Re: Backup failure w/ LyX 1.5.2
Do either of you have RCS installed and running on your systems? http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs This is the RCS system accessible via LyX under File-Version Control The system doesn't have a GUI to work within. It's command line driven. I'm using LyX on Debian Linux Sid and OS X 10.4.10 - Marc On Oct 16, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Dave Hewitt wrote: Marc, the directory is set to: C:\Program Files\LyX 1.5.2\backup (Recall that I created this folder to make it available and stop the error messages on every save instance.) Dave Hewitt wrote: And, no files of any type are appearing in this new backup directory I created, so where are these backups going (i.e., what is the purpose of this folder)? Maybe there aren't any. Do you have Tools - Preferences... - Look and feel - User interface - Backup documents turned on? Yes, and I recall that files with little tildes at the end (backups, presumably) appeared in the same directory as the file was located when I was using LyX 1.5.1. There would almost always be a file with the same name and an added tilde each place I had a LyX document. That's what I get ... sometimes ... (I have timed backups deselected, but apparently there are untimed backups triggered by alignment of the planets or something). There are also #filename# copies that get dumped under certain circumstances (less than graceful exit from LyX?), again in the source directory. Marc indicated that the files with tildes are the just-prior saved version (an at-the-time-of-last-opening backup, if you will). So those aren't the backups. But, like you Paul, I get the #...# files in the same directory as I'm working in. I get those files regularly when LyX has a document open, like a backup. So I'm confused about what those are (they're not going to the 'backup' directory, if they are backups). So you're saying you have timed backups set and, even with a valid backup path and having the document open past the time limit, you're not getting a backup file? Correct. Could this have something to do with the odd path that was given in the error message? LyX thought I wanted backups in 'backup' directory (which didn't exist), but the error message says: Cannot create backup file: C:/Program Files/LyX 1.5.2/backup/C:! Documents and Settings!dhewitt!Desktop!newfile1.lyx~. Please check... (It seems odd that this is an error for backup creation, and the file it wants to make has a tilde on it, which I've been told is not a backup.) /Paul Dave Hewitt
Re: Backup failure w/ LyX 1.5.2
Do either of you have RCS installed and running on your systems? http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs This is the RCS system accessible via LyX under File-Version Control The system doesn't have a GUI to work within. It's command line driven. I'm using LyX on Debian Linux Sid and OS X 10.4.10 - Marc On Oct 16, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Dave Hewitt wrote: Marc, the directory is set to: C:\Program Files\LyX 1.5.2\backup (Recall that I created this folder to make it available and stop the error messages on every save instance.) Dave Hewitt wrote: And, no files of any type are appearing in this new backup directory I created, so where are these backups going (i.e., what is the purpose of this folder)? Maybe there aren't any. Do you have Tools - Preferences... - Look and feel - User interface - Backup documents turned on? Yes, and I recall that files with little tildes at the end (backups, presumably) appeared in the same directory as the file was located when I was using LyX 1.5.1. There would almost always be a file with the same name and an added tilde each place I had a LyX document. That's what I get ... sometimes ... (I have timed backups deselected, but apparently there are untimed backups triggered by alignment of the planets or something). There are also #filename# copies that get dumped under certain circumstances (less than graceful exit from LyX?), again in the source directory. Marc indicated that the files with tildes are the just-prior saved version (an at-the-time-of-last-opening backup, if you will). So those aren't the backups. But, like you Paul, I get the #...# files in the same directory as I'm working in. I get those files regularly when LyX has a document open, like a backup. So I'm confused about what those are (they're not going to the 'backup' directory, if they are backups). So you're saying you have timed backups set and, even with a valid backup path and having the document open past the time limit, you're not getting a backup file? Correct. Could this have something to do with the odd path that was given in the error message? LyX thought I wanted backups in 'backup' directory (which didn't exist), but the error message says: Cannot create backup file: C:/Program Files/LyX 1.5.2/backup/C:! Documents and Settings!dhewitt!Desktop!newfile1.lyx~. Please check... (It seems odd that this is an error for backup creation, and the file it wants to make has a tilde on it, which I've been told is not a backup.) /Paul Dave Hewitt
Re: Backup failure w/ LyX 1.5.2
Do either of you have RCS installed and running on your systems? http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs This is the RCS system accessible via LyX under File->Version Control The system doesn't have a GUI to work within. It's command line driven. I'm using LyX on Debian Linux Sid and OS X 10.4.10 - Marc On Oct 16, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Dave Hewitt wrote: Marc, the directory is set to: C:\Program Files\LyX 1.5.2\backup (Recall that I created this folder to make it available and stop the error messages on every save instance.) Dave Hewitt wrote: And, no files of any type are appearing in this new backup directory I created, so where are these backups going (i.e., what is the purpose of this folder)? Maybe there aren't any. Do you have Tools -> Preferences... -> Look and feel -> User interface -> Backup documents turned on? Yes, and I recall that files with little tildes at the end (backups, presumably) appeared in the same directory as the file was located when I was using LyX 1.5.1. There would almost always be a file with the same name and an added tilde each place I had a LyX document. That's what I get ... sometimes ... (I have timed backups deselected, but apparently there are untimed backups triggered by alignment of the planets or something). There are also #filename# copies that get dumped under certain circumstances (less than graceful exit from LyX?), again in the source directory. Marc indicated that the files with tildes are the just-prior saved version (an at-the-time-of-last-opening backup, if you will). So those aren't the backups. But, like you Paul, I get the #...# files in the same directory as I'm working in. I get those files regularly when LyX has a document open, like a backup. So I'm confused about what those are (they're not going to the 'backup' directory, if they are backups). So you're saying you have timed backups set and, even with a valid backup path and having the document open past the time limit, you're not getting a backup file? Correct. Could this have something to do with the odd path that was given in the error message? LyX thought I wanted backups in 'backup' directory (which didn't exist), but the error message says: "Cannot create backup file: C:/Program Files/LyX 1.5.2/backup/C:! Documents and Settings!dhewitt!Desktop!newfile1.lyx~. Please check..." (It seems odd that this is an error for backup creation, and the file it wants to make has a tilde on it, which I've been told is not a backup.) /Paul Dave Hewitt
Re: Lyx 1.5.1 and LyX 1.5.2 Spellchecker Could not be started
This is where an architecture package management by Debian eliminates much of one's headache. The dpkg system doesn't throw stuff here and there. - Marc On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Rosanna Chan wrote: Thanks so much for everybody's help on this but I finally managed to get the spellchecker working. For anybody else who may be having problems: The problem is due to having been a LyX user since 2005 and earlier, different version installations had installed stuff EVERYWHERE. In order to have a clean installation I had to uninstall and delete all Aspell and lyX folders -from document and settings folder under ALL THREE categories: all users, administrator and my own. There was a strange little folder titled .lyx that dated 2005 so delete that too. Also clean out the registry. THEN use the windows installer. When you reinstall it should tell you that you have to download and install dictionary files - which indicates you have cleaned out sufficiently. Cheers! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 October 2007 09:30 To: Rosanna Chan Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Lyx 1.5.1 and LyX 1.5.2 Spellchecker Could not be started Rosanna Chan schrieb: Should I try to contact a developer (how does one do that :)) or should I report this as a bug? Before doing this, could you please check if it works this way: - uninstall LyX 1.5.1 and/or LyX 1.5.2 - uninstall all Aspell dictionaries - ininstall Aspell itself in case you see it as installed after you uninstalled the dictionaries - reinstall LyX 1.5.2 using this installer: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller When this works this installer sets up the system so that your Aspell will be uninstalled together with LyX when you upgrade to another LyX version to assure that you'll have a working Aspell version regards Uwe
Re: Lyx 1.5.1 and LyX 1.5.2 Spellchecker Could not be started
This is where an architecture package management by Debian eliminates much of one's headache. The dpkg system doesn't throw stuff here and there. - Marc On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Rosanna Chan wrote: Thanks so much for everybody's help on this but I finally managed to get the spellchecker working. For anybody else who may be having problems: The problem is due to having been a LyX user since 2005 and earlier, different version installations had installed stuff EVERYWHERE. In order to have a clean installation I had to uninstall and delete all Aspell and lyX folders -from document and settings folder under ALL THREE categories: all users, administrator and my own. There was a strange little folder titled .lyx that dated 2005 so delete that too. Also clean out the registry. THEN use the windows installer. When you reinstall it should tell you that you have to download and install dictionary files - which indicates you have cleaned out sufficiently. Cheers! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 October 2007 09:30 To: Rosanna Chan Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Lyx 1.5.1 and LyX 1.5.2 Spellchecker Could not be started Rosanna Chan schrieb: Should I try to contact a developer (how does one do that :)) or should I report this as a bug? Before doing this, could you please check if it works this way: - uninstall LyX 1.5.1 and/or LyX 1.5.2 - uninstall all Aspell dictionaries - ininstall Aspell itself in case you see it as installed after you uninstalled the dictionaries - reinstall LyX 1.5.2 using this installer: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller When this works this installer sets up the system so that your Aspell will be uninstalled together with LyX when you upgrade to another LyX version to assure that you'll have a working Aspell version regards Uwe
Re: Lyx 1.5.1 and LyX 1.5.2 Spellchecker Could not be started
This is where an architecture package management by Debian eliminates much of one's headache. The dpkg system doesn't throw stuff here and there. - Marc On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Rosanna Chan wrote: Thanks so much for everybody's help on this but I finally managed to get the spellchecker working. For anybody else who may be having problems: The problem is due to having been a LyX user since 2005 and earlier, different version installations had installed stuff EVERYWHERE. In order to have a clean installation I had to uninstall and delete all Aspell and lyX folders -from document and settings folder under ALL THREE categories: all users, administrator and my own. There was a strange little folder titled .lyx that dated 2005 so delete that too. Also clean out the registry. THEN use the windows installer. When you reinstall it should tell you that you have to download and install dictionary files - which indicates you have cleaned out sufficiently. Cheers! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 October 2007 09:30 To: Rosanna Chan Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Lyx 1.5.1 and LyX 1.5.2 Spellchecker Could not be started Rosanna Chan schrieb: Should I try to contact a developer (how does one do that :)) or should I report this as a bug? Before doing this, could you please check if it works this way: - uninstall LyX 1.5.1 and/or LyX 1.5.2 - uninstall all Aspell dictionaries - ininstall Aspell itself in case you see it as installed after you uninstalled the dictionaries - reinstall LyX 1.5.2 using this installer: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller When this works this installer sets up the system so that your Aspell will be uninstalled together with LyX when you upgrade to another LyX version to assure that you'll have a working Aspell version regards Uwe
