On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 01:06:46AM +0000, Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan wrote: > Is there a way of telling LyX to continue an export process without pausing > to query me as to whether I wish it to continue? > > Occasionally, I want to convert a paper to OpenDocument format. The process > takes rather a long time. I'd like to go away from it, so that I can be > productive in some other way. But LyX repeatedly posts a dialog that cries > ‘The command / mk4ht oolatex "<filename>.tex" / has not yet completed. / / > Do you want to stop it?’ So that I'm forced to babysit it.
You do not need to babysit it. Actually the process should keep going even if you don't click a button. > On the one hand, I quite understand why a query is made. On the other hand, > I don't understand why a “Just Do It!” option or a user-set timer doesn't > seem available, as there are various ways within most or all OSs to > terminate processes. Note that by LyX 2.4.0 we will have a feature where you can cancel the process inside LyX by going to Document > Cancel Background Process. I wonder if with this feature we will increase the timer lenght. Scott
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