Dear list, Now here's one very *serious* bug.
After inserting a bunch of EPS figures, I found that one had a small mistake. So I fixed the FIG source with xfig, ran transfig etc. and created a new EPS file with the same name as the one I had already inserted. Only there was seemingly no way to make LyX import the changes. I couldn't delete the figure and reinsert it, no no no, I got the same mistake even though it was seemingly banished from the disc. I know it was fixed because I checked the EPS. I could import the FIG file and it was definitely fixed, but the EPS was a worry. It's as if the figure is stored in the LyX file even after deleting the figure. It gets worse. After really screwing around with adding figures in different ways to get this figure in, I gave up and just left it with the mistake in the figure. Then saved the file and closed LyX. When I open the file with LyX, it freezes about 20% of the way down the document. As in, you scroll down and after hitting a certain part it freezes LyX. I'm so seriously screwed if I don't figure that out. I didn't do much to the text, but I had managed to import the text from Word and fix it up. All I had accomplished in 5 hours was to import a Word file as TXT into LyX and then reformat it. Now I may not even have that. I don't know that the crash is caused by the figure drama but it's suspicious isn't it? Maybe two internal figures with the same name, and LyX is locking? Anyway I'm going to give LyX another go, but there's no longer any hope if finishing this document by the due date. I really wanted to use LyX since my supervisor and coworker both love it. Stats: LyX 1.2.1 Fresh install of Mandrake 9.0 Athlon And NO I can't post the document it's confidential. It's free software, not free document =) Have fun, Darren Freeman
