Dear Developers,
Many thanks for your efforts to produce the first official LyX for
Windows, LyX 1.3.6
I found the following bug:
Suppose there is a master document with documents embedded in it with
"include".
When one tries "update dvi" from the master document, the program
appears to be working but finally the dvi file shown by Yap will not
change. During work the program shows that it executes a python command
to produce "tmpfile.out".
If, however one changes the master document in a special way the dvi
file will be really updated. These special changes may be: a change of a
paragraph from author to standard, a change of an included object to
inputted one etc. A simple change in the wording (retype) is not enough.
When the master document is appropriately changed and the dvi update
works, one cannot see the message reporting the creation of
"tmpfile.out" during work.
I remark that this bug is not new, it was already present in the LyX
1.3.5 for Windows. I have found its report and the above workaround on
the internet before. This bug is fortunately absent from the LyX 1.3.5
for Linux.
It would be important to fix this bug among the first ones. The reason
is that LyX is usually used for writing long documents, even entire
books. In these cases the embedded documents are inevitable so this bug
may be irritating for many. Some people who are new to LyX may even
reject it and turn to other word processors because of such a basic
problem. Of course, I understand that your time is finite while the
number of the requests is apparently infinite.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Gyorgy Pota
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Dr. Gyorgy Pota
associate professor
Institute of Physical Chemistry
University of Debrecen
H-4010 Debrecen, P. O. Box 7,
Hungary
Tel.: (36) 52-512-900****22383
Fax: (36) 52-512-915
homepage: http://dragon.unideb.hu/~wwwphch/potae.htm
