Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I did View  PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It has all
the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS files with .pdf
extensions. There is an EPS - PDF converter. It's ps2pdf and the converter
line matches what you have.

Just as a check I tried View  PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, but
after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened another
.pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I figured it
was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and it worked! I
then tried View  PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm not sure what
changed, but I hope it stays fixed.

One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document  Settings...  PDF
Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the hyperref package
this way or is there a better way?

Thanks for all your help!
-Gabe

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


 Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
 graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

  You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files,
 and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF
 output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a preferred
 format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output without
 format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)

 First check:  View  PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the temporary
 directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with name changes) and
 if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf extensions.  My guess
 is the answers will be yes and no in that order.

 Next, go to Tools  Preferences...  File Handling  Converters and confirm
 that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, and that the
 converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my Windows box, the
 converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to PDF (pdflatex), but
 that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF (pdflatex), LyX runs
 epstopdf.

 Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If MiKTeX
 is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I did View  PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It has all
the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS files with .pdf
extensions. There is an EPS - PDF converter. It's ps2pdf and the converter
line matches what you have.

Just as a check I tried View  PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, but
after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened another
.pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I figured it
was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and it worked! I
then tried View  PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm not sure what
changed, but I hope it stays fixed.

One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document  Settings...  PDF
Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the hyperref package
this way or is there a better way?

Thanks for all your help!
-Gabe

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:


 Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
 graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

  You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files,
 and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF
 output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a preferred
 format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output without
 format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)

 First check:  View  PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the temporary
 directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with name changes) and
 if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf extensions.  My guess
 is the answers will be yes and no in that order.

 Next, go to Tools  Preferences...  File Handling  Converters and confirm
 that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, and that the
 converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my Windows box, the
 converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to PDF (pdflatex), but
 that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF (pdflatex), LyX runs
 epstopdf.

 Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If MiKTeX
 is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I did View > PDF (pdflatex) then checked the temporary directory. It has all
the EPS files with name changes as well as copies of the EPS files with .pdf
extensions. There is an EPS -> PDF converter. It's ps2pdf and the converter
line matches what you have.

Just as a check I tried View > PDF (ps2pdf) and it generated a .pdf, but
after opening it Adobe Reader crashed. Not sure why, but I opened another
.pdf that I didn't just make with LyX and it crashed too, so I figured it
was an Adobe Reader problem. I rebooted and tried again and it worked! I
then tried View > PDF (pdflatex) and it works too. I'm not sure what
changed, but I hope it stays fixed.

One more thing, I still get errors if I go to Document > Settings... > PDF
Properties and click Use hyperref support. Can you use the hyperref package
this way or is there a better way?

Thanks for all your help!
-Gabe

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote:

> On 2/2/2011 9:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm still getting the same "...cannot determine size of
>> graphic in..." errors when trying to build a .pdf.
>>
>>  You mentioned in a previous message that the images are all EPS files,
> and IIRC you said that they show up in DVI and PS output but not in PDF
> output.  That suggests that LyX is failing to convert them to a preferred
> format for PDF output.  (EPS images go directly into PS output without
> format change, and I believe that's also true of DVI output.)
>
> First check:  View > PDF and, with LyX still open, peek into the temporary
> directory and see if the EPS files were copied there (with name changes) and
> if there are copies with the same file names but .pdf extensions.  My guess
> is the answers will be yes and no in that order.
>
> Next, go to Tools > Preferences... > File Handling > Converters and confirm
> that there is at least one converter defined from EPS to PDF, and that the
> converter line reads 'epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i'.  On my Windows box, the
> converter is from EPS to PDF (ps2pdf) rather than to PDF (pdflatex), but
> that does not seem to matter -- when I run View PDF (pdflatex), LyX runs
> epstopdf.
>
> Finally, open a command shell and run 'kpsewhich epstopdf.exe'.  If MiKTeX
> is correctly installed, it should return the path to epstopdf.exe.
>
> /Paul
>



-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]


-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi
 without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

 What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and PDF
 doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


 Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
 added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
 dialog box.

 Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the
 citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or
 pdflatex) was not run enough times.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The images are all .eps files.

 The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
 whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
 bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

 There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
 (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
 LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
 drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
 [21]


 (C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

 1.bbl) [22]


  This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if
 this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start
 over)

 Richard




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks! I ran bibtex as you suggested and the output looked like bibtex
didn't recognize the bibstyle I was using. I changed it and now it seems to
be producing .ps files with figures and bibliography without a hitch!

Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

  That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed (not
 so good).

 Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File  Export  LaTeX (plain)).
  Open a command shell and run

 latex myfile
 bibtex myfile
 latex myfile

 where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you get
 from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has the
 citations properly filled in.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]


-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi
 without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

 What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and PDF
 doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.


 Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
 added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
 dialog box.

 Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the
 citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or
 pdflatex) was not run enough times.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The images are all .eps files.

 The log file says LaTeX Warning: Citation `name of citation' on page
 whatever page undefined on input line input line number. Then on the
 bottom it says LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references.

 There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
 (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
 LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
 drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
 [21]


 (C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

 1.bbl) [22]


  This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if
 this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start
 over)

 Richard




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks! I ran bibtex as you suggested and the output looked like bibtex
didn't recognize the bibstyle I was using. I changed it and now it seems to
be producing .ps files with figures and bibliography without a hitch!

Unfortunately I'm still getting the same ...cannot determine size of
graphic in... errors when trying to build a .pdf.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

  That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed (not
 so good).

 Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File  Export  LaTeX (plain)).
  Open a command shell and run

 latex myfile
 bibtex myfile
 latex myfile

 where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you get
 from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has the
 citations properly filled in.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The images are all .eps files.

The log file says "LaTeX Warning: Citation `' on page
 undefined on input line ." Then on the
bottom it says "LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references."

There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
(Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
"[21]

(C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201

1.bbl) [22]"


-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote:

> On 2/1/2011 7:12 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi
>> without any figure issues, just not a .pdf.
>>
> What format are the image files?  I wonder if the reason DVI works and PDF
> doesn't has to do with a failed attempt to convert the format.
>
>
>> Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
>> added my .bib file to the LyX document using the "LyX: BibTeX Bibliography"
>> dialog box.
>>
> Does the LaTeX log file have anything to say about that?  If all the
> citations show up as ?, either it can't find the .bib file or latex (or
> pdflatex) was not run enough times.
>
> /Paul
>



-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 02/02/2011 03:13 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The images are all .eps files.
>>
>> The log file says "LaTeX Warning: Citation `' on page
>>  undefined on input line ." Then on the
>> bottom it says "LaTeX: Warning: There were undefined references."
>>
>> There are no strings in the log file that match the name of my .bib file
>> (Kniffin_2011.bib) which is in the same directory (in the E: drive) as my
>> LyX file, but there is some text at the bottom that points to a .bbl the C:
>> drive that matches the name of my .bib file:
>> "[21]
>>
>>
>> (C:\Users\kniffing\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.Hp3296\lyx_tmpbuf0\Kniffin_201
>>
>> 1.bbl) [22]"
>>
>>
>>  This is in LyX's temporary directory. You might want to check and see if
> this file actually exists. (The directory changes each time, so start
> over)
>
> Richard
>
>


-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks! I ran bibtex as you suggested and the output looked like bibtex
didn't recognize the bibstyle I was using. I changed it and now it seems to
be producing .ps files with figures and bibliography without a hitch!

Unfortunately I'm still getting the same "...cannot determine size of
graphic in..." errors when trying to build a .pdf.

Any suggestions?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote:

> On 02/02/2011 03:59 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The .bbl file is there but explorer says its size is 0 KB.
>>
>>  That means that (a) BibTeX was run (which is good) and (b) it failed (not
> so good).
>
> Try exporting your document to a .tex file (File > Export > LaTeX (plain)).
>  Open a command shell and run
>
> latex myfile
> bibtex myfile
> latex myfile
>
> where myfile.tex is the LaTeX file you created.  See what messages you get
> from the bibtex run.  Also see if the DVI file you wind up with has the
> citations properly filled in.
>
> /Paul
>
>


-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
errors when I try to build a .pdf:

LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via the
command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this the
default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is that
the start menu hack you mentioned? How do I do that?

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:

 The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the user
 drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. The C: drive
 is maintained by our IT dept.

 It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools 
 Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user directory
 from there. Any suggestions?

 Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever
 you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir
 E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user
 directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that broke
 before (a Bibtex bibliography?).

 If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon for
 LyX to include the -userdir switch.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi without
any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
dialog box.

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
 failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
 errors when I try to build a .pdf:

 LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

 That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
 temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the source
 file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and the .tex
 file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live on a network
 server, I suppose you might check whether that's the culprit (by copying
 them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


 Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via
 the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this
 the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is
 that the start menu hack you mentioned?

 Yes.

  How do I do that?

 Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing the
 command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote specifics), and
 add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains any spaces, be sure
 to enclose it in quotes.

 Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click Open,
 which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this works on
 XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder containing the LyX
 icon and do the right click  Properties act there.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
errors when I try to build a .pdf:

LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via the
command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this the
default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is that
the start menu hack you mentioned? How do I do that?

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:

 The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the user
 drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. The C: drive
 is maintained by our IT dept.

 It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools 
 Preferences  Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user directory
 from there. Any suggestions?

 Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever
 you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir
 E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user
 directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that broke
 before (a Bibtex bibliography?).

 If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon for
 LyX to include the -userdir switch.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi without
any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
added my .bib file to the LyX document using the LyX: BibTeX Bibliography
dialog box.

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
 failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
 errors when I try to build a .pdf:

 LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in ...

 That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
 temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the source
 file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and the .tex
 file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live on a network
 server, I suppose you might check whether that's the culprit (by copying
 them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).


 Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via
 the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this
 the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is
 that the start menu hack you mentioned?

 Yes.

  How do I do that?

 Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing the
 command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote specifics), and
 add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains any spaces, be sure
 to enclose it in quotes.

 Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click Open,
 which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this works on
 XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder containing the LyX
 icon and do the right click  Properties act there.

 /Paul




-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
errors when I try to build a .pdf:

"LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in <...>"

Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via the
command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this the
default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is that
the start menu hack you mentioned? How do I do that?

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote:

> On 02/01/2011 01:42 PM, kniff...@cecs.pdx.edu wrote:
>
>> The E: drive is a partition of the computer's hard drive. It's the "user"
>> drive of my work computer that I, as a user, am free to modify. The C: drive
>> is maintained by our IT dept.
>>
>> It looks like my user directory is on the network. I went to Tools >
>> Preferences > Paths but it doesn't look like I can change my user directory
>> from there. Any suggestions?
>>
> Create a directory on E: for your local settings (E:\lyxuser or whatever
> you want to call it), then open a command prompt and run 'lyx -userdir
> E:\lyxuser' (or whatever path you chose).  It should recreate your user
> directory.  Check your TeX info and/or try to do whatever it was that broke
> before (a Bibtex bibliography?).
>
> If that turns out to be the problem, you can hack the Start menu icon for
> LyX to include the -userdir switch.
>
> /Paul
>



-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

The image files live on my E: drive. I'm able to build a .ps or .dvi without
any figure issues, just not a .pdf.

Also, I still get a [?] instead of citations in the document after I've
added my .bib file to the LyX document using the "LyX: BibTeX Bibliography"
dialog box.

Thanks!
-Gabe

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote:

> On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the texfiles.py
>> failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the following LaTeX
>> errors when I try to build a .pdf:
>>
>> "LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in <...>"
>>
> That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
> temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the source
> file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and the .tex
> file has a link to a nonexistent PDF).  If the image files live on a network
> server, I suppose you might check whether that's the culprit (by copying
> them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).
>
>
>> Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX via
>> the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to make this
>> the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses this switch? Is
>> that the start menu hack you mentioned?
>>
> Yes.
>
>  How do I do that?
>>
> Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing the
> command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote specifics), and
> add the -userdir ... stuff there.  If your path contains any spaces, be sure
> to enclose it in quotes.
>
> Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click Open,
> which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer.  (At least, this works on
> XT; can't swear about Win 7.)  Drill down to the folder containing the LyX
> icon and do the right click > Properties act there.
>
> /Paul
>
>


-- 
Gabriel Kniffin
Research Assistant
Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR-Lab)
http://nearlab.ece.pdx.edu/
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Portland State University
(503) 725-3813 Lab
(360) 521-8772 Mobile

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the result:

E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scriptsE:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\python
TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib

The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
Tools  TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py failed
and the window that opens to display the file list is empty (see attached
image).

Thanks,
-Gabe


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 Thanks Richard,

 I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still
 having the same problem.

 I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

 I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools  TeX
 Information.

 Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

  I've changed the subject to try to attract the attention of the Windows
 crowd. It certainly looks as if there is some problem with your python
 installation. You might want to try the alternate installer, which I think
 also installs a usable version of python.

 Richard


attachment: Empty Box.png

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the result:

E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scriptsE:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\python
TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib

The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
Tools  TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py failed
and the window that opens to display the file list is empty (see attached
image).

Thanks,
-Gabe


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:

 Thanks Richard,

 I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still
 having the same problem.

 I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

 I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools  TeX
 Information.

 Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

  I've changed the subject to try to attract the attention of the Windows
 crowd. It certainly looks as if there is some problem with your python
 installation. You might want to try the alternate installer, which I think
 also installs a usable version of python.

 Richard


attachment: Empty Box.png

Re: [WINDOWS] Python scripts fail

[Gabriel Kniffin]

I opened the script with python via command line. Here's the result:

"E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\Resources\scripts>E:\ProgramFiles\LyX16\python\python
TeXFiles.py
Indexing files of type cls
Indexing files of type sty
Indexing files of type bst
Indexing files of type bib"

The python files do show up with the python icon in explorer. When I click
Tools > TeX Information I get the same error indicating TexFiles.py failed
and the window that opens to display the file list is empty (see attached
image).

Thanks,
-Gabe


On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 01/28/2011 05:35 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
>
>> Thanks Richard,
>>
>> I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still
>> having the same problem.
>>
>> I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.
>>
>> I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools > TeX
>> Information.
>>
>> Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?
>>
>>  I've changed the subject to try to attract the attention of the Windows
> crowd. It certainly looks as if there is some problem with your python
> installation. You might want to try the alternate installer, which I think
> also installs a usable version of python.
>
> Richard
>
>
<>

Re: Can't insert BibTeX Bibliography; TeXFiles.py fails.

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks Richard,

I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still having
the same problem.

I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools  TeX Information.

Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 01/27/2011 07:16 PM, Gabe wrote:

 Hello,

 I'm running LyX 1.6.8 on Windows 7 and I can't seem to insert my BibTeX
 bibliography into my LyX document. 'Insert  List / TOC  BibTeX
 Bibliography...' causes an error window to open that says The script
 'path to
 LyX/LyX/bin/../Resources/scripts/TeXFiles.py' failed. When I click OK
 the
 error window opens again a few more times before an empty 'LyX: BibTeX
 Bibliography' window opens up.



 It looks to me as if something is wrong with your Python installation, but
 I am not on Windows, so do not know for sure. You might want to check that
 the mentioned file is actually there. Probably the solution is to re-install
 LyX.

  I'm also using JabRef (2.6) to push BibTeX entries to LyX which seems to
 work
 except I get a [?] in the resulting .pdf wherever I have a citation. My
 understanding is that I need to insert a BibTeX bibliography in the LyX
 document
 to fix this and actually have the bibliography included in the .pdf, is
 this
 correct?



 Yes.

 Richard

Re: Can't insert BibTeX Bibliography; TeXFiles.py fails.

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks Richard,

I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still having
the same problem.

I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools  TeX Information.

Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:

 On 01/27/2011 07:16 PM, Gabe wrote:

 Hello,

 I'm running LyX 1.6.8 on Windows 7 and I can't seem to insert my BibTeX
 bibliography into my LyX document. 'Insert  List / TOC  BibTeX
 Bibliography...' causes an error window to open that says The script
 'path to
 LyX/LyX/bin/../Resources/scripts/TeXFiles.py' failed. When I click OK
 the
 error window opens again a few more times before an empty 'LyX: BibTeX
 Bibliography' window opens up.



 It looks to me as if something is wrong with your Python installation, but
 I am not on Windows, so do not know for sure. You might want to check that
 the mentioned file is actually there. Probably the solution is to re-install
 LyX.

  I'm also using JabRef (2.6) to push BibTeX entries to LyX which seems to
 work
 except I get a [?] in the resulting .pdf wherever I have a citation. My
 understanding is that I need to insert a BibTeX bibliography in the LyX
 document
 to fix this and actually have the bibliography included in the .pdf, is
 this
 correct?



 Yes.

 Richard

Re: Can't insert BibTeX Bibliography; TeXFiles.py fails.

[Gabriel Kniffin]

Thanks Richard,

I just reinstalled LyX using LyX-1.6.8-2-Installer.exe but I'm still having
the same problem.

I also checked to make sure TeXFiles.py file is there, which it is.

I also noticed the same error happens when I go to Tools > TeX Information.

Any suggestions? Should I try installing a full version of python?

Thanks again,
-Gabe

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Richard Heck  wrote:

> On 01/27/2011 07:16 PM, Gabe wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm running LyX 1.6.8 on Windows 7 and I can't seem to insert my BibTeX
>> bibliography into my LyX document. 'Insert>  List / TOC>  BibTeX
>> Bibliography...' causes an error window to open that says "The script
>> '> LyX>/LyX/bin/../Resources/scripts/TeXFiles.py' failed". When I click "OK"
>> the
>> error window opens again a few more times before an empty 'LyX: BibTeX
>> Bibliography' window opens up.
>>
>>
>>
> It looks to me as if something is wrong with your Python installation, but
> I am not on Windows, so do not know for sure. You might want to check that
> the mentioned file is actually there. Probably the solution is to re-install
> LyX.
>
>  I'm also using JabRef (2.6) to push BibTeX entries to LyX which seems to
>> work
>> except I get a [?] in the resulting .pdf wherever I have a citation. My
>> understanding is that I need to insert a BibTeX bibliography in the LyX
>> document
>> to fix this and actually have the bibliography included in the .pdf, is
>> this
>> correct?
>>
>>
>>
> Yes.
>
> Richard
>
>