Re: "Directory path to the document cannot contain spaces"

[Adam Hoffman]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Manolo Martí­nez
wrote:

> Just in case, the document in question is the LyX document, not a BibTeX
> document, right?
>
> M
>
> Uwe Stöhr escribió:
>
>  Adam Hoffman schrieb:
>>
>>  I recently installed LyX 1.6.4-1 on a Windows 7 system, and I'm having an
>>> issue that is not common to my previous LyX installs (1.6.?) on an XP SP3
>>> and Vista 64 SP1 system.
>>>
>>> Whenever I try to generate a pdf/dvi/ps file from a file path that
>>> includes
>>> spaces, I get an error message indicating that this is not permitted.  I
>>> am
>>> not having this issue with previous installs of LyX.  Can anyone explain
>>> the
>>> source of the issue and, more importantly, how I can resolve it?
>>>
>>
>> You are the first one reporting this problem. I don't have Windows 7 to
>> test but I got feedback that it works when you use my alternative LyX for
>> Windows installer:
>> http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller
>> So you can try to uninstall LyX _completely_ and afterwards reinstall it
>> using this installer.
>>
>> regards Uwe
>>
>>
>
Yes, it is a LyX document, in a subfolder of 'My Documents', which is the
source of the space in the file name.

Although I searched the archive before posting, I apparently didn't use the
right keywords.  A similar issue was noted in 2000, several versions prior.
 There was no clear resolution to this post.

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg08169.html

<http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg08169.html>
Presumably this was addressed previously, as I do not have a problem with
this on my other LyX-installed systems.

"Directory path to the document cannot contain spaces"

[Adam Hoffman]

I recently installed LyX 1.6.4-1 on a Windows 7 system, and I'm having an
issue that is not common to my previous LyX installs (1.6.?) on an XP SP3
and Vista 64 SP1 system.

Whenever I try to generate a pdf/dvi/ps file from a file path that includes
spaces, I get an error message indicating that this is not permitted.  I am
not having this issue with previous installs of LyX.  Can anyone explain the
source of the issue and, more importantly, how I can resolve it?

Thanks

LyX cannot find MiKTeX, maybe?

[Adam Hoffman]

I appear to have the same problem as Luis described in this thread:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg60058.html
However, I am having problems implementing the resolution detailed by Paul
Rubin.  I would have replied within that thread, but for some reason the
'Reply via email' button at the bottom of the thread is not working in any
of my browsers (FF, Opera, and IE)

To clarify, I am running Windows XP and Lyx 1.5.6 (1.5.6-1 installer), and I
have experienced the same errors Luis described:
"LyX: Document class not available" when I open templates, etc., and
"No information for exporting the format DVI"
"No information for exporting the format PDF"
"No information for exporting the format Postscript"
when I try to perform those actions.

I originally tried to direct LyX to use TeX from an existing install of
LiveTeX, and had these errors.  I then reinstalled LyX and directed the
installation to install MiKTeX
(2.7).  The first time it installed MiKTeX after the install
completed, I received a message that said that MiKTeX had NOT been
installed.  Confused, I answered the prompt by telling it to install
MiKTeK.  The install began again, but it would not install to the
default folder (MiKTeK 2.7 in Program Files) because it was not empty,
so I directed it to install to 'MikTek 2.7_'.  I received the same
message at the end of this install, but opted to continue anyway.  My
problem may be related to this.
 MiKTeK appears to be working, or at least all of the programs in the
program menu are working, and they point to the install in 'MikTeX 2.7_'

I followed the guidance provided by Paul, in spite of my limited DOS
abilities.
I ran 'kpsewhich article.cls' and the command prompt responded with the
location of article.cls:
C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.7_/tex/latex/base/article.cls

I interpreted that as MiKTeX being on the system path, so I relocated the
dos prompt as directed by Paul to:
C:\Documents and Settings\Adam\Application Data

At this point I tried to
run python configure.py, but I got an error.  I entered the following
text into the command prompt at \Application Data:
C:\program files\lyx15\python\python.exe C:\program
files\lyx15\resources\configure.py
and I received this output:
'C:\program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program, or batch file.

I assume I need to provide some sort of command to tell it to run python,
but I don't know enough DOS to do so.  I tried to use the 'help' command to
find the command to use here, but nothing looked appropriate.

Of course, this also may not address the problem.

Thanks, and I look forward to using LyX.