On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 05:02:38PM +0200, udi wrote: > On 09/14/2018 04:22 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:55:37PM +0200, udi wrote: > > > I suspected initially that the problem is a pdf viewer that Lyx fails > to see, and this suspicion was supported by some of you. So, even > though other programs (like Texworks) could show pdf documents, I > installed the Foxit Reader (which I use under Windows). That did not > solve the problem. In addition, I still get: Command Disabled when I > type Cntrl-R to compile a lyx file for pdf, although compiling for > DVI works fine. Furthermore, I did not find in the Lyx preferences > where or how to specify the pdf viewer that Lyx should be using. > > If in Tools > Preferences you search for "viewer", one result is > File Handling > File Formats. Select the PDF format from the dropdown > box at the top, and then put in the binary name of your PDF viewer. > Unfortunately, if you have to use multiple PDF formats, you must change > it for all. > > > I made Foxit the default pdf viewer, but Lyx still seems to ignore > it. > > Do you mean at the OS level? indeed, I think someday we will add support > for xdg-open or something like that, but right now we don't have it. > > > Incidentally, I tried to find in the Texworks preferences where the > pdf viewer is specified, but I was unable to find it. > So, sadly, Lyx is still dead (for me). > > LyX seems to be alive on your system! It is just not able to communicate. > > What is the binary name of Foxit Reader? > Did Lubuntu install a PDF reader and you removed it or it really does > not install a PDF reader in the base installation? > > Scott > > I believe that the binary name is FoxitReader-- when I type in > terminal "FoxitReader foo" the pdf file named foo.pdf is shown by > FoxitReader.
OK good to know. Yes, that should be the binary name. You could run type FoxitReader to confirm. > I tried to give Lyx the full path of FoxitReader, but > no dice. Which format did you give it for? PDF (pdflatex)? Are you sure you are viewing with PDF (pdflatex)? > Right now, when I type Cntrl-R in Lyx the output is > displayed by a (terrible) viewer called xdvik, which is not pdf. I > suspect that this is the viewer that comes with LXDE. Sounds like the default export is DVI for your document I guess? Scott
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