Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-24 Thread Paul Stansell
> >Yes, I tried that already. This is what it shows: > > > >This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live > >2022/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=latex) > > Can pdfTeX even make a .dvi? I thought pdfTeX skips the .dvi step and > goes right to PDF. > Yes, it can. I can produce a pdf

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-24 Thread Steve Litt
Paul Stansell said on Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:56:56 + >Yes, I tried that already. This is what it shows: > >This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live >2022/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=latex) Can pdfTeX even make a .dvi? I thought pdfTeX skips the .dvi step and goes right to

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 3/23/23 22:08, Paul Stansell wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 01:58, Paul Stansell wrote: Is there a way to have LyX report exactly what commands it's executing as it processes the .lyx file? I ran with    lyx -dbg debug but it didn't give any useful information on LyX's attempt

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Paul Stansell
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 01:58, Paul Stansell wrote: > Is there a way to have LyX report exactly what commands it's executing as > it processes the .lyx file? > I ran with lyx -dbg debug but it didn't give any useful information on LyX's attempt to convert the png file to an eps file. --

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Paul Stansell
Is there a way to have LyX report exactly what commands it's executing as it processes the .lyx file? -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Paul Stansell
> > Have you tried launching LyX from a terminal? You might get some useful > error messages that way. > Yes, I tried that already. This is what it shows: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=latex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 3/23/23 21:40, Paul Stansell wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 01:29, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 3/23/23 21:21, Paul Stansell wrote: > Hello, > > I have a very strange problem in which the successful processing of a > simple LyX file to a dvi file depends on the

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Paul Stansell
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 01:29, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 3/23/23 21:21, Paul Stansell wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a very strange problem in which the successful processing of a > > simple LyX file to a dvi file depends on the location of the LyX file > > and the location of the png

Re: Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 3/23/23 21:21, Paul Stansell wrote: Hello, I have a very strange problem in which the successful processing of a simple LyX file to a dvi file depends on the location of the LyX file and the location of the png image file it contains.  If I move either the LyX file or the png file to

Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

2023-03-23 Thread Paul Stansell
Hello, I have a very strange problem in which the successful processing of a simple LyX file to a dvi file depends on the location of the LyX file and the location of the png image file it contains. If I move either the LyX file or the png file to different directories the files process