The list is refusing the zip file as 'prohibited contents', so I've
put it online temporarily. Please download from
http://msys.info/lyx/
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:18:09 +0100
<veno...@arcadiaclub.com> wrote:
> [...]
> Are you sure yours is a clean install? ...
Well, the previous log file wasn't from a clean installation,
but now I've installed a fresh copy of MikTeX and LyX into
a VirtualBox 4.0.0 'almost clean' (I mean with only totally unrelated
software installed - no LyX, no LaTeX, no PDF previewer - with the
exception of maybe PDFCreator 0.9.8 - the virtual PDF printer) XP SP3
Polish installation, using only default settings and paths wherever
possible.
I've created some snapshots in-between the installations in
VirtualBox, so I can go back and change whatever is needed to solve this
mystery :)
I will spare you all the details of the installations this time, but
if you want to know the specifics of any stage - ask.
> ...Could you send us the following script?
> C:/U/LyX 2.0beta2/bin/../Resources/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py
Uploaded. But I haven't touched anything there, I swear :)
> Maybe something is wrong with the installer. Moreover, your LyX
> installation have the "dv2dt.exe" file in the bin folder?
Yes, it is there.
> I think you're a MSYS developer, ...
No I'm not, it is just a coincidence, msys.info is the domain that
I bought...
> ... so you should be able to do the following:
> [...]
... but I still somehow managed to do all this and even more :)
In the zip file you'll find the contents of the temp dir, along with
the following files deep inside:
_script.bat - the script executing the python script and the
gswin32c command
_script-*.txt - various outputs of the script after executing it
from the same directory, should be self-explanatory after examining the
contents of the script
I've added the line with gswin32c execution to the script, as this
is the one python script reports as failing. The commandline has been
captured live from the working system and '%' has been replaced with
'%%%' - let's call it a 'quirks mode' of windows batch scripts...
Unfortunately, I don't understand the output of gswin32c - I hope
you will :)
> > [...]
> My patch was not in the beta1, so if removing dvipng.exe makes fail
> instant-preview means you're having a problem with the legacy method.
> Please check that "gs" or "gswin32c" (that is GhostScript) and "dvips"
> (distributed with MiKTeX) are present in your PATH.
These are not present in the system path or user path, but LyX
appends these to the path of the executed python script. The combined
path is used in the first line of _script.bat for testing.
> Are you able to export with the ps2pdf method from LyX? Maybe you need
> to install GhostScript.
The option File -> Export -> pdf (ps2pdf) works perfectly. The
Ghostscript is the one installed from within the LyX installer.
As a side note, in Process Explorer it is impossible to copy
environment variables' contents (one can only view them, or am I missing
something?), but I've found another program - Process Hacker - where
pressing Ctrl+C when "PATH" variable is selected silently copies the
contents of it.
> Thanks for your support!
> venom00
Thanks for your interest!
Michał
