Paul, Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am running Debian linux. Here is an abridged version of the configuration results -- I can send the whole thing if you like.
Dave ---------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/src/lyx-1.4.1# ./configure --with-frontend=qt --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 configuring LyX version 1.4.1 ... config.status: creating src/version.C-tmp config.status: creating src/tex2lyx/Makefile config.status: creating src/mathed/Makefile ... checking for a LaTeX2e program... +checking for "pplatex"... no +checking for "latex2e"... no +checking for "latex"... yes checking for the pdflatex program... +checking for "pdflatex"... yes ... checking for a LaTeX -> LyX converter... +checking for "/usr/local/src/lyx-1.4.1/lib/../src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx"... no +checking for "tex2lyx"... yes ... checking LaTeX configuration... auto +Inspecting your LaTeX configuration. +checking for LaTeX version... 2001/06/01 ... +Inspection done. +Read the file doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx for more information. ... Configuration Host type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Special build flags: compression use-ispell C Compiler: gcc C Compiler LyX flags: C Compiler flags: -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 C++ Compiler: g++ (3.3.5) C++ Compiler LyX flags: -fno-exceptions C++ Compiler flags: -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 Linker flags: Linker user flags: Qt Frontend: Qt version: 3.3.4 Packaging: posix LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin LyX files dir: /usr/local/share/lyx Configuration of LyX was successful. Type 'make' to compile the program, and then 'make install' to install it. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/src/lyx-1.4.1# ------------------ Paul A. Rubin writes: > David Raymond wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I couldn't find a menu entry to convert latex to lyx in lyx-1.4.1. > > Tex2lyx exists and works independently of lyx, but there seems to be > > no entry in the files->import menu. > > > > I'm probably doing something dumb as usual! > > > > If you're running Win XP, it could be an installer issue. Check the > last bullet at http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX14x. > > /Paul > >