Re: bug in reconfigure (windows port)
Juan Luis Chulilla wrote: I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions. You might have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/WindowsSetup. There are known problems with running the configuration script on Windows. They have nothing to do with LyX per se. Part of the problem is that the native Windows port ships with older versions of some Unix utilities (sed being a prime culprit) that don't work as expected with the configuration scripts. I also discovered that my installation was missing a couple of files that ship with LyX. Most if not all of this is documented on the Wiki. -- Paul ** Paul A. RubinPhone: (517) 432-3509 Department of ManagementFax: (517) 432- The Eli Broad Graduate School of ManagementE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michigan State University http://www.msu.edu/~rubin/ East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) ** Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different.J. W. v. GOETHE
Re: bug in reconfigure (windows port)
Juan Luis Chulilla wrote: I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions. You might have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/WindowsSetup. There are known problems with running the configuration script on Windows. They have nothing to do with LyX per se. Part of the problem is that the native Windows port ships with older versions of some Unix utilities (sed being a prime culprit) that don't work as expected with the configuration scripts. I also discovered that my installation was missing a couple of files that ship with LyX. Most if not all of this is documented on the Wiki. -- Paul ** Paul A. RubinPhone: (517) 432-3509 Department of ManagementFax: (517) 432- The Eli Broad Graduate School of ManagementE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michigan State University http://www.msu.edu/~rubin/ East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) ** Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different.J. W. v. GOETHE
Re: bug in reconfigure (windows port)
Juan Luis Chulilla wrote: I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions. You might have a look at http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/WindowsSetup. There are known problems with running the configuration script on Windows. They have nothing to do with LyX per se. Part of the problem is that the native Windows port ships with older versions of some Unix utilities (sed being a prime culprit) that don't work as expected with the configuration scripts. I also discovered that my installation was missing a couple of files that ship with LyX. Most if not all of this is documented on the Wiki. -- Paul ** Paul A. RubinPhone: (517) 432-3509 Department of ManagementFax: (517) 432- The Eli Broad Graduate School of ManagementE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michigan State University http://www.msu.edu/~rubin/ East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) ** Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different.J. W. v. GOETHE
bug in reconfigure (windows port)
I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions.
Re: bug in reconfigure (windows port)
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004, Juan Luis Chulilla wrote: I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) For what it is worth, I didn't have any trouble adding the beamer class to LyX for Windows, just using the usual Edit/Reconfigure path. Study carefully what shows up in the console when you do the Edit/Reconfigure ... that usually signals what is going wrong, if there are errors. Without knowing more about what happened when you tried things the unix way, it's hard to be more precise dac
bug in reconfigure (windows port)
I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions.
Re: bug in reconfigure (windows port)
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004, Juan Luis Chulilla wrote: I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) For what it is worth, I didn't have any trouble adding the beamer class to LyX for Windows, just using the usual Edit/Reconfigure path. Study carefully what shows up in the console when you do the Edit/Reconfigure ... that usually signals what is going wrong, if there are errors. Without knowing more about what happened when you tried things the unix way, it's hard to be more precise dac
bug in reconfigure (windows port)
I use lyx port in a windows xp. After some itchy corrections (like learn the precise version of imagemagick that works, avoiding spaces in directory names and the like), I found an almost terminal problem. Lyx worked QUITE fine -- we built a monography just with it -- but I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) Do you people know if it is really a bug for windows port? I mean, I'm starting to be a lyx apostle, but if, hum, a luser has to do a lot of tricks like the one I mentioned above, it sounds to be hard to achieve conversions.
Re: bug in reconfigure (windows port)
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004, Juan Luis Chulilla wrote: > I was not able to add any more latex class to lyx using the unix > procedure (add class to tetex, add .layout file to lyx, Edit/ > Reconfigure. Finally today I have found that executing configure.bat > and then configure in a console of windows, lyx reconfigure its latex > entry (which has let me use beamer, i.e.) For what it is worth, I didn't have any trouble adding the beamer class to LyX for Windows, just using the usual Edit/Reconfigure path. Study carefully what shows up in the console when you do the Edit/Reconfigure ... that usually signals what is going wrong, if there are errors. Without knowing more about what happened when you tried things the "unix" way, it's hard to be more precise dac
