Hello Jeff,
I'm forwarding your email to the LyX Developer's list since I haven't a
clue what might be hanging you up. Hopefully someone there will know.
Also, please let us know what version of LyX you are using, whether you
compiled it yourself, and if so, what xforms library you are using, etc.
Mike
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings from New Zealand,
>
> I am attempting to use Lyx under OS/2 and am having
> some problems with the User's Guide (everything else
> is working fine so far). I checked the faq but could
> find nothing about my problem. Looking at the User's
> Guide file with emacs, I see your name in the beginning
> as the temporary maintainer of the guide, so I am
> writing to you in hopes that you can give me a hint or two.
>
> Here is the situation:
>
> I installed the latest versions of XFree86 and Lyx
> downloaded from Hobbes yesterday.
>
> X and Lyx both seem to start correctly, and I can
> make and save my own documents in Lyx. I can
> also read the Lyx Introduction, Tutorial, and
> Extended available through the Lyx Help menu.
>
> But I cannot read the User's Guide (which is pretty
> crucial for someone with my background). When I
> try to open it, Lyx displays the message "Loading
> font into X server" in its gray message window at
> the bottom, and it stays like this indefinitely (20 minutes).
>
> I have downloaded and installed all of what appear
> to be the standard fonts available on Hobbes:
> misc, 75dpi, 100dpi, Type1, speedo, even cyrillic.
>
> Do you have any idea what else I need to do in order to
> read the User's Guide in Lyx? Or, if not, who I might ask?
>
> Thanks very much for your time,
>
> Jeff
>
> Prof Jeff Miller
> Dept of Psychology
> University of Otago
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> International FAX: 64-3-479-8335
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://psy.otago.ac.nz/miller
>
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Mike Ressler
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OK, I'm lame: I don't have my own website ...
