may sometimes occur.

memoir with hyperref

2006-11-13 Thread Bob Lounsbury
Hello, I'm using the memoir class for my thesis under 1.4.3 and I thought it might be nice to use the hyperref package to create a few links. I know there are some known issues with memoir and hyperref, but generally these are discussed in the memoir documentation by Peter Wilson.

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Olumide schrieb: I've downloaded and installed Lyx 1.4.3-5 for Windows XP, and I've tried running it for the first time, but I'm getting the lengthy error message:... LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. This is a known LyX bug that may

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Paul A. Rubin schrieb: I don't think there will be files in ~:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\LyX1.4.x (in fact, I don't think that directory will exist). From the error messages in the original post, I think that if anything they will be under C:\Windows. textclass.lst

Re: Newbie questions re. Lyx

2006-11-13 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Gmane User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Log line: ./Tutorial.tex:48: Font T1/cmr/m/sc/9=eccc0900 at 9.0pt not > loadable: Metric (T I think that you are missing the tetex-extra package. Try issuing the command "kpsewhich eccc.mf" and see what it says. For me its output is: $ kpsewhich

Re: [Lyx 1.4.3-5 Error] LyXTextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file ...

2006-11-13 Thread Olumide
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Paul A. Rubin schrieb: I don't think there will be files in ~:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\LyX1.4.x (in fact, I don't think that directory will exist). From the error messages in the original post, I think that if anything they will be under

Re: memoir with hyperref

2006-11-13 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Dienstag, 14. November 2006 00:23 schrieb Bob Lounsbury: > Hello, > > I'm using the memoir class for my thesis under 1.4.3 and I thought it > might be nice to use the hyperref package to create a few links. I > know there are some known issues with memoir and hyperref, but > generally these are

xfig and 1.4.3

2006-11-13 Thread Jens Nellesen
Hi, I tried to include an xfig-file using Insert->File->External Material . For testing, this fig-file contains only a text field ("Hello world")(with special flag set and Latex default font selected) With Cygwin (Lyx 1.4.3) everything works fine. But under Windows (Lyx 1.4.3-5) it says