Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Timoteo Liam O'Connell]

Reinstalled both programs in the correct order and reconfigured LyC,
everything seem fine.

Many thanks,

Tim

2015-09-26 22:10 GMT+02:00 Timoteo Liam O'Connell <
timoteol.oconn...@gmail.com>:

> Thanks Stephan,
>
> I have cancelled and installed MacTeX first and then Lyx, nothing
> happened. Output says article.cls is missing. I read another thread, I ran
> article.cls form the terminal though nothing happened. I entered what you
> told me in the terminal, the response was command not found!
>
> Any ideas on what I should do? :
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
> 2015-09-26 14:06 GMT+02:00 Stephan Witt :
>
>> Am 26.09.2015 um 11:10 schrieb Tim :
>>
>> > I have the same problem.
>> > I have just downloaded version 2.14 on a Mac.
>> > The eyes on the toolbar  are greyed out.
>> > I followed the procedure to solve the issue.
>> > Though, pdf is not an option when it  comes to output.
>> > I only have Rich Text Format and LyXHTML.
>> > Any ideas on what I should do?
>>
>> Did you install MacTeX already? If you did it after installing
>> LyX you have to reconfigure LyX. If this doesn't help you have
>> to check the protocol of the last configure run. You may do so
>> with enabling the messages in View->Messages and check the output.
>> Alternatively you may check the contents of the configure.log file.
>> To find this file you may open the Terminal app and type
>>
>> $ mdfind -name configure.log
>>
>> This should print something like
>>
>> /Users/stephan/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.1/configure.log
>>
>> This file contains the protocol of the script LyX is using to
>> check for the availability of the programs you've installed to
>> produce the final output - including the pdf files.
>>
>> Stephan
>>
>
>

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Stephan Witt]

Am 26.09.2015 um 11:10 schrieb Tim :

> I have the same problem.
> I have just downloaded version 2.14 on a Mac. 
> The eyes on the toolbar  are greyed out.
> I followed the procedure to solve the issue. 
> Though, pdf is not an option when it  comes to output.
> I only have Rich Text Format and LyXHTML. 
> Any ideas on what I should do? 

Did you install MacTeX already? If you did it after installing
LyX you have to reconfigure LyX. If this doesn't help you have
to check the protocol of the last configure run. You may do so
with enabling the messages in View->Messages and check the output.
Alternatively you may check the contents of the configure.log file.
To find this file you may open the Terminal app and type

$ mdfind -name configure.log

This should print something like

/Users/stephan/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.1/configure.log

This file contains the protocol of the script LyX is using to
check for the availability of the programs you've installed to
produce the final output - including the pdf files.

Stephan

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Tim]

I have the same problem.
I have just downloaded version 2.14 on a Mac. 
The eyes on the toolbar  are greyed out.
I followed the procedure to solve the issue. 
Though, pdf is not an option when it  comes to output.
I only have Rich Text Format and LyXHTML. 
Any ideas on what I should do? 

Many thanks

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Stephan Witt]

Am 18.06.2013 um 19:50 schrieb Kristen Lurie :

> To get the view button to activate:
> Go to menu: Preferences > File Handling > File Formats
> Change the Default Output Format to PDF (pdflatex). Other options might work, 
> but this item was initially blank.

Ok, thank you.

This is item should be set to pdf2 (pdflatex) initially.
I tried it with an account I've just created so the LyX settings
are created from scratch for sure. And this worked for me.

I don't know what happened. But I'm glad you solved it for you.

Stephan

> On Jun 18, 2013, at 2:56 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
>> Am 18.06.2013 um 10:13 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
>> 
>>> Success. Thank you!
>> 
>> Please, tell us the solution.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Stephan
>> 
>>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
>>> 
 Am 18.06.2013 um 09:41 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
 
> The view button (command+R) is greyed out -- it says command disabled 
> when typing the shortcut. It looks like the view master document is also 
> grey -- but this is less of a concern. 
> 
> Here is an example of the toolbar: 
> 
 
 Please, verify the settings LyX is using: I've attached the defaults I got 
 on my system.
 (Sorry, it's in german. But I think you can find the preferences on your 
 system too.)
 
 Stephan
 
> 
> On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
>> Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
>> 
>>> I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed 
>>> MacTeX and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu 
>>> View > View (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the 
>>> toolbar is greyed out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin 
>>> that I don't have? Do you have other suggestions for why this button 
>>> might not be active?
>> 
>> You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out?
>> The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer".
>> It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open.
>> 
>> It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin.
 
 >>> 10.03.09.png>
>>> 
>> 
> 

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Kristen Lurie]

To get the view button to activate:
Go to menu: Preferences > File Handling > File Formats
Change the Default Output Format to PDF (pdflatex). Other options might work, 
but this item was initially blank.

Kristen

On Jun 18, 2013, at 2:56 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:

> Am 18.06.2013 um 10:13 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
> 
>> Success. Thank you!
> 
> Please, tell us the solution.
> 
> Thank you,
> Stephan
> 
>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
>> 
>>> Am 18.06.2013 um 09:41 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
>>> 
 The view button (command+R) is greyed out -- it says command disabled when 
 typing the shortcut. It looks like the view master document is also grey 
 -- but this is less of a concern. 
 
 Here is an example of the toolbar: 
 
>>> 
>>> Please, verify the settings LyX is using: I've attached the defaults I got 
>>> on my system.
>>> (Sorry, it's in german. But I think you can find the preferences on your 
>>> system too.)
>>> 
>>> Stephan
>>> 
 
 On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
 
> Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
> 
>> I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed 
>> MacTeX and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu 
>> View > View (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the 
>> toolbar is greyed out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin 
>> that I don't have? Do you have other suggestions for why this button 
>> might not be active?
> 
> You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out?
> The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer".
> It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open.
> 
> It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin.
>>> 
>>> >> 10.03.09.png>
>> 
> 

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Stephan Witt]

Am 18.06.2013 um 10:13 schrieb Kristen Lurie :

> Success. Thank you!

Please, tell us the solution.

Thank you,
Stephan

> On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
>> Am 18.06.2013 um 09:41 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
>> 
>>> The view button (command+R) is greyed out -- it says command disabled when 
>>> typing the shortcut. It looks like the view master document is also grey -- 
>>> but this is less of a concern. 
>>> 
>>> Here is an example of the toolbar: 
>>> 
>> 
>> Please, verify the settings LyX is using: I've attached the defaults I got 
>> on my system.
>> (Sorry, it's in german. But I think you can find the preferences on your 
>> system too.)
>> 
>> Stephan
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
>>> 
 Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
 
> I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed 
> MacTeX and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu 
> View > View (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the 
> toolbar is greyed out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin 
> that I don't have? Do you have other suggestions for why this button 
> might not be active?
 
 You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out?
 The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer".
 It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open.
 
 It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin.
>> 
>> > 10.03.09.png>
> 

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Kristen Lurie]

Success. Thank you!
Kristen

On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:08 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:

> Am 18.06.2013 um 09:41 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
> 
>> The view button (command+R) is greyed out -- it says command disabled when 
>> typing the shortcut. It looks like the view master document is also grey -- 
>> but this is less of a concern. 
>> 
>> Here is an example of the toolbar: 
>> 
> 
> Please, verify the settings LyX is using: I've attached the defaults I got on 
> my system.
> (Sorry, it's in german. But I think you can find the preferences on your 
> system too.)
> 
> Stephan
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:
>> 
>>> Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie :
>>> 
 I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed 
 MacTeX and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu 
 View > View (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the 
 toolbar is greyed out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin that 
 I don't have? Do you have other suggestions for why this button might not 
 be active?
>>> 
>>> You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out?
>>> The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer".
>>> It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open.
>>> 
>>> It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin.
> 
>  10.03.09.png>

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Kristen Lurie]

The view button (command+R) is greyed out -- it says command disabled when typing the shortcut. It looks like the view master document is also grey -- but this is less of a concern. Here is an example of the toolbar: On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Stephan Witt  wrote:Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie :I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed MacTeX and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu View > View (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the toolbar is greyed out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin that I don't have? Do you have other suggestions for why this button might not be active?You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out?The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer".It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open.It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin.Stephan

Re: New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Stephan Witt]

Am 18.06.2013 um 08:29 schrieb Kristen Lurie :

> I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed MacTeX 
> and LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu View > View 
> (Other Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the toolbar is greyed 
> out. Is this related to some type of preview plugin that I don't have? Do you 
> have other suggestions for why this button might not be active?

You should have three "eyes" buttons. Which one is greyed out?
The first should be enabled and is for the default "viewer".
It should trigger the pdflatex run and the pdf-viewer open.

It should work out of the box. You don't need any preview plugin.

Stephan

New installation - eye preview button greyed out

[Kristen Lurie]

I recently install LyX on a new machine (MacOSX 10.8.4). I installed MacTeX and 
LyX. I am able to get the document to compile using the menu View > View (Other 
Formats) > pdflatex. However the eyes button on the toolbar is greyed out. Is 
this related to some type of preview plugin that I don't have? Do you have 
other suggestions for why this button might not be active?
Thanks,
KL