Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

I don't have a concern, I just said that I can't remember having seen 
this console window popping up and closing before with Joost's 
installer. So, I had the same experience as Bob. No complaints or concerns.


No problem when you have some ;-)

I rechecked the code and Joost now indeed use another method to start LyX. When I find the time, I 
will have a look at this. For now it doesn't harm that one sees the console window for a few 
milliseconds.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

I don't have a concern, I just said that I can't remember having seen 
this console window popping up and closing before with Joost's 
installer. So, I had the same experience as Bob. No complaints or concerns.


No problem when you have some ;-)

I rechecked the code and Joost now indeed use another method to start LyX. When I find the time, I 
will have a look at this. For now it doesn't harm that one sees the console window for a few 
milliseconds.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

I don't have a concern, I just said that I can't remember having seen 
this console window popping up and closing before with Joost's 
installer. So, I had the same experience as Bob. No complaints or concerns.


No problem when you have some ;-)

I rechecked the code and Joost now indeed use another method to start LyX. When I find the time, I 
will have a look at this. For now it doesn't harm that one sees the console window for a few 
milliseconds.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP x64 machine,

 but found that there are problems with the GUI.
 If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the toolbar area
 then stop and restart the program it the toolbar is at a different position.

I cannot reproduce this and are also on WinXP x64.

 Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
 location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

What do you mean with indicated? Can you perhaps send a screenshot? What is the path where MiKTeX is 
installed? What version of MiKTeX are you using?


 Finally the program started by opening a command console and then closing
 it after the main Lyx program started.

That's correct and the case for years (installer independent). Usually you even don't see that a 
console window is opened. Perhaps only at the first start of LyX after an installation, the console 
window might be visible for a second or so.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW schrieb:


The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.


But the official installer does exactly the same: start LyX and close its console window 
immediately, even the code that does this is identical.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.

 Probably the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.

The list is the right one. When the installer says that MiKTeX could be found, but no latex.exe can 
be found, there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
What is the path of your MiKTeX installation, what the path to the latex.exe? CAn it be that you 
have two latex.exe files on your PC?
When you reinstall LyX using the small version of the installer, you can specify the path to the 
latex.exe manually, so at least this should work.



Looking forward to the final official distribution.


Both installers install LyX, your problem is independent of the installer you are using to install 
LyX - its a problem with your MiKTeX installation.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.

 Probably the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.

The list is the right one. When the installer says that MiKTeX could be found, but no latex.exe can 
be found, there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
What is the path of your MiKTeX installation, what the path to the latex.exe? CAn it be that you 
have two latex.exe files on your PC?
When you reinstall LyX using the small version of the installer, you can specify the path to the 
latex.exe manually, so at least this should work.



Looking forward to the final official distribution.


Both installers install LyX, your problem is independent of the installer you are using to install 
LyX - its a problem with your MiKTeX installation.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


Yes the path is in the environment.  The problem may be that the
installer cannot handle the space in the path — Miktex is installed in:
 
c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin
 
Note: It is an x64 machine hence the (x86) in the path for 32 bit

programs.


This is not the problem, because I developed the installer on WinXP x64 as well and have MiKTeX in 
the same path with spaces.


Does c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin contain the latex.exe? If yes, can it be that you 
don't have admin permissions?
You need admin permissions to be able to install LaTeX packages needed by LyX and to keep MiKTeX up 
to date.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Uwe Stöhr schreef:

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW schrieb:


The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.


But the official installer does exactly the same: start LyX and 
close its console window immediately, even the code that does this is 
identical.


regards Uwe
Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


In this case the console Window is not closed to show the users the installation progress. When you 
have installed LyX and LaTeX packages needed by LyX are missing, MiKTeX will install them. But 
depending on your PC and Internet speed, this may take minutes, so I leave the console open that the 
users know why LyX needs so much time before it is ready.


On all further LyX starts, the console windows is immediately closed. (Also with the official 
installer I can see the console Windows after starting LyX for a very short time, but this is no 
problem or I don't understand the concerns.)


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Uwe Stöhr schreef:

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


In this case the console Window is not closed to show the users the 
installation progress. When you have installed LyX and LaTeX packages 
needed by LyX are missing, MiKTeX will install them. But depending on 
your PC and Internet speed, this may take minutes, so I leave the 
console open that the users know why LyX needs so much time before it 
is ready.


On all further LyX starts, the console windows is immediately closed. 
(Also with the official installer I can see the console Windows after 
starting LyX for a very short time, but this is no problem or I don't 
understand the concerns.)
I don't have a concern, I just said that I can't remember having seen 
this console window popping up and closing before with Joost's 
installer. So, I had the same experience as Bob. No complaints or concerns.




regards Uwe


Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP x64 machine,

 but found that there are problems with the GUI.
 If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the toolbar area
 then stop and restart the program it the toolbar is at a different position.

I cannot reproduce this and are also on WinXP x64.

 Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
 location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

What do you mean with indicated? Can you perhaps send a screenshot? What is the path where MiKTeX is 
installed? What version of MiKTeX are you using?


 Finally the program started by opening a command console and then closing
 it after the main Lyx program started.

That's correct and the case for years (installer independent). Usually you even don't see that a 
console window is opened. Perhaps only at the first start of LyX after an installation, the console 
window might be visible for a second or so.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW schrieb:


The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.


But the official installer does exactly the same: start LyX and close its console window 
immediately, even the code that does this is identical.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.

 Probably the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.

The list is the right one. When the installer says that MiKTeX could be found, but no latex.exe can 
be found, there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
What is the path of your MiKTeX installation, what the path to the latex.exe? CAn it be that you 
have two latex.exe files on your PC?
When you reinstall LyX using the small version of the installer, you can specify the path to the 
latex.exe manually, so at least this should work.



Looking forward to the final official distribution.


Both installers install LyX, your problem is independent of the installer you are using to install 
LyX - its a problem with your MiKTeX installation.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.

 Probably the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.

The list is the right one. When the installer says that MiKTeX could be found, but no latex.exe can 
be found, there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
What is the path of your MiKTeX installation, what the path to the latex.exe? CAn it be that you 
have two latex.exe files on your PC?
When you reinstall LyX using the small version of the installer, you can specify the path to the 
latex.exe manually, so at least this should work.



Looking forward to the final official distribution.


Both installers install LyX, your problem is independent of the installer you are using to install 
LyX - its a problem with your MiKTeX installation.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


Yes the path is in the environment.  The problem may be that the
installer cannot handle the space in the path — Miktex is installed in:
 
c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin
 
Note: It is an x64 machine hence the (x86) in the path for 32 bit

programs.


This is not the problem, because I developed the installer on WinXP x64 as well and have MiKTeX in 
the same path with spaces.


Does c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin contain the latex.exe? If yes, can it be that you 
don't have admin permissions?
You need admin permissions to be able to install LaTeX packages needed by LyX and to keep MiKTeX up 
to date.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Uwe Stöhr schreef:

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW schrieb:


The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.


But the official installer does exactly the same: start LyX and 
close its console window immediately, even the code that does this is 
identical.


regards Uwe
Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


In this case the console Window is not closed to show the users the installation progress. When you 
have installed LyX and LaTeX packages needed by LyX are missing, MiKTeX will install them. But 
depending on your PC and Internet speed, this may take minutes, so I leave the console open that the 
users know why LyX needs so much time before it is ready.


On all further LyX starts, the console windows is immediately closed. (Also with the official 
installer I can see the console Windows after starting LyX for a very short time, but this is no 
problem or I don't understand the concerns.)


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Uwe Stöhr schreef:

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


In this case the console Window is not closed to show the users the 
installation progress. When you have installed LyX and LaTeX packages 
needed by LyX are missing, MiKTeX will install them. But depending on 
your PC and Internet speed, this may take minutes, so I leave the 
console open that the users know why LyX needs so much time before it 
is ready.


On all further LyX starts, the console windows is immediately closed. 
(Also with the official installer I can see the console Windows after 
starting LyX for a very short time, but this is no problem or I don't 
understand the concerns.)
I don't have a concern, I just said that I can't remember having seen 
this console window popping up and closing before with Joost's 
installer. So, I had the same experience as Bob. No complaints or concerns.




regards Uwe


Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP x64 machine,

> but found that there are problems with the GUI.
> If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the toolbar area
> then stop and restart the program it the toolbar is at a different position.

I cannot reproduce this and are also on WinXP x64.

> Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
> location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

What do you mean with indicated? Can you perhaps send a screenshot? What is the path where MiKTeX is 
installed? What version of MiKTeX are you using?


> Finally the program started by opening a command console and then closing
> it after the main Lyx program started.

That's correct and the case for years (installer independent). Usually you even don't see that a 
console window is opened. Perhaps only at the first start of LyX after an installation, the console 
window might be visible for a second or so.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW schrieb:


The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.


But the "official" installer does exactly the same: start LyX and close its console window 
immediately, even the code that does this is identical.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.

> Probably the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.

The list is the right one. When the installer says that MiKTeX could be found, but no latex.exe can 
be found, there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
What is the path of your MiKTeX installation, what the path to the latex.exe? CAn it be that you 
have two latex.exe files on your PC?
When you reinstall LyX using the small version of the installer, you can specify the path to the 
latex.exe manually, so at least this should work.



Looking forward to the final official distribution.


Both installers install LyX, your problem is independent of the installer you are using to install 
LyX - its a problem with your MiKTeX installation.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.

> Probably the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.

The list is the right one. When the installer says that MiKTeX could be found, but no latex.exe can 
be found, there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation.
What is the path of your MiKTeX installation, what the path to the latex.exe? CAn it be that you 
have two latex.exe files on your PC?
When you reinstall LyX using the small version of the installer, you can specify the path to the 
latex.exe manually, so at least this should work.



Looking forward to the final official distribution.


Both installers install LyX, your problem is independent of the installer you are using to install 
LyX - its a problem with your MiKTeX installation.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Robert Betz schrieb:


Yes the path is in the environment.  The problem may be that the
installer cannot handle the space in the path — Miktex is installed in:
 
c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin
 
Note: It is an x64 machine hence the (x86) in the path for 32 bit

programs.


This is not the problem, because I developed the installer on WinXP x64 as well and have MiKTeX in 
the same path with spaces.


Does c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin contain the latex.exe? If yes, can it be that you 
don't have admin permissions?
You need admin permissions to be able to install LaTeX packages needed by LyX and to keep MiKTeX up 
to date.


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Uwe Stöhr schreef:

Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW schrieb:


The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.


But the "official" installer does exactly the same: start LyX and 
close its console window immediately, even the code that does this is 
identical.


regards Uwe
Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Uwe Stöhr]

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


In this case the console Window is not closed to show the users the installation progress. When you 
have installed LyX and LaTeX packages needed by LyX are missing, MiKTeX will install them. But 
depending on your PC and Internet speed, this may take minutes, so I leave the console open that the 
users know why LyX needs so much time before it is ready.


On all further LyX starts, the console windows is immediately closed. (Also with the official 
installer I can see the console Windows after starting LyX for a very short time, but this is no 
problem or I don't understand the concerns.)


regards Uwe

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

Uwe Stöhr schreef:

Vincent van Ravesteijn schrieb:

Never seen this before. I also quiestioned this when running LyX the 
first time after installing 1.6.2 with your installer.


In this case the console Window is not closed to show the users the 
installation progress. When you have installed LyX and LaTeX packages 
needed by LyX are missing, MiKTeX will install them. But depending on 
your PC and Internet speed, this may take minutes, so I leave the 
console open that the users know why LyX needs so much time before it 
is ready.


On all further LyX starts, the console windows is immediately closed. 
(Also with the official installer I can see the console Windows after 
starting LyX for a very short time, but this is no problem or I don't 
understand the concerns.)
I don't have a concern, I just said that I can't remember having seen 
this console window popping up and closing before with Joost's 
installer. So, I had the same experience as Bob. No complaints or concerns.




regards Uwe


Vincent

RE: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

Hi Bob

Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP
x64 machine, but found that there are problems with the GUI.
If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the
toolbar area then stop and restart the program it the toolbar
is at a different position. 

This is a known bug indeed, but it is in the qt-library we use, so we
can't do much about this. In the most recent release of qt (4.5), this
bug is solved, but we did not include it yet in the distribution.

Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

I don't really understand what you want to say here.

Finally the program started by opening a command console and then
closing it after the main Lyx program started.  Seems that there
have been a number of bug issues introduced with this bug maintenance
release.

The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.

Have other users experienced there issues?
 
Thanks in advance.

Regards, 

Vincent

RE: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Robert Betz]

Vincent,
 
Thanks for the reply.  I noted that the GUI bug was in an earlier release, 
(V1.6.0 I think),  but it seemed to disappear in V1.6.1-1.  Well at least is 
does not occur in my installation.
 
The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.  Probably 
the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.
 
Looking forward to the final official distribution.
 
 
 


Regards


Bob Betz



-

Dr. Robert Betz
Ampcontrol Professor of Power Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chief Technical Consultant
ResTech Pty Ltd
Deputy Head of Faculty,
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
University of Newcastle, Australia.

email: robert.b...@newcastle.edu.au 
TEL: +61-2-4921-6091
FAX: +61-2-4921-6993
Mobile: (+61)-(0)419249948
Web: http://eecsbobb.uncle.newcastle.edu.au/rebetz

-






 On 20/03/2009 at 11:23 am, in message 
 c546d37f214ddb42aa01f512af0bfd99562...@srv502.tudelft.net, Vincent van 
 Ravesteijn - TNW v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl wrote:
Hi Bob

Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP
x64 machine, but found that there are problems with the GUI.
If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the
toolbar area then stop and restart the program it the toolbar
is at a different position. 

This is a known bug indeed, but it is in the qt-library we use, so we
can't do much about this. In the most recent release of qt (4.5), this
bug is solved, but we did not include it yet in the distribution.

Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

I don't really understand what you want to say here.

Finally the program started by opening a command console and then
closing it after the main Lyx program started.  Seems that there
have been a number of bug issues introduced with this bug maintenance
release.

The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.

Have other users experienced there issues?
 
Thanks in advance.

Regards, 

Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Paul A. Rubin]

Robert Betz wrote:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there
appears to be an issue with the installer in that it finds that there
is a Miktex distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the
latex.exe file.  Probably the wrong list to be talking about this
anyway.



Is the MikTeX /bin directory on your system command path?  It's possible 
the installer sees that MikTeX is installed by checking a registry 
entry, whereas the configuration script tries to run latex.exe (and may 
fail if it's not on the command path).


/Paul

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Robert Betz]

Rubin,
 
Yes the path is in the environment.  The problem may be that the
installer cannot handle the space in the path — Miktex is installed in:
 
c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin
 
Note: It is an x64 machine hence the (x86) in the path for 32 bit
programs.
 
This problem was not in the official installer for V1.6.1-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Regards


Bob Betz



-

Dr. Robert Betz
Ampcontrol Professor of Power Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chief Technical Consultant
ResTech Pty Ltd
Deputy Head of Faculty,
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
University of Newcastle, Australia.

email: robert.b...@newcastle.edu.au 
TEL: +61-2-4921-6091
FAX: +61-2-4921-6993
Mobile: (+61)-(0)419249948
Web: http://eecsbobb.uncle.newcastle.edu.au/rebetz

-

RE: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

Hi Bob

Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP
x64 machine, but found that there are problems with the GUI.
If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the
toolbar area then stop and restart the program it the toolbar
is at a different position. 

This is a known bug indeed, but it is in the qt-library we use, so we
can't do much about this. In the most recent release of qt (4.5), this
bug is solved, but we did not include it yet in the distribution.

Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

I don't really understand what you want to say here.

Finally the program started by opening a command console and then
closing it after the main Lyx program started.  Seems that there
have been a number of bug issues introduced with this bug maintenance
release.

The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.

Have other users experienced there issues?
 
Thanks in advance.

Regards, 

Vincent

RE: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Robert Betz]

Vincent,
 
Thanks for the reply.  I noted that the GUI bug was in an earlier release, 
(V1.6.0 I think),  but it seemed to disappear in V1.6.1-1.  Well at least is 
does not occur in my installation.
 
The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.  Probably 
the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.
 
Looking forward to the final official distribution.
 
 
 


Regards


Bob Betz



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Dr. Robert Betz
Ampcontrol Professor of Power Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chief Technical Consultant
ResTech Pty Ltd
Deputy Head of Faculty,
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
University of Newcastle, Australia.

email: robert.b...@newcastle.edu.au 
TEL: +61-2-4921-6091
FAX: +61-2-4921-6993
Mobile: (+61)-(0)419249948
Web: http://eecsbobb.uncle.newcastle.edu.au/rebetz

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 On 20/03/2009 at 11:23 am, in message 
 c546d37f214ddb42aa01f512af0bfd99562...@srv502.tudelft.net, Vincent van 
 Ravesteijn - TNW v.f.vanraveste...@tudelft.nl wrote:
Hi Bob

Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP
x64 machine, but found that there are problems with the GUI.
If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the
toolbar area then stop and restart the program it the toolbar
is at a different position. 

This is a known bug indeed, but it is in the qt-library we use, so we
can't do much about this. In the most recent release of qt (4.5), this
bug is solved, but we did not include it yet in the distribution.

Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

I don't really understand what you want to say here.

Finally the program started by opening a command console and then
closing it after the main Lyx program started.  Seems that there
have been a number of bug issues introduced with this bug maintenance
release.

The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.

Have other users experienced there issues?
 
Thanks in advance.

Regards, 

Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Paul A. Rubin]

Robert Betz wrote:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there
appears to be an issue with the installer in that it finds that there
is a Miktex distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the
latex.exe file.  Probably the wrong list to be talking about this
anyway.



Is the MikTeX /bin directory on your system command path?  It's possible 
the installer sees that MikTeX is installed by checking a registry 
entry, whereas the configuration script tries to run latex.exe (and may 
fail if it's not on the command path).


/Paul

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Robert Betz]

Rubin,
 
Yes the path is in the environment.  The problem may be that the
installer cannot handle the space in the path — Miktex is installed in:
 
c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin
 
Note: It is an x64 machine hence the (x86) in the path for 32 bit
programs.
 
This problem was not in the official installer for V1.6.1-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Regards


Bob Betz



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Dr. Robert Betz
Ampcontrol Professor of Power Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chief Technical Consultant
ResTech Pty Ltd
Deputy Head of Faculty,
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
University of Newcastle, Australia.

email: robert.b...@newcastle.edu.au 
TEL: +61-2-4921-6091
FAX: +61-2-4921-6993
Mobile: (+61)-(0)419249948
Web: http://eecsbobb.uncle.newcastle.edu.au/rebetz

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RE: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

Hi Bob

>Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP
>x64 machine, but found that there are problems with the GUI.
>If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the
>toolbar area then stop and restart the program it the toolbar
>is at a different position. 

This is a known bug indeed, but it is in the qt-library we use, so we
can't do much about this. In the most recent release of qt (4.5), this
bug is solved, but we did not include it yet in the distribution.

>Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
>location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

I don't really understand what you want to say here.

>Finally the program started by opening a command console and then
>closing it after the main Lyx program started.  Seems that there
>have been a number of bug issues introduced with this "bug maintenance"
>release.

The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.

>Have other users experienced there issues?
> 
>Thanks in advance.

Regards, 

Vincent

RE: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Robert Betz]

Vincent,
 
Thanks for the reply.  I noted that the GUI bug was in an earlier release, 
(V1.6.0 I think),  but it seemed to disappear in V1.6.1-1.  Well at least is 
does not occur in my installation.
 
The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there appears to be 
an issue with the installer in that it finds that there is a Miktex 
distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the latex.exe file.  Probably 
the wrong list to be talking about this anyway.
 
Looking forward to the final official distribution.
 
 
 


Regards


Bob Betz



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Dr. Robert Betz
Ampcontrol Professor of Power Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chief Technical Consultant
ResTech Pty Ltd
Deputy Head of Faculty,
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
University of Newcastle, Australia.

email: robert.b...@newcastle.edu.au 
TEL: +61-2-4921-6091
FAX: +61-2-4921-6993
Mobile: (+61)-(0)419249948
Web: http://eecsbobb.uncle.newcastle.edu.au/rebetz

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>>> On 20/03/2009 at 11:23 am, in message 
>>> , Vincent van 
>>> Ravesteijn - TNW  wrote:
Hi Bob

>Installed the new Lyx 1.6.2 the other day on a Windows XP
>x64 machine, but found that there are problems with the GUI.
>If on moves one of the toolbars to somewhere else on the
>toolbar area then stop and restart the program it the toolbar
>is at a different position. 

This is a known bug indeed, but it is in the qt-library we use, so we
can't do much about this. In the most recent release of qt (4.5), this
bug is solved, but we did not include it yet in the distribution.

>Also when the program installed it did not find my Miktex distribution,
>location even though it indicated that the distribution existed.

I don't really understand what you want to say here.

>Finally the program started by opening a command console and then
>closing it after the main Lyx program started.  Seems that there
>have been a number of bug issues introduced with this "bug maintenance"
>release.

The 'official' LyX 1.6.2 installer is not yet available (which I
regret), so you probably have used the 'alternative' installer to
install LyX. This installer for instance installs a lyx.bat file which
is used to start LyX. That's why it looks like the behaviour has
changed.

>Have other users experienced there issues?
> 
>Thanks in advance.

Regards, 

Vincent

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Paul A. Rubin]

Robert Betz wrote:


The statement about the finding Miktex was to indicate that there
appears to be an issue with the installer in that it finds that there
is a Miktex distribution but is unable to fill in the path to the
latex.exe file.  Probably the wrong list to be talking about this
anyway.



Is the MikTeX /bin directory on your system command path?  It's possible 
the installer sees that MikTeX is installed by checking a registry 
entry, whereas the configuration script tries to run latex.exe (and may 
fail if it's not on the command path).


/Paul

Re: GUI issues in V1.6.2

[Robert Betz]

Rubin,
 
Yes the path is in the environment.  The problem may be that the
installer cannot handle the space in the path — Miktex is installed in:
 
c:\Program Files(x86)\Miktex 2.7\Miktex\bin
 
Note: It is an x64 machine hence the (x86) in the path for 32 bit
programs.
 
This problem was not in the official installer for V1.6.1-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Regards


Bob Betz



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Dr. Robert Betz
Ampcontrol Professor of Power Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Chief Technical Consultant
ResTech Pty Ltd
Deputy Head of Faculty,
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
University of Newcastle, Australia.

email: robert.b...@newcastle.edu.au 
TEL: +61-2-4921-6091
FAX: +61-2-4921-6993
Mobile: (+61)-(0)419249948
Web: http://eecsbobb.uncle.newcastle.edu.au/rebetz

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