Re: Dead lyx
On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 09:29:54AM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > On 15/09/2018 2:26 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:17:53PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > > > > In his opening post Ehud mentioned TeXworks: "Now Latex works fine > > > (through > > > Texworks) but Lyx does not". In windows systems using MiKTeX, a version of > > > TeXworks is provided which has its own pdf viewer which LyX can find if, > > > under Tools > Preferences > File Formats for PDF (pdflatex), Custom is > > > entered beside Viewer and TeXworks in the neighbouring slot. > > Interesting and good to know. Thanks, Andrew. Do you find the PDF viewer > > better than others? > No. It's a "toy" pdf viewer -- you can't print from it for instance (at > least the version supplied with MiKTeX). I still use Sumatra as my main pdf > viewer (and reluctantly turn to Adobe reader for printing odd and even pages > separately for two-sided printing). Ah I see. Good to know. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
On 15/09/2018 2:26 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:17:53PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: In his opening post Ehud mentioned TeXworks: "Now Latex works fine (through Texworks) but Lyx does not". In windows systems using MiKTeX, a version of TeXworks is provided which has its own pdf viewer which LyX can find if, under Tools > Preferences > File Formats for PDF (pdflatex), Custom is entered beside Viewer and TeXworks in the neighbouring slot. Interesting and good to know. Thanks, Andrew. Do you find the PDF viewer better than others? No. It's a "toy" pdf viewer -- you can't print from it for instance (at least the version supplied with MiKTeX). I still use Sumatra as my main pdf viewer (and reluctantly turn to Adobe reader for printing odd and even pages separately for two-sided printing). Andrew The first time viewing a document it takes ages to display the pdf since TeXworks needs to load, but after that it works fine. I see. That's unfortunate. Scott --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: Dead lyx
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 05:02:38PM +0200, udi wrote: > On 09/14/2018 04:22 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:55:37PM +0200, udi wrote: > > > I suspected initially that the problem is a pdf viewer that Lyx fails > to see, and this suspicion was supported by some of you. So, even > though other programs (like Texworks) could show pdf documents, I > installed the Foxit Reader (which I use under Windows). That did not > solve the problem. In addition, I still get: Command Disabled when I > type Cntrl-R to compile a lyx file for pdf, although compiling for > DVI works fine. Furthermore, I did not find in the Lyx preferences > where or how to specify the pdf viewer that Lyx should be using. > > If in Tools > Preferences you search for "viewer", one result is > File Handling > File Formats. Select the PDF format from the dropdown > box at the top, and then put in the binary name of your PDF viewer. > Unfortunately, if you have to use multiple PDF formats, you must change > it for all. > > > I made Foxit the default pdf viewer, but Lyx still seems to ignore > it. > > Do you mean at the OS level? indeed, I think someday we will add support > for xdg-open or something like that, but right now we don't have it. > > > Incidentally, I tried to find in the Texworks preferences where the > pdf viewer is specified, but I was unable to find it. > So, sadly, Lyx is still dead (for me). > > LyX seems to be alive on your system! It is just not able to communicate. > > What is the binary name of Foxit Reader? > Did Lubuntu install a PDF reader and you removed it or it really does > not install a PDF reader in the base installation? > > Scott > > I believe that the binary name is FoxitReader-- when I type in > terminal "FoxitReader foo" the pdf file named foo.pdf is shown by > FoxitReader. OK good to know. Yes, that should be the binary name. You could run type FoxitReader to confirm. > I tried to give Lyx the full path of FoxitReader, but > no dice. Which format did you give it for? PDF (pdflatex)? Are you sure you are viewing with PDF (pdflatex)? > Right now, when I type Cntrl-R in Lyx the output is > displayed by a (terrible) viewer called xdvik, which is not pdf. I > suspect that this is the viewer that comes with LXDE. Sounds like the default export is DVI for your document I guess? Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
On 09/14/2018 04:22 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:55:37PM +0200, udi wrote: I suspected initially that the problem is a pdf viewer that Lyx fails to see, and this suspicion was supported by some of you. So, even though other programs (like Texworks) could show pdf documents, I installed the Foxit Reader (which I use under Windows). That did not solve the problem. In addition, I still get: Command Disabled when I type Cntrl-R to compile a lyx file for pdf, although compiling for DVI works fine. Furthermore, I did not find in the Lyx preferences where or how to specify the pdf viewer that Lyx should be using. If in Tools > Preferences you search for "viewer", one result is File Handling > File Formats. Select the PDF format from the dropdown box at the top, and then put in the binary name of your PDF viewer. Unfortunately, if you have to use multiple PDF formats, you must change it for all. I made Foxit the default pdf viewer, but Lyx still seems to ignore it. Do you mean at the OS level? indeed, I think someday we will add support for xdg-open or something like that, but right now we don't have it. Incidentally, I tried to find in the Texworks preferences where the pdf viewer is specified, but I was unable to find it. So, sadly, Lyx is still dead (for me). LyX seems to be alive on your system! It is just not able to communicate. What is the binary name of Foxit Reader? Did Lubuntu install a PDF reader and you removed it or it really does not install a PDF reader in the base installation? Scott I believe that the binary name is FoxitReader-- when I type in terminal "FoxitReader foo" the pdf file named foo.pdf is shown by FoxitReader. I tried to give Lyx the full path of FoxitReader, but no dice. Right now, when I type Cntrl-R in Lyx the output is displayed by a (terrible) viewer called xdvik, which is not pdf. I suspect that this is the viewer that comes with LXDE. Ehud Kaplan
Re: Dead lyx
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:17:53PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > In his opening post Ehud mentioned TeXworks: "Now Latex works fine (through > Texworks) but Lyx does not". In windows systems using MiKTeX, a version of > TeXworks is provided which has its own pdf viewer which LyX can find if, > under Tools > Preferences > File Formats for PDF (pdflatex), Custom is > entered beside Viewer and TeXworks in the neighbouring slot. Interesting and good to know. Thanks, Andrew. Do you find the PDF viewer better than others? > The first time > viewing a document it takes ages to display the pdf since TeXworks needs to > load, but after that it works fine. I see. That's unfortunate. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:55:37PM +0200, udi wrote: > I suspected initially that the problem is a pdf viewer that Lyx fails > to see, and this suspicion was supported by some of you. So, even > though other programs (like Texworks) could show pdf documents, I > installed the Foxit Reader (which I use under Windows). That did not > solve the problem. In addition, I still get: Command Disabled when I > type Cntrl-R to compile a lyx file for pdf, although compiling for > DVI works fine. Furthermore, I did not find in the Lyx preferences > where or how to specify the pdf viewer that Lyx should be using. If in Tools > Preferences you search for "viewer", one result is File Handling > File Formats. Select the PDF format from the dropdown box at the top, and then put in the binary name of your PDF viewer. Unfortunately, if you have to use multiple PDF formats, you must change it for all. > I made Foxit the default pdf viewer, but Lyx still seems to ignore it. Do you mean at the OS level? indeed, I think someday we will add support for xdg-open or something like that, but right now we don't have it. > Incidentally, I tried to find in the Texworks preferences where the > pdf viewer is specified, but I was unable to find it. > So, sadly, Lyx is still dead (for me). LyX seems to be alive on your system! It is just not able to communicate. What is the binary name of Foxit Reader? Did Lubuntu install a PDF reader and you removed it or it really does not install a PDF reader in the base installation? Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
On 09/14/2018 11:17 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 14/09/2018 8:38 p.m., Kornel Benko wrote: Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 19:00:39 CEST schrieb Scott Kostyshak : On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:15:03PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: OK, but we are still missing the requested log-file (as suggested by Scott). He sent it to me privately. I won't repost it here, since perhaps there is something that he does not want to share. I will share part of it that I don't think has any private information, and that has suggestions for the problem. No problem here: checking for the pdflatex program... +checking for "pdflatex"... yes checking for XeTeX... +checking for "xelatex"... yes checking for LuaTeX... +checking for "lualatex"... yes checking for LuaTeX (DVI)... +checking for "dvilualatex"... yes But: checking for a PDF previewer... ... So that would mean that he _can_ compile but cannot preview. This is neither lyx nor texlive. Installing e.g. package 'okular' should help. Kornel In his opening post Ehud mentioned TeXworks: "Now Latex works fine (through Texworks) but Lyx does not". In windows systems using MiKTeX, a version of TeXworks is provided which has its own pdf viewer which LyX can find if, under Tools > Preferences > File Formats for PDF (pdflatex), Custom is entered beside Viewer and TeXworks in the neighbouring slot. The first time viewing a document it takes ages to display the pdf since TeXworks needs to load, but after that it works fine. Presumably in Lubuntu and with TeXLive something similar is possible? Andrew --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus I suspected initially that the problem is a pdf viewer that Lyx fails to see, and this suspicion was supported by some of you. So, even though other programs (like Texworks) could show pdf documents, I installed the Foxit Reader (which I use under Windows). That did not solve the problem. In addition, I still get: Command Disabled when I type Cntrl-R to compile a lyx file for pdf, although compiling for DVI works fine. Furthermore, I did not find in the Lyx preferences where or how to specify the pdf viewer that Lyx should be using. I made Foxit the default pdf viewer, but Lyx still seems to ignore it. Incidentally, I tried to find in the Texworks preferences where the pdf viewer is specified, but I was unable to find it. So, sadly, Lyx is still dead (for me). Thanks-- Ehud Kaplan
Re: Dead lyx
On 14/09/2018 8:38 p.m., Kornel Benko wrote: Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 19:00:39 CEST schrieb Scott Kostyshak : On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:15:03PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: OK, but we are still missing the requested log-file (as suggested by Scott). He sent it to me privately. I won't repost it here, since perhaps there is something that he does not want to share. I will share part of it that I don't think has any private information, and that has suggestions for the problem. No problem here: checking for the pdflatex program... +checking for "pdflatex"... yes checking for XeTeX... +checking for "xelatex"... yes checking for LuaTeX... +checking for "lualatex"... yes checking for LuaTeX (DVI)... +checking for "dvilualatex"... yes But: checking for a PDF previewer... ... So that would mean that he _can_ compile but cannot preview. This is neither lyx nor texlive. Installing e.g. package 'okular' should help. Kornel In his opening post Ehud mentioned TeXworks: "Now Latex works fine (through Texworks) but Lyx does not". In windows systems using MiKTeX, a version of TeXworks is provided which has its own pdf viewer which LyX can find if, under Tools > Preferences > File Formats for PDF (pdflatex), Custom is entered beside Viewer and TeXworks in the neighbouring slot. The first time viewing a document it takes ages to display the pdf since TeXworks needs to load, but after that it works fine. Presumably in Lubuntu and with TeXLive something similar is possible? Andrew --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: Dead lyx
Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 19:00:39 CEST schrieb Scott Kostyshak : > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:15:03PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > OK, but we are still missing the requested log-file (as suggested by Scott). > > He sent it to me privately. I won't repost it here, since perhaps there > is something that he does not want to share. I will share part of it > that I don't think has any private information, and that has suggestions > for the problem. > > No problem here: > > checking for the pdflatex program... > +checking for "pdflatex"... yes > checking for XeTeX... > +checking for "xelatex"... yes > checking for LuaTeX... > +checking for "lualatex"... yes > checking for LuaTeX (DVI)... > +checking for "dvilualatex"... yes > > But: > > checking for a PDF previewer... ... So that would mean that he _can_ compile but cannot preview. This is neither lyx nor texlive. Installing e.g. package 'okular' should help. Kornel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Dead lyx
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:15:03PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > OK, but we are still missing the requested log-file (as suggested by Scott). He sent it to me privately. I won't repost it here, since perhaps there is something that he does not want to share. I will share part of it that I don't think has any private information, and that has suggestions for the problem. No problem here: checking for the pdflatex program... +checking for "pdflatex"... yes checking for XeTeX... +checking for "xelatex"... yes checking for LuaTeX... +checking for "lualatex"... yes checking for LuaTeX (DVI)... +checking for "dvilualatex"... yes But: checking for a PDF previewer... +checking for "pdfview"... no +checking for "kpdf"... no +checking for "okular"... no +checking for "qpdfview"... no +checking for "evince"... no +checking for "xreader"... no +checking for "kghostview"... no +checking for "xpdf"... no +checking for "SumatraPDF"... no +checking for "acrobat"... no +checking for "acroread"... no +checking for "mupdf"... no +checking for "gv"... no +checking for "ghostview"... no +checking for "AcroRd32"... no +checking for "gsview64"... no +checking for "gsview32"... no Well, I certainly won't argue that Lubuntu is light :) Actually, I guess they include a different PDF viewer? What is the executable name? If you do File > Export, does that create a PDF file (check with your file browser) ? If so, it seems it's just a viewer issue. Please respond to the list, unless there is something that you prefer is private. Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 22:34:31 CEST schrieb udi : > On 09/13/2018 06:12 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 16:32:37 CEST schrieb udi > : > Sorry-- I made a mistake: it was Lubuntu 18.04, not 18.10. Yes, as I > mentioned in the original post, pdflatex compiles tex files just tine, but > Lyx cannot compile its old files. I tried to run Lyx from the terminal, as > Scott suggested, but that did not help-- there were no illuminating error > messages. > However, when I try to click Cntrl-R to compile a Lyx file, I see a message: > "Command disabled" at the bottom of the Lyx window. Perhaps that is a clue > to Lyx Mavens? > Did you really reconfigured lyx after starting from the terminal? And have > you restarted lyx afterwards? > > Kornel > Yes-- I installed Lyx from the PPA, and reconfigured it. I tried it several > times after that, to no avail. OK, but we are still missing the requested log-file (as suggested by Scott). > -- Yours, > Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D. > Visiting professor > Dept. of Philosophy of Science > Charles University, Prague > & > the National Institute of Mental Health, > Topolová 748, Klecany > Czechia Kornel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Dead lyx
On 09/13/2018 06:12 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 16:32:37 CEST schrieb udi : Sorry-- I made a mistake: it was Lubuntu 18.04, not 18.10. Yes, as I mentioned in the original post, pdflatex compiles tex files just tine, but Lyx cannot compile its old files. I tried to run Lyx from the terminal, as Scott suggested, but that did not help-- there were no illuminating error messages. However, when I try to click Cntrl-R to compile a Lyx file, I see a message: "Command disabled" at the bottom of the Lyx window. Perhaps that is a clue to Lyx Mavens? Did you really reconfigured lyx after starting from the terminal? And have you restarted lyx afterwards? Kornel Yes-- I installed Lyx from the PPA, and reconfigured it. I tried it several times after that, to no avail. -- Yours, Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D. Visiting professor Dept. of Philosophy of Science Charles University, Prague & the National Institute of Mental Health, Topolová 748, Klecany Czechia --- Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness Professor Director, Center of Excellence for Computational & System neuroscience, The Friedman Brain Institute, MSSM Director, The laboratory of Visual & Computational Neuroscience Depts. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Chemical & Structural Biology Icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai One Gustave Levy Place New York, NY, 10029 USA
Re: Dead lyx
Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 16:32:37 CEST schrieb udi : > Sorry-- I made a mistake: it was Lubuntu 18.04, not 18.10. Yes, as I > mentioned in the original post, pdflatex compiles tex files just tine, but > Lyx cannot compile its old files. I tried to run Lyx from the terminal, as > Scott suggested, but that did not help-- there were no illuminating error > messages. > However, when I try to click Cntrl-R to compile a Lyx file, I see a message: > "Command disabled" at the bottom of the Lyx window. Perhaps that is a clue > to Lyx Mavens? Did you really reconfigured lyx after starting from the terminal? And have you restarted lyx afterwards? Kornel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Dead lyx
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 04:32:37PM +0200, udi wrote: > Sorry-- I made a mistake: it was Lubuntu 18.04, not 18.10. Yes, as I > mentioned in the original post, pdflatex compiles tex files just > tine, but Lyx cannot compile its old files. I tried to run Lyx from > the terminal, as Scott suggested, but that did not help-- there were > no illuminating error messages. > However, when I try to click Cntrl-R to compile a Lyx file, I see a > message: "Command disabled" at the bottom of the Lyx window. Perhaps > that is a clue to Lyx Mavens? Please start LyX from the terminal and run Tools > Reconfigure. Then copy the output into a log file and attach it to an email. I've seen many problems with reconfigure not finding a TeX installation on Windows, but I don't recall any widespread problem on Linux related to this. Also, how did you install LyX? From the repos or a PPA? Could you please respond in-line (instead of top-posting)? Best, Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
Sorry-- I made a mistake: it was Lubuntu 18.04, not 18.10. Yes, as I mentioned in the original post, pdflatex compiles tex files just tine, but Lyx cannot compile its old files. I tried to run Lyx from the terminal, as Scott suggested, but that did not help-- there were no illuminating error messages. However, when I try to click Cntrl-R to compile a Lyx file, I see a message: "Command disabled" at the bottom of the Lyx window. Perhaps that is a clue to Lyx Mavens? Thanks-- Ehud Kaplan On 09/13/2018 03:09 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:09:59PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 12:01:34 CEST schrieb udi : Due to my stupidity I've been there before many times. I had to re-install Texlive 2017 on my Lubuntu 18.10 system. Is Lubuntu 18.10 in alpha? Now Latex works fine (through Texworks) but Lyx does not. I reinstalled and reconfigured lyx, but cannot compile anything. I am sure similar panicky complaints have been seen here before-- can someone tell me what to do? I clicked on Check latex but got back: cannot run chcktex, or some such useless response. I can run pdflatex from the terminal and it works fine. Somehow, Lyx has to find out about my Texdead. Thanks, Ehud Kaplan Have you tried running lyx from the terminal? It may be, that the used PATH from the desktop is not set to the (probably) new texlive path. Also, can you compile a simple .tex file on the command line with pdflatex? Scott -- Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D. Visiting professor Dept. of Philosophy of Science Charles University, Prague & the National Institute of Mental Health, Topolová 748, Klecany Czechia --- Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness Professor Director, Center of Excellence for Computational & System neuroscience, The Friedman Brain Institute, MSSM Director, The laboratory of Visual & Computational Neuroscience Depts. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Chemical & Structural Biology Icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai One Gustave Levy Place New York, NY, 10029 USA
Re: Dead lyx
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:09:59PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 12:01:34 CEST schrieb udi > : > > Due to my stupidity I've been there before many times. > I had to re-install Texlive 2017 on my Lubuntu 18.10 system. Is Lubuntu 18.10 in alpha? > Now Latex works fine (through Texworks) but Lyx does not. I reinstalled and > reconfigured lyx, but cannot compile anything. I am sure similar panicky > complaints have been seen here before-- can someone tell me what to do? I > clicked on Check latex but got back: cannot run chcktex, or some such useless > response. I can run pdflatex from the terminal and it works fine. Somehow, > Lyx has to find out about my Texdead. > > Thanks, > > Ehud Kaplan > > > > Have you tried running lyx from the terminal? It may be, that the used PATH > from the desktop is not set to the (probably) new texlive path. Also, can you compile a simple .tex file on the command line with pdflatex? Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Dead lyx
Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 12:01:34 CEST schrieb udi : > Due to my stupidity I had to re-install Texlive 2017 on my Lubuntu 18.10 > system. Now Latex works fine (through Texworks) but Lyx does not. I > reinstalled and reconfigured lyx, but cannot compile anything. I am sure > similar panicky complaints have been seen here before-- can someone tell me > what to do? I clicked on Check latex but got back: cannot run chcktex, or > some such useless response. I can run pdflatex from the terminal and it > works fine. Somehow, Lyx has to find out about my Texdead. > Thanks, > Ehud Kaplan > Have you tried running lyx from the terminal? It may be, that the used PATH from the desktop is not set to the (probably) new texlive path. Kornel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
