Hi Paul, List; > >> >4. Install Acrobat Reader on root path (may have to ignore install > >> >warnings if you already have it installed in program files â leave > >> >that copy there though!) Change folder path to remove any spaces. > >> >(My second copy is installed as C:\Adobe\Reader)
Since I originated this thread I must admit I started this practice of "install all on root" and "all exe's in path" when I was using the Cygwin version and have not changed my ways since then. From what I've read in general over the past view days this is now an unnecessary step, and I must admit I have to agree at least as far as AcroRd32 is concerned. I've since amended my (own) notes to reflect these opinions. However, as yet the only way I have managed to get newer Sed working is to follow this procedure but hey that’s another matter........ What you follow with is I'm sure pretty much the case now. > > I think the concern about spaces in the path is misplaced in this case. > I have the Win32 port running on three different versions of Windoze (98, > ME, XP), with Acrobat Reader installed under C:\Program Files\... in all > cases, and no problems using it. In no case is its directory on the > system path, either. Just putting 'acrord32' as the viewer in the LyX > preferences dialog works. (I'm not sure exactly how LyX locates it. > Invoking acrord32.exe from a command prompt fails. Perhaps LyX looks in > the registry?) > > In general, you can specify a path containing spaces for a viewer by (a) > entering the full path in the preferences dialog and (b) escaping spaces. > You may need to enclose the path in quotes (can't recall). This won't > work with documents, since some latex programs apparently can't handle > escaped spaces in the paths to their targets, but it seems to work ok for > accessing programs. > > -- Paul Rob S
