Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Am 03.02.2014 um 09:17 schrieb Rizwan khan Jadoon jadoon.rizwankha...@gmail.com: I just installed Lyx 2.0 and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, Successful export to format: pdf2. I'm running Windows 7 32bit operating system and have both Acrobat Reader 10

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Am 03.02.2014 um 09:17 schrieb Rizwan khan Jadoon jadoon.rizwankha...@gmail.com: I just installed Lyx 2.0 and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, Successful export to format: pdf2. I'm running Windows 7 32bit operating system and have both Acrobat Reader 10

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Am 03.02.2014 um 09:17 schrieb Rizwan khan Jadoon : > I just installed Lyx 2.0 and I can't export any PDFs, although the message > at the bottom says, "Successful export to format: pdf2". I'm running Windows > 7 32bit operating system and have both Acrobat

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: ** On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, The operation could not be completed for the following reasons: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found..

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/04/2011 05:09 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: The appropriate deities having been propitiated, I was able to uninstall MiKTeX and then install the latest version (the basic installation). I then successfully used pdflatex from the command prompt. Now, how do I connect LyX to the new MiKTeX

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: ** Assuming the appropriate deities stay propitiated (they can be greedy little buggers), start LyX, click Tools Reconfigure, close and restart LyX when the configuration is done and hope for the best. OK, it works! Thanks a

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: ** On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, The operation could not be completed for the following reasons: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found..

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/04/2011 05:09 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: The appropriate deities having been propitiated, I was able to uninstall MiKTeX and then install the latest version (the basic installation). I then successfully used pdflatex from the command prompt. Now, how do I connect LyX to the new MiKTeX

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: ** Assuming the appropriate deities stay propitiated (they can be greedy little buggers), start LyX, click Tools Reconfigure, close and restart LyX when the configuration is done and hope for the best. OK, it works! Thanks a

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > ** > On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: > > OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, "The > operation could not be completed for the following reasons: The IniTeXMF > executable could not be

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/04/2011 05:09 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: The appropriate deities having been propitiated, I was able to uninstall MiKTeX and then install the latest version (the basic installation). I then successfully used pdflatex from the command prompt. Now, how do I connect LyX to the new MiKTeX

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > ** > Assuming the appropriate deities stay propitiated (they can be greedy > little buggers), start LyX, click Tools > Reconfigure, close and restart LyX > when the configuration is done and hope for the best. > OK, it works!

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes: This is a game-changer.  It suggests that there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation (assuming MiKTeX is what you're using, which on Windows is quite likely).  Am I right that View PDF (pdflatex) is also no longer available?  Yes, that's

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: Open a DOS prompt (anywhere, the directory does not matter) and run 'pdflatex --version'. If MiKTeX spits up some version information, at least we know it is installed. If Windows says it has no clue what 'pdflatex' is, add

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 MiKTeX 2.8 initexmf.exe: No formats.ini exists. I can't find the default format

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 MiKTeX 2.8

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 05:18 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: There's only one version of the Settings application. When I tried what you described, I got the error message below. MiKTeX Problem Report Message: No formats.ini exists. Data: Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\FormatInfo.cpp Line: 216 MiKTeX: 2.8

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: Anyway, before panicking, let's try this. Repeat what you just did, but instead of left-clicking the Settings icon on the Start menu, right click and pick run as administrator (wording approximate). Win 7 will ask you if you're

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 06:10 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: No, I still get the error message saying formats.ini doesn't exist. I did a quick search and found a couple of posts (auf Deutsch, so it's a gamble whether I understood them correctly) by someone who experienced the same problem. If my very rusty

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, The operation could not be completed for the following reasons: The IniTeXMF executable could not be

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu mailto:ru...@msu.edu wrote: No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, The operation could not be

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes: This is a game-changer.  It suggests that there is a problem with your MiKTeX installation (assuming MiKTeX is what you're using, which on Windows is quite likely).  Am I right that View PDF (pdflatex) is also no longer available?  Yes, that's

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: Open a DOS prompt (anywhere, the directory does not matter) and run 'pdflatex --version'. If MiKTeX spits up some version information, at least we know it is installed. If Windows says it has no clue what 'pdflatex' is, add

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 MiKTeX 2.8 initexmf.exe: No formats.ini exists. I can't find the default format

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 MiKTeX 2.8

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 05:18 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: There's only one version of the Settings application. When I tried what you described, I got the error message below. MiKTeX Problem Report Message: No formats.ini exists. Data: Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\FormatInfo.cpp Line: 216 MiKTeX: 2.8

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: Anyway, before panicking, let's try this. Repeat what you just did, but instead of left-clicking the Settings icon on the Start menu, right click and pick run as administrator (wording approximate). Win 7 will ask you if you're

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 06:10 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: No, I still get the error message saying formats.ini doesn't exist. I did a quick search and found a couple of posts (auf Deutsch, so it's a gamble whether I understood them correctly) by someone who experienced the same problem. If my very rusty

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, The operation could not be completed for the following reasons: The IniTeXMF executable could not be

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu mailto:ru...@msu.edu wrote: No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, The operation could not be

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes: >> This is a game-changer.  It suggests that there is a problem with your MiKTeX >> installation (assuming MiKTeX is what you're using, which on Windows is quite >> likely).  Am I right that View > PDF (pdflatex) is also no longer available?  > > Yes, that's

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Open a DOS prompt (anywhere, the directory does not matter) and run > 'pdflatex --version'. If > MiKTeX spits up some version information, at least we know it is installed. > If > Windows says it has no clue what 'pdflatex'

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 initexmf.exe: No formats.ini exists. I can't find the default format file! Okay,

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > On 09/03/2011 05:00 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: > >> >> I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and >> exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: >> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 >>

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 05:18 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: There's only one version of the Settings application. When I tried what you described, I got the error message below. MiKTeX Problem Report Message: No formats.ini exists. Data: Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\FormatInfo.cpp Line: 216 MiKTeX: 2.8

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Anyway, before panicking, let's try this. Repeat what you just did, but > instead of left-clicking the Settings icon on the Start menu, right click > and pick "run as administrator" (wording approximate). Win 7 will ask you if >

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 06:10 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: No, I still get the error message saying formats.ini doesn't exist. I did a quick search and found a couple of posts (auf Deutsch, so it's a gamble whether I understood them correctly) by someone who experienced the same problem. If my very rusty

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. > OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, "The operation could not be completed for the following reasons: The IniTeXMF executable could not

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/03/2011 06:46 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Paul Rubin > wrote: No need to uninstally LyX, but yes, I would uninstall MiKTeX. OK, even uninstalling doesn't work right. The error message says, "The operation could

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use Windows Explorer to check the LyX temporary directory. (If you're not sure where

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared. -- - Jane Shevtsov

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu mailto:ru...@msu.edu wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu mailto:ru...@msu.edu wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes:  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared.-- This is a game-changer. It suggests that there is a problem

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes: Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use Windows Explorer to check the LyX temporary directory. (If you're not sure where

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared. -- - Jane Shevtsov

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu mailto:ru...@msu.edu wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu mailto:ru...@msu.edu wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes:  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared.-- This is a game-changer. It suggests that there is a problem

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Paul Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote: Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes: Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory > where > the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use Windows > Explorer to check the LyX temporary directory. (If you're not sure

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, "Reconfigure." > Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. > When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared. -- - Jane

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin > wrote: > > So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the > directory where > the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running)

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 09/02/2011 01:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Paul Rubin > wrote: So, despite the message, the PDF file does not show up in the directory where the LyX doc lives? Try exporting and (with LyX still running) use

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes: >>  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, "Reconfigure." >> Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. > > When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF disappeared.-- This is a game-changer. It suggests that there is a problem with

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes: > > >> Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, "Reconfigure." > >> Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. > > > > When I did that, even the option of exporting a PDF

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 08/31/2011 08:07 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, Successful export to format: pdf2. I'm running

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

What do I reconfigure? Or do you mean reinstalling? In that case, I've already tried it. Jane On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 08/31/2011 08:07 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having,

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Jane Shevtsov wrote: What do I reconfigure? Or do you mean reinstalling? In that case, I've already tried it. Jane, Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. Rich

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. In Windows it should be Tools Reconfigure. But re-installing should have already done that, so the

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes: I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, Successful export to format: pdf2. So, despite

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 08/31/2011 08:07 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, Successful export to format: pdf2. I'm running

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

What do I reconfigure? Or do you mean reinstalling? In that case, I've already tried it. Jane On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 08/31/2011 08:07 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having,

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Jane Shevtsov wrote: What do I reconfigure? Or do you mean reinstalling? In that case, I've already tried it. Jane, Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. Rich

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, Reconfigure. Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. In Windows it should be Tools Reconfigure. But re-installing should have already done that, so the

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov jane.eco at gmail.com writes: I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, Successful export to format: pdf2. So, despite

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On 08/31/2011 08:07 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: > I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was > having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't > export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, "Successful > export to format: pdf2". I'm

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

What do I reconfigure? Or do you mean reinstalling? In that case, I've already tried it. Jane On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > On 08/31/2011 08:07 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: > > I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was > >

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Jane Shevtsov wrote: What do I reconfigure? Or do you mean reinstalling? In that case, I've already tried it. Jane, Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, "Reconfigure." Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. Rich

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >  Look at the Edit menu. Second from the bottom it says, "Reconfigure." > Click on that, then exit LyX and restart it. > In Windows it should be Tools > Reconfigure. But re-installing should have already done that, so

Re: Can't Export PDF from LyX

Jane Shevtsov gmail.com> writes: > > I just installed Lyx 2.0 (upgraded from 1.6 because of a problem I was having, although I used it successfully for quite a while) and I can't export any PDFs, although the message at the bottom says, "Successful export to format: pdf2". So, despite the