Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-12 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Julio Rojas wrote: So, in conclusion, Should I avoid the alternate installer and stick with the official one? I think you'll get diverging answers, depending on whether you ask Joost or Uwe ;-) Seriously, I don't think there's a definite answer. The choice is yours. Jürgen

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-12 Thread Julio Rojas
So, in conclusion, Should I avoid the alternate installer and stick with the official one? On Feb 10, 2008 2:15 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joost Verburg schrieb: This does not interfere with the sleep mode of a notebook. There are many applications that have some background

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-12 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Julio Rojas wrote: So, in conclusion, Should I avoid the alternate installer and stick with the official one? I think you'll get diverging answers, depending on whether you ask Joost or Uwe ;-) Seriously, I don't think there's a definite answer. The choice is yours. Jürgen

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-12 Thread Julio Rojas
So, in conclusion, Should I avoid the alternate installer and stick with the official one? On Feb 10, 2008 2:15 PM, Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joost Verburg schrieb: This does not interfere with the sleep mode of a notebook. There are many applications that have some background

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-12 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Julio Rojas wrote: > So, in conclusion, Should I avoid the alternate installer and stick with > the official one? I think you'll get diverging answers, depending on whether you ask Joost or Uwe ;-) Seriously, I don't think there's a definite answer. The choice is yours. Jürgen

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-12 Thread Julio Rojas
So, in conclusion, Should I avoid the alternate installer and stick with the official one? On Feb 10, 2008 2:15 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joost Verburg schrieb: > > > This does not interfere with > > the sleep mode of a notebook. There are many applications that have some > >

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: Following what was said on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57937.html I decided to use pdfview.exe instead of pdfviewwin.exe. It works fine, Yes, but this checks in the background every 20 Milliseconds of the PDF was updated. So with this program

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: I decided to use pdfview.exe instead of pdfviewwin.exe. It works fine, Yes, but this checks in the background every 20 Milliseconds of the PDF was updated. So with this program your notebokk can never go to sleep mode to save battery power. It only checks once every 500

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as follows: c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: This does not interfere with the sleep mode of a notebook. There are many applications that have some background activity. The sleep mode timers are based on user activity. I don't hae a notebook. I only know that we got complaints about this behaviour some time ago.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: Following what was said on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57937.html I decided to use pdfview.exe instead of pdfviewwin.exe. It works fine, Yes, but this checks in the background every 20 Milliseconds of the PDF was updated. So with this program

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: I decided to use pdfview.exe instead of pdfviewwin.exe. It works fine, Yes, but this checks in the background every 20 Milliseconds of the PDF was updated. So with this program your notebokk can never go to sleep mode to save battery power. It only checks once every 500

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as follows: c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: This does not interfere with the sleep mode of a notebook. There are many applications that have some background activity. The sleep mode timers are based on user activity. I don't hae a notebook. I only know that we got complaints about this behaviour some time ago.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: Following what was said on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57937.html I decided to use "pdfview.exe" instead of "pdfviewwin.exe". It works fine, Yes, but this checks in the background every 20 Milliseconds of the PDF was updated. So with this

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: I decided to use "pdfview.exe" instead of "pdfviewwin.exe". It works fine, Yes, but this checks in the background every 20 Milliseconds of the PDF was updated. So with this program your notebokk can never go to sleep mode to save battery power. It only checks once every

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as follows: c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-10 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: > This does not interfere with the sleep mode of a notebook. There are many applications that have some background activity. The sleep mode timers are based on user activity. I don't hae a notebook. I only know that we got complaints about this behaviour some time ago.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Max Bian schrieb: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is open in Acrobat, the update would fail. Is there a way to avoid this? Both should not occur.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I used the alternative installer. Was that the difference? Thanks. Max Uwe Stöhr wrote: Max Bian schrieb: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is open in

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in spanish): *The folder c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ doesn't exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it? * If you answer yes nothing

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
The folders do exist and both, the temporal files and the PDF are inside. Maybe the problem is path related. On Feb 9, 2008 12:57 PM, Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Max Bian schrieb: I used the alternative installer. Was that the difference? I'm the author of this installer ;-) Just joking, here's the difference: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller It should work on Vista as well. On Vista 64bit editions there are problems with this: 2. If the

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in spanish): *The folder c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ doesn't exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it?

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I tried the official installer but I got the same problems and more. It will not launch the Acrobat program to show the pdf file when I selection View-PDF (PDFLATEX). If I open the file manually, the update will fail because LyX cannot write to the file that is open. No, I am not using

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Thank you very much for your answer. FYI, I'm using Vista 32bit version. Before I start, I need to know if pdf updating works four you when you install LyX using the standard installer. I have never used the standard installer, so I can't answer your question. On Feb 9, 2008 2:07 PM, Uwe

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as follows: c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about 49% of the processor

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Following what was said on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57937.html I decided to use pdfview.exe instead of pdfviewwin.exe. It works fine, but there's the nagging problem of UAC always asking me for confirmation to run pdfview.exe, as it is not registered. At least, now

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Another solution, installing Sumatra ( http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) which is WAY smaller and adding the path: C:\PROGRA~1\SUMATR~1\SUMATR~1.EXE to the viewer field. On Feb 9, 2008 5:46 PM, Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following what was said on:

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Joost Verburg
Max Bian wrote: I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need. However I have two problems with it: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input?

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I tried both installer and updated the Acrobat. With the official installer, problem #1 is fixed. I still have problem with #2. LyX error: I cannot write on file xxx.pdf. Max Joost Verburg wrote: Max Bian wrote: I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Max Bian schrieb: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is open in Acrobat, the update would fail. Is there a way to avoid this? Both should not occur.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I used the alternative installer. Was that the difference? Thanks. Max Uwe Stöhr wrote: Max Bian schrieb: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is open in

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in spanish): *The folder c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ doesn't exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it? * If you answer yes nothing

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
The folders do exist and both, the temporal files and the PDF are inside. Maybe the problem is path related. On Feb 9, 2008 12:57 PM, Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Max Bian schrieb: I used the alternative installer. Was that the difference? I'm the author of this installer ;-) Just joking, here's the difference: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller It should work on Vista as well. On Vista 64bit editions there are problems with this: 2. If the

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in spanish): *The folder c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ doesn't exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it?

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I tried the official installer but I got the same problems and more. It will not launch the Acrobat program to show the pdf file when I selection View-PDF (PDFLATEX). If I open the file manually, the update will fail because LyX cannot write to the file that is open. No, I am not using

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Thank you very much for your answer. FYI, I'm using Vista 32bit version. Before I start, I need to know if pdf updating works four you when you install LyX using the standard installer. I have never used the standard installer, so I can't answer your question. On Feb 9, 2008 2:07 PM, Uwe

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as follows: c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about 49% of the processor

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Following what was said on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57937.html I decided to use pdfview.exe instead of pdfviewwin.exe. It works fine, but there's the nagging problem of UAC always asking me for confirmation to run pdfview.exe, as it is not registered. At least, now

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Another solution, installing Sumatra ( http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) which is WAY smaller and adding the path: C:\PROGRA~1\SUMATR~1\SUMATR~1.EXE to the viewer field. On Feb 9, 2008 5:46 PM, Julio Rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following what was said on:

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Joost Verburg
Max Bian wrote: I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need. However I have two problems with it: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input?

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I tried both installer and updated the Acrobat. With the official installer, problem #1 is fixed. I still have problem with #2. LyX error: I cannot write on file xxx.pdf. Max Joost Verburg wrote: Max Bian wrote: I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Max Bian schrieb: 1. When I do view->PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is open in Acrobat, the update would fail. Is there a way to avoid this? Both should not occur.

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I used the alternative installer. Was that the difference? Thanks. Max Uwe Stöhr wrote: Max Bian schrieb: 1. When I do view->PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is open

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in spanish): *The folder c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ doesn't exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it? * If you answer "yes"

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
The folders do exist and both, the temporal files and the PDF are inside. Maybe the problem is path related. On Feb 9, 2008 12:57 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's > using any method (translation from error in

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Max Bian schrieb: I used the alternative installer. Was that the difference? I'm the author of this installer ;-) Just joking, here's the difference: http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinInstaller It should work on Vista as well. On Vista 64bit editions there are problems with this: 2. If the

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: Same problem here using the alternate installer. While rendering PDF's using any method (translation from error in spanish): *The folder c:/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir5056a...\lyx_tmpbuf0\ doesn't exist. May have been moved or deleted. Wish to create it?

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I tried the official installer but I got the same problems and more. It will not launch the Acrobat program to show the pdf file when I selection View->PDF (PDFLATEX). If I open the file manually, the update will fail because LyX cannot write to the file that is open. No, I am not using

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Thank you very much for your answer. FYI, I'm using Vista 32bit version. Before I start, I need to know if pdf updating works four you when you > install LyX using the > standard installer. > I have never used the standard installer, so I can't answer your question. On Feb 9, 2008 2:07 PM, Uwe

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
It seems there's a problem in the path to the default PDF viewer. If I added the full path to Acrobat Reader in the file format configuration as follows: c:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\acrord32.exe after rendering the PDF, the reader is run but gets hung with about 49% of the processor

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Following what was said on: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg57937.html I decided to use "pdfview.exe" instead of "pdfviewwin.exe". It works fine, but there's the nagging problem of UAC always asking me for confirmation to run pdfview.exe, as it is not registered. At least,

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Julio Rojas
Another solution, installing Sumatra ( http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) which is WAY smaller and adding the path: C:\PROGRA~1\SUMATR~1\SUMATR~1.EXE to the viewer field. On Feb 9, 2008 5:46 PM, Julio Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Following what was said on: >

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Joost Verburg
Max Bian wrote: I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need. However I have two problems with it: 1. When I do view->PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input?

Re: LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-09 Thread Max Bian
I tried both installer and updated the Acrobat. With the official installer, problem #1 is fixed. I still have problem with #2. LyX error: I cannot write on file xxx.pdf. Max Joost Verburg wrote: Max Bian wrote: I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need.

LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-08 Thread Max Bian
I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need. However I have two problems with it: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is

LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-08 Thread Max Bian
I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need. However I have two problems with it: 1. When I do view-PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is

LyX on Windows Vista

2008-02-08 Thread Max Bian
I am using 1.53 on Windows Vista. I found pdflatex easiest to get what I need. However I have two problems with it: 1. When I do view->PDF(PDFLATEX), it will ask me if I want to create the directory for the output files. Is there a way to remove this unnecessary user input? 2. If the pdf is

problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Tino Langer
Hello, I just tried to install lyx on my windows vista. The first problem was to install miketex out of the bundle-installer of lyx 1.4.3-5 (lyx-143-5-bundle.exe ) - an Windows API error occurs. a workaround for this problem was to install miktex 2.5 stand alone and refer to the existing

Re: problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Tino Langer schrieb: I just tried to install lyx on my windows vista. The first problem was to install miketex out of the bundle-installer of lyx 1.4.3-5 (lyx-143-5-bundle.exe ) - an Windows API error occurs. a workaround for this problem was to install miktex 2.5 stand alone and refer

RE: problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Tino Langer
The MiKTeX shipped with the last installer is not Vista-ready. The next LyX version comes out next week with an updated MiKTeX version. Note that there are stil some restrictions to use MiKTeX under Vista: http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/2007/01/22/miktex25vis ta.aspx ok -

problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Tino Langer
Hello, I just tried to install lyx on my windows vista. The first problem was to install miketex out of the bundle-installer of lyx 1.4.3-5 (lyx-143-5-bundle.exe ) - an Windows API error occurs. a workaround for this problem was to install miktex 2.5 stand alone and refer to the existing

Re: problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Tino Langer schrieb: I just tried to install lyx on my windows vista. The first problem was to install miketex out of the bundle-installer of lyx 1.4.3-5 (lyx-143-5-bundle.exe ) - an Windows API error occurs. a workaround for this problem was to install miktex 2.5 stand alone and refer

RE: problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Tino Langer
The MiKTeX shipped with the last installer is not Vista-ready. The next LyX version comes out next week with an updated MiKTeX version. Note that there are stil some restrictions to use MiKTeX under Vista: http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/2007/01/22/miktex25vis ta.aspx ok -

problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Tino Langer
Hello, I just tried to install lyx on my windows vista. The first problem was to install miketex out of the bundle-installer of lyx 1.4.3-5 (lyx-143-5-bundle.exe ) - an Windows API error occurs. a workaround for this problem was to install miktex 2.5 stand alone and refer to the existing

Re: problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Tino Langer schrieb: I just tried to install lyx on my windows vista. The first problem was to install miketex out of the bundle-installer of lyx 1.4.3-5 (lyx-143-5-bundle.exe ) - an Windows API error occurs. a workaround for this problem was to install miktex 2.5 stand alone and refer

RE: problems installing lyx on windows vista

2007-02-07 Thread Tino Langer
The MiKTeX shipped with the last installer is not Vista-ready. The next LyX version comes out next week with an updated MiKTeX version. Note that there are stil some restrictions to use MiKTeX under Vista: http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/archive/2007/01/22/miktex25vis ta.aspx ok -