Re: advices for layout modification
On Sun, 2022-08-21 at 18:39 +0800, pierig wrote:
> Thanks Steve, I have a lot to read I have started by
> http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm just to get
> along with your tutorials and the way you wrote them.
>
> As I am not always focused, I have tried to add that in my layout file:
>
> Style Dialogue
> LatexType Environment
> LatexName dialog_l
> ParSep 0.5
>
> Font
> Shape Bold
> EndFont
> Preamble
> \newenvironment{dialog_l}
> {
> \begin{list}{}
> \item[---]
> }
> {
> \par
> \end{list}
> }
> EndPreamble
> End
>
> But that doesn't work at all. It leads to what I was afraid of. The
> first line of my dialog has the — sign, but not the others...
>
Hi Pierig,
If you're saying you want every line of the first paragraph of a dialog between
two
people to start with a hyphen or dash, I don't think that's possible in LaTeX
or CSS
or pretty much anything.
So, are you really looking for the following?:
- Steve said, "My skateboard went down a sewer, so I fished it out with a rope
- and coathanger. It took an hour, but it was better than climbing into the
- sewer, because there was a dead, rotting aligator down there and about a
- thousand rats feasting on it."
"Pretty gross, replied Pierig. When my skateboard fell down the sewer, I just
took
off the sewer cap and retrieved it. It only took me ten minutes. But there was
no wildlife in the sewer."
With a far off look in his eye, Steve said, "I remember the good old days when
sewers didn't have rotting carcasses in them. Those were the days, when you
could
get your skateboard just by climbing in!"
Is the preceding what you meant, because if it is, I can't think of one piece of
software that will do the preceding for you. If the preceding is *not* what you
meant, please give us a sample so we're all on the same page. By the way, my
mail
client gives me very little control over indentation, so please ignore the
indentation and concentrate on where the dash/hyphens go.
Thanks,
SteveT
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Re: biblatex: excluding shorthand entries from the main bibliography in LyX ?
Edit : I was wrong introducing things in the preamble
Inserting in Tex code, at the end of the doc, just before the "commented
off" biblatex box the following lines did the trick
---
\printshorthands
\defbibcheck{noshorthand}{\iffieldundef{shorthand}{}{\skipentry}}
\printbibliography[check=noshorthand]
---
I then have my list of shorthands, and the biblio minus the titles with
shorthands.
There might be some "cleaner" ways to do it, I'll appreciate any
suggestions!
Best regards
Mathias
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 8:57 PM Mathias Girel
wrote:
> Dear LyX users
> For a monograph, I have a long list of shorthands and wish to remove these
> references from the main bibliography.
>
> I have seen the following link, but it generates errors if I paste the
> beginning of the code in the preamble, and the rest in ERT at the end of
> the doc (including, but not limited to "! LaTeX Error: Missing
> \begin{document}.")
>
>
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/44372/biblatex-excluding-shorthand-entries-from-the-main-bibliography
>
> Is there a simple way to remove the references with shorthands from the
> main biblio in LyX?
> If so, what would be your advice ?
> I’m on OS X BigSur, LyX 2.3.6.2, Texlive 2022. The class is Memoir, I'm
> using variants of verbose for Biblatex.
> The whole doc compiles very well with just the \printshorthands in ERT
> before the Biblatex box, but I wished to remove the duplicates.
>
> With many thanks!
> Mathias
>
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biblatex: excluding shorthand entries from the main bibliography in LyX ?
Dear LyX users
For a monograph, I have a long list of shorthands and wish to remove these
references from the main bibliography.
I have seen the following link, but it generates errors if I paste the
beginning of the code in the preamble, and the rest in ERT at the end of
the doc (including, but not limited to "! LaTeX Error: Missing
\begin{document}.")
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/44372/biblatex-excluding-shorthand-entries-from-the-main-bibliography
Is there a simple way to remove the references with shorthands from the
main biblio in LyX?
If so, what would be your advice ?
I’m on OS X BigSur, LyX 2.3.6.2, Texlive 2022. The class is Memoir, I'm
using variants of verbose for Biblatex.
The whole doc compiles very well with just the \printshorthands in ERT
before the Biblatex box, but I wished to remove the duplicates.
With many thanks!
Mathias
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Re: lyx2lyx fails to convert
Excellent. Thanks Stephan and Paul.
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx > Test.lyx
produced a document Test.lyx that could be read by LyX 2.3.6.2.
This converted document was fairly recent (2016) so fingers crossed it
works too on older documents as well.
Tim
On 21 Aug 2022, at 4:31, Stephan Witt wrote:
Am 21.08.2022 um 10:33 schrieb Stephan Witt :
Hi Tim,
you have to change your command - lyx2lyx is a folder in Resources:
Sorry, this one sends the standard output to trash… this is useful
in case of lyx2lyx is logging errors separately (I’m not sure it
works that way).
$
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx > /dev/null
To verify the output in terminal you should use it w/o redirect to
trash
$
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx
or
$
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx | less
to view the result page by page.
Another option is to use the message pane in LyX:
1. Start LyX
2. Activate Message Pane (menu item of the View menu)
3. Switch to the Settings tab
4. Choose „Selected“ at left and „info“ at right.
5. Open the file „Contrast paper.lyx“
6. Check the Output contents of the Message Pane
Stephan
…
In case it’s a python problem the following command and it’s
output is of interest:
$ /usr/bin/env python --version
Python 3.8.13
Stephan
Am 21.08.2022 um 06:06 schrieb Tim Garrett :
Sorry, probably being dense here but this is what I get after
finding the function
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx
zsh: permission denied:
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx
Thanks for helping out here. Been a LyX user since 2001 when it was
KLyX and this is the first time I’ve seen this.
Tim
On 20 Aug 2022, at 3:57, Stephan Witt wrote:
Am 18.08.2022 um 18:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin :
On 8/18/22 11:15, Tim J Garrett wrote:
Running MacOS Monterrey and getting this error message trying to
open old lyx files as recent as 2016:
“file.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
failed to convert it.”
Unclear what to do from online forums. Any advice? I’m not a
developer, so step-by-step would be appreciated. I have tried
installing old versions of lyx but without success. Below is the lyx
preamble
Thanks
Tim
#LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 474
\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass article
\begin_preamble
\usepackage[left,modulo]{lineno}
\end_preamble
\options agums
\use_default_options false
\maintain_unincluded_children false
\language english
\language_package default
\inputencoding auto
\fontencoding global
\font_roman times
\font_sans default
\font_typewriter default
\font_math auto
\font_default_family default
\use_non_tex_fonts false
\font_sc false
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100
\font_tt_scale 100
\graphics default
\default_output_format default
\output_sync 0
\bibtex_command default
\index_command default
\float_placement h
\paperfontsize 12
\spacing double
\use_hyperref false
\papersize letterpaper
\use_geometry true
\use_package amsmath 1
\use_package amssymb 1
\use_package cancel 1
\use_package esint 0
\use_package mathdots 1
\use_package mathtools 1
\use_package mhchem 1
\use_package stackrel 1
\use_package stmaryrd 1
\use_package undertilde 1
\cite_engine natbib
\cite_engine_type authoryear
\biblio_style plainnat
\use_bibtopic false
\use_indices false
\paperorientation portrait
\suppress_date false
\justification true
\use_refstyle 0
\index Index
\shortcut idx
\color #008000
\end_index
\leftmargin 1in
\topmargin 1in
\rightmargin 1in
\bottommargin 1in
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\paragraph_indentation default
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\html_math_output 0
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\end_header
There does not seem to be any problem with the header. I created an
empty LyX document with it, and the lyx2lyx script had no issues
processing it. So the problem must be in the document body.
You can try the following. Find the lyx2lyx executable on your
system. On Debian based Linux systems, it defaults to
/usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. I have no idea where it is on a Mac,
so I'll just refer to the equivalent string as "". In a
terminal window, run
-v
which should print the converted document line by line in the
terminal window. If it gorks, hopefully you will be able to see what
it choked on and possibly an error message, which you can bring back
to the list.
Paul
Hi Tim,
do you have any progress with your issue?
Did you update Monterey recently? Do you have a working Python
installation?
Re: advices for layout modification
Indeed, using the options of bullets in the document setting itself is a
good idea. The simplest probably.
Thanks Udi
Pierig
On 21/08/2022 19:14, Udicoudco wrote:
> Thanks Steve, I have a lot to read I have started by
> http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm just to get
> along with your tutorials and the way you wrote them.
>
> As I am not always focused, I have tried to add that in my layout file:
>
> Style Dialogue
> LatexType Environment
> LatexName dialog_l
> ParSep 0.5
>
> Font
> Shape Bold
> EndFont
> Preamble
> \newenvironment{dialog_l}
> {
> \begin{list}{}
> \item[---]
> }
> {
> \par
> \end{list}
> }
> EndPreamble
> End
>
> But that doesn't work at all. It leads to what I was afraid of. The
> first line of my dialog has the — sign, but not the others...
>
>
> I definitely have much more reading to do, but if you have an obvious
> solution to my problem, I'll be happy with it. Still, starting to be
> late for me. I'll see that another day.
>
>
> Pierig
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21/08/2022 13:01, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sun, 2022-08-21 at 11:04 +0800, pierig wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have been using Lyx for years, and I am very happy with it. I am
> >> writing novels, so my needs are pretty simple. (I would happily share
> >> the novels here, but they are in French [Sci Fi])
> >>
> >> In a novel, I have two main type of text. The main one, and
dialogues. I
> >> was using "Quote" for the dialogues, convenient enough.
> > I think you're going to be quite pleased with making your own text
types (LyX-speak
> > "environments") instead of hijacking environments meant for other
purposes. You're
> > moving from two to three, but if your books are anything like
mine, now that you can
> > make your own types, you'll want more of them. Just as a for
instance, you have
> > dialog and thoughts, but what about narration? What about
narration of stories and
> > back stories? When you can make your own environments, the world
is your oyster.
> >
> >> But now I need a
> >> third one to show the thoughts of a character. Then I have decided to
> >> try to adapt the layout of "Book (standard class)"
> > I congratulate you on choosing Book class. It works with
everything, and it's very
> > adaptable. 7 of my 9 books use Book class, and I'd never again use
Koma or Memoir.
> >
> >> I have looked at some advice on the net and manage to add a
/dialogue/
> >> and /pensée/ (thoughts). For /dialogue/ it should be an itemized
style,
> >> (in French we add — for each change of speaker). Which means the code
> >> for first line of a dialogue, the last line of dialogue and other
lines
> >> of dialogues are different
> >>
> >> *1st line*
> >>
> >> \begin{itemize}
> >> \item
> >>
> >>
> >> *other lines*
> >> \item
> >>
> >>
> >> *last line*
> >> \item
> >>
> >> \end{itemize}
> > I'm confused about the preceding. Are you intending to insert ERT
code "/item"
> > between every speaker? Doing so would make for slow authoring.
> >
> >>
> >> Would you have any advice for where to look for this kind of
> >> modification which doesn't involve a single line? For a single
line, I
> >> have done something very simple as a try, but I don't have any
idea for
> >> this multiple line problem
> >>
> >>
> >> Example of single line:
> >>
> >> Style Pensée
> >> LatexType Environment
> >> LatexName pensee_l
> >> ParSep 0.7
> >>
> >> Font
> >> Shape Italic
> >> EndFont
> >> Preamble
> >> \newenvironment{pensee_l}
> >> {
> >> \itshape
> >> }
> >> {
> >> \par
> >> }
> >> EndPreamble
> >> End
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> > I suggest you find the LaTeX source for the Book document class
standard paragraph.
> > I don't remember where it is, but other people do. Modify as
needed for each of your
> > desired environments.
> >
> > Having the first and last whatever different from the middle ones
might require
> > three different paragraph styles. I think LyX has a "next style"
property you can
> > put in the LyX part of the environment definition, so that pretty
much makes
> > everything except the last whatever automatic.
> >
> > Here's a doc I wrote 13 years ago discussing making your own
layout file:
> >
> > http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/surefire_layout.htm
> >
> >
> > Also read http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm .
It's almost 20
> > years old, but it has ways to modify existing LaTeX environments
without rewriting
> > them from scratch. Combined with CopyStyle, this just might
simplify your task.
> >
> > If you
Re: advices for layout modification
> Thanks Steve, I have a lot to read I have started by
> http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm just to get
> along with your tutorials and the way you wrote them.
>
> As I am not always focused, I have tried to add that in my layout file:
>
> Style Dialogue
>LatexType Environment
>LatexName dialog_l
>ParSep0.5
>
>Font
> Shape Bold
>EndFont
>Preamble
> \newenvironment{dialog_l}
> {
> \begin{list}{}
> \item[---]
> }
> {
> \par
> \end{list}
> }
>EndPreamble
> End
>
> But that doesn't work at all. It leads to what I was afraid of. The
> first line of my dialog has the — sign, but not the others...
>
>
> I definitely have much more reading to do, but if you have an obvious
> solution to my problem, I'll be happy with it. Still, starting to be
> late for me. I'll see that another day.
>
>
> Pierig
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21/08/2022 13:01, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sun, 2022-08-21 at 11:04 +0800, pierig wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have been using Lyx for years, and I am very happy with it. I am
> >> writing novels, so my needs are pretty simple. (I would happily share
> >> the novels here, but they are in French [Sci Fi])
> >>
> >> In a novel, I have two main type of text. The main one, and dialogues.
I
> >> was using "Quote" for the dialogues, convenient enough.
> > I think you're going to be quite pleased with making your own text
types (LyX-speak
> > "environments") instead of hijacking environments meant for other
purposes. You're
> > moving from two to three, but if your books are anything like mine, now
that you can
> > make your own types, you'll want more of them. Just as a for instance,
you have
> > dialog and thoughts, but what about narration? What about narration of
stories and
> > back stories? When you can make your own environments, the world is
your oyster.
> >
> >> But now I need a
> >> third one to show the thoughts of a character. Then I have decided to
> >> try to adapt the layout of "Book (standard class)"
> > I congratulate you on choosing Book class. It works with everything,
and it's very
> > adaptable. 7 of my 9 books use Book class, and I'd never again use Koma
or Memoir.
> >
> >> I have looked at some advice on the net and manage to add a /dialogue/
> >> and /pensée/ (thoughts). For /dialogue/ it should be an itemized style,
> >> (in French we add — for each change of speaker). Which means the code
> >> for first line of a dialogue, the last line of dialogue and other lines
> >> of dialogues are different
> >>
> >> *1st line*
> >>
> >>\begin{itemize}
> >>\item
> >>
> >>
> >> *other lines*
> >>\item
> >>
> >>
> >> *last line*
> >>\item
> >>
> >> \end{itemize}
> > I'm confused about the preceding. Are you intending to insert ERT code
"/item"
> > between every speaker? Doing so would make for slow authoring.
> >
> >>
> >> Would you have any advice for where to look for this kind of
> >> modification which doesn't involve a single line? For a single line, I
> >> have done something very simple as a try, but I don't have any idea for
> >> this multiple line problem
> >>
> >>
> >> Example of single line:
> >>
> >> Style Pensée
> >> LatexType Environment
> >> LatexName pensee_l
> >> ParSep0.7
> >>
> >> Font
> >> Shape Italic
> >> EndFont
> >> Preamble
> >> \newenvironment{pensee_l}
> >> {
> >> \itshape
> >> }
> >> {
> >> \par
> >> }
> >> EndPreamble
> >> End
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> > I suggest you find the LaTeX source for the Book document class
standard paragraph.
> > I don't remember where it is, but other people do. Modify as needed for
each of your
> > desired environments.
> >
> > Having the first and last whatever different from the middle ones might
require
> > three different paragraph styles. I think LyX has a "next style"
property you can
> > put in the LyX part of the environment definition, so that pretty much
makes
> > everything except the last whatever automatic.
> >
> > Here's a doc I wrote 13 years ago discussing making your own layout
file:
> >
> > http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/surefire_layout.htm
> >
> >
> > Also read http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm . It's
almost 20
> > years old, but it has ways to modify existing LaTeX environments
without rewriting
> > them from scratch. Combined with CopyStyle, this just might simplify
your task.
> >
> > If you ever need to make your own list environments, see
> > http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm
> >
> > Actually, you might want to acquaint yourself with my whole LyX subsite,
> >
Re: advices for layout modification
Thanks Steve, I have a lot to read I have started by
http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/self_publish_lyx.htm just to get
along with your tutorials and the way you wrote them.
As I am not always focused, I have tried to add that in my layout file:
Style Dialogue
LatexType Environment
LatexName dialog_l
ParSep 0.5
Font
Shape Bold
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{dialog_l}
{
\begin{list}{}
\item[---]
}
{
\par
\end{list}
}
EndPreamble
End
But that doesn't work at all. It leads to what I was afraid of. The
first line of my dialog has the — sign, but not the others...
I definitely have much more reading to do, but if you have an obvious
solution to my problem, I'll be happy with it. Still, starting to be
late for me. I'll see that another day.
Pierig
On 21/08/2022 13:01, Steve Litt wrote:
On Sun, 2022-08-21 at 11:04 +0800, pierig wrote:
Hello,
I have been using Lyx for years, and I am very happy with it. I am
writing novels, so my needs are pretty simple. (I would happily share
the novels here, but they are in French [Sci Fi])
In a novel, I have two main type of text. The main one, and dialogues. I
was using "Quote" for the dialogues, convenient enough.
I think you're going to be quite pleased with making your own text types
(LyX-speak
"environments") instead of hijacking environments meant for other purposes.
You're
moving from two to three, but if your books are anything like mine, now that
you can
make your own types, you'll want more of them. Just as a for instance, you have
dialog and thoughts, but what about narration? What about narration of stories
and
back stories? When you can make your own environments, the world is your oyster.
But now I need a
third one to show the thoughts of a character. Then I have decided to
try to adapt the layout of "Book (standard class)"
I congratulate you on choosing Book class. It works with everything, and it's
very
adaptable. 7 of my 9 books use Book class, and I'd never again use Koma or
Memoir.
I have looked at some advice on the net and manage to add a /dialogue/
and /pensée/ (thoughts). For /dialogue/ it should be an itemized style,
(in French we add — for each change of speaker). Which means the code
for first line of a dialogue, the last line of dialogue and other lines
of dialogues are different
*1st line*
\begin{itemize}
\item
*other lines*
\item
*last line*
\item
\end{itemize}
I'm confused about the preceding. Are you intending to insert ERT code "/item"
between every speaker? Doing so would make for slow authoring.
Would you have any advice for where to look for this kind of
modification which doesn't involve a single line? For a single line, I
have done something very simple as a try, but I don't have any idea for
this multiple line problem
Example of single line:
Style Pensée
LatexType Environment
LatexName pensee_l
ParSep 0.7
Font
Shape Italic
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{pensee_l}
{
\itshape
}
{
\par
}
EndPreamble
End
Thanks for your help.
I suggest you find the LaTeX source for the Book document class standard
paragraph.
I don't remember where it is, but other people do. Modify as needed for each of
your
desired environments.
Having the first and last whatever different from the middle ones might require
three different paragraph styles. I think LyX has a "next style" property you
can
put in the LyX part of the environment definition, so that pretty much makes
everything except the last whatever automatic.
Here's a doc I wrote 13 years ago discussing making your own layout file:
http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/surefire_layout.htm
Also read http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm . It's almost 20
years old, but it has ways to modify existing LaTeX environments without
rewriting
them from scratch. Combined with CopyStyle, this just might simplify your task.
If you ever need to make your own list environments, see
http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm
Actually, you might want to acquaint yourself with my whole LyX subsite,
http://troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ , which links to quite a few LyX
documents.
SteveT
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Re: lyx2lyx fails to convert
Am 21.08.2022 um 10:33 schrieb Stephan Witt :
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> you have to change your command - lyx2lyx is a folder in Resources:
Sorry, this one sends the standard output to trash… this is useful in case of
lyx2lyx is logging errors separately (I’m not sure it works that way).
> $
> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
> -v Contrast\ paper.lyx > /dev/null
To verify the output in terminal you should use it w/o redirect to trash
$ /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx
or
$ /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx | less
to view the result page by page.
Another option is to use the message pane in LyX:
1. Start LyX
2. Activate Message Pane (menu item of the View menu)
3. Switch to the Settings tab
4. Choose „Selected“ at left and „info“ at right.
5. Open the file „Contrast paper.lyx“
6. Check the Output contents of the Message Pane
Stephan
> …
>
> In case it’s a python problem the following command and it’s output is of
> interest:
>
> $ /usr/bin/env python --version
> Python 3.8.13
>
> Stephan
>
>> Am 21.08.2022 um 06:06 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>>
>> Sorry, probably being dense here but this is what I get after finding the
>> function
>>
>> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx -v
>> Contrast\ paper.lyx
>> zsh: permission denied:
>> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx
>>
>> Thanks for helping out here. Been a LyX user since 2001 when it was KLyX and
>> this is the first time I’ve seen this.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 20 Aug 2022, at 3:57, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>
>> Am 18.08.2022 um 18:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin :
>>
>> On 8/18/22 11:15, Tim J Garrett wrote:
>>
>> Running MacOS Monterrey and getting this error message trying to open old
>> lyx files as recent as 2016:
>>
>> “file.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to
>> convert it.”
>>
>> Unclear what to do from online forums. Any advice? I’m not a developer, so
>> step-by-step would be appreciated. I have tried installing old versions of
>> lyx but without success. Below is the lyx preamble
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> #LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
>> \lyxformat 474
>> \begin_document
>> \begin_header
>> \textclass article
>> \begin_preamble
>>
>> \usepackage[left,modulo]{lineno}
>> \end_preamble
>> \options agums
>> \use_default_options false
>> \maintain_unincluded_children false
>> \language english
>> \language_package default
>> \inputencoding auto
>> \fontencoding global
>> \font_roman times
>> \font_sans default
>> \font_typewriter default
>> \font_math auto
>> \font_default_family default
>> \use_non_tex_fonts false
>> \font_sc false
>> \font_osf false
>> \font_sf_scale 100
>> \font_tt_scale 100
>> \graphics default
>> \default_output_format default
>> \output_sync 0
>> \bibtex_command default
>> \index_command default
>> \float_placement h
>> \paperfontsize 12
>> \spacing double
>> \use_hyperref false
>> \papersize letterpaper
>> \use_geometry true
>> \use_package amsmath 1
>> \use_package amssymb 1
>> \use_package cancel 1
>> \use_package esint 0
>> \use_package mathdots 1
>> \use_package mathtools 1
>> \use_package mhchem 1
>> \use_package stackrel 1
>> \use_package stmaryrd 1
>> \use_package undertilde 1
>> \cite_engine natbib
>> \cite_engine_type authoryear
>> \biblio_style plainnat
>> \use_bibtopic false
>> \use_indices false
>> \paperorientation portrait
>> \suppress_date false
>> \justification true
>> \use_refstyle 0
>> \index Index
>> \shortcut idx
>> \color #008000
>> \end_index
>> \leftmargin 1in
>> \topmargin 1in
>> \rightmargin 1in
>> \bottommargin 1in
>> \secnumdepth 3
>> \tocdepth 3
>> \paragraph_separation indent
>> \paragraph_indentation default
>> \quotes_language english
>> \papercolumns 1
>> \papersides 1
>> \paperpagestyle default
>> \tracking_changes false
>> \output_changes false
>> \html_math_output 0
>> \html_css_as_file 0
>> \html_be_strict false
>> \end_header
>>
>> There does not seem to be any problem with the header. I created an empty
>> LyX document with it, and the lyx2lyx script had no issues processing it. So
>> the problem must be in the document body.
>>
>> You can try the following. Find the lyx2lyx executable on your system. On
>> Debian based Linux systems, it defaults to /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. I
>> have no idea where it is on a Mac, so I'll just refer to the equivalent
>> string as "". In a terminal window, run
>>
>> -v
>>
>> which should print the converted document line by line in the terminal
>> window. If it gorks, hopefully you will be able to see what it choked on and
>> possibly an error message, which you can bring back to the list.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> do you have any
Re: lyx2lyx fails to convert
Hi Tim,
you have to change your command - lyx2lyx is a folder in Resources:
$ /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx
-v Contrast\ paper.lyx > /dev/null
…
In case it’s a python problem the following command and it’s output is of
interest:
$ /usr/bin/env python --version
Python 3.8.13
Stephan
> Am 21.08.2022 um 06:06 schrieb Tim Garrett :
>
> Sorry, probably being dense here but this is what I get after finding the
> function
>
> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx -v
> Contrast\ paper.lyx
> zsh: permission denied:
> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx
>
> Thanks for helping out here. Been a LyX user since 2001 when it was KLyX and
> this is the first time I’ve seen this.
>
> Tim
>
> On 20 Aug 2022, at 3:57, Stephan Witt wrote:
>
> Am 18.08.2022 um 18:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin :
>
> On 8/18/22 11:15, Tim J Garrett wrote:
>
> Running MacOS Monterrey and getting this error message trying to open old lyx
> files as recent as 2016:
>
> “file.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to
> convert it.”
>
> Unclear what to do from online forums. Any advice? I’m not a developer, so
> step-by-step would be appreciated. I have tried installing old versions of
> lyx but without success. Below is the lyx preamble
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
> #LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
> \lyxformat 474
> \begin_document
> \begin_header
> \textclass article
> \begin_preamble
>
> \usepackage[left,modulo]{lineno}
> \end_preamble
> \options agums
> \use_default_options false
> \maintain_unincluded_children false
> \language english
> \language_package default
> \inputencoding auto
> \fontencoding global
> \font_roman times
> \font_sans default
> \font_typewriter default
> \font_math auto
> \font_default_family default
> \use_non_tex_fonts false
> \font_sc false
> \font_osf false
> \font_sf_scale 100
> \font_tt_scale 100
> \graphics default
> \default_output_format default
> \output_sync 0
> \bibtex_command default
> \index_command default
> \float_placement h
> \paperfontsize 12
> \spacing double
> \use_hyperref false
> \papersize letterpaper
> \use_geometry true
> \use_package amsmath 1
> \use_package amssymb 1
> \use_package cancel 1
> \use_package esint 0
> \use_package mathdots 1
> \use_package mathtools 1
> \use_package mhchem 1
> \use_package stackrel 1
> \use_package stmaryrd 1
> \use_package undertilde 1
> \cite_engine natbib
> \cite_engine_type authoryear
> \biblio_style plainnat
> \use_bibtopic false
> \use_indices false
> \paperorientation portrait
> \suppress_date false
> \justification true
> \use_refstyle 0
> \index Index
> \shortcut idx
> \color #008000
> \end_index
> \leftmargin 1in
> \topmargin 1in
> \rightmargin 1in
> \bottommargin 1in
> \secnumdepth 3
> \tocdepth 3
> \paragraph_separation indent
> \paragraph_indentation default
> \quotes_language english
> \papercolumns 1
> \papersides 1
> \paperpagestyle default
> \tracking_changes false
> \output_changes false
> \html_math_output 0
> \html_css_as_file 0
> \html_be_strict false
> \end_header
>
> There does not seem to be any problem with the header. I created an empty LyX
> document with it, and the lyx2lyx script had no issues processing it. So the
> problem must be in the document body.
>
> You can try the following. Find the lyx2lyx executable on your system. On
> Debian based Linux systems, it defaults to /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. I
> have no idea where it is on a Mac, so I'll just refer to the equivalent
> string as "". In a terminal window, run
>
> -v
>
> which should print the converted document line by line in the terminal
> window. If it gorks, hopefully you will be able to see what it choked on and
> possibly an error message, which you can bring back to the list.
>
> Paul
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> do you have any progress with your issue?
>
> Did you update Monterey recently? Do you have a working Python installation?
>
>
> Stephan
>
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