I don't really know if this is the problem, but be sure you have the
directories containing acrobat.exe and gsview32.exe in the PATH. Then
check that in Edit->Preferences->File formats, for PDF the viewer is
"acrobat.exe" and for postcript is "gsview32.exe"
Be sure also that you have "<lyx_path>\bin\" and "<lyx_path>\share\lyx\"
in the PATH before you run "reconfigure"
Hope it helps
David Boutillier wrote:
I am having difficulty getting LyXWin working properly.
1) I have followed the detailed notes for installing LyXWin on XP from the
LyX/WindowsSetup page of the LyX wiki-wiki.
2) I have opened LyX from a command window with the command lyx -dbg 3. In
the command prompt window. Among the things produced on the screen are:
Path of binary: C:/LaTeX/LyX/lyx/bin/
Checking whether LyX is run in place. no
System directory search path: C:/LaTeX/LyX/lyx/Resources/lyx/;
C:/LaTeX/LyX/lyx/share/lyx/;usr/local/share/lyx
System directory: 'C:/LaTeX/LyX/lyx/share/lyx/'
User Lyx directory: 'C:/Documents and Settings/db/.lyx/' .
3) When I reconfigure I get a lot of stuff in the command window. Some of it
is as follows:
C:\LaTeX\LyX\lyx\share\lyx\..\..\bin;
C:\LaTeX\LyX\lyx\bin;c:\latex\imagemagick-6.2.3-q16;C:\LaTeX\texmf\miktex\bi
n;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sustem32\Wbem
Usage: C:\LaTeX\LyX\lyx\bin\sed.exe [OPTION] .
.
configure: error: cannot find chkconfig.ltx script.
What does this error mean? How can I fix it? Also, I have the folders
c:\latex\gs, and c:\latex\ghostgm that are not mentioned in the search path.
I tried changing my PATH to include every folder with an .exe file that has
anything to do with LyX, but that hasn't seemed to make any difference.
4) I have upgraded to a more recent version of sed. When I enter sed
-version into the command window, I get:
GNU sed version 4.1.4
5) I deleted the .lyx folder from c:\documents and settings\<user name>, and
that got things mostly working, but when I try to export of view a .lyx file
as a .pdf, I get a dialogue box that says "Cannot view file. No information
for viewing PDF (dvipdfm)". I have Acrobat reader 7.0 installed in a nearby
folder whose name does not contain any spaces. Also, when I export a .lyx
file as a .ps file, ghostview does not open, and I cannot control where the
.ps file goes. Is this to be expected?
Any help would be muchly appreciated.
djb
David Boutillier
PhD Candidate (ABD)
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