Hello,
Short version: The default Postscript viewer in the Win
version install, which is gsview32.exe, failed. I fixed it by
addding C:\ghostgum\gsview; to the Path in Preferences.
Long version:
Whilst having a stimulating chat with Paul Smith about
the merits of viewing files, I decided to upgrade to the
new 1.3.6 lyx-1.3.6_win32_setup_v1.exe since Angus
claimed it was functioning flawlessly. :-)
Everything appeared to work except my ghostcript viewer
failed to open files, though externally the program worked.
I noticed that it was set to gsview32.exe which enables the
file to be saved whereas gswin32.exe only views images.
So I tried changing the setting under LyX --> Preferences
from the default, to File formats -->Viewer -->gswin32.exe
and this enabled viewing. So I added C:\ghostgum\gsview;
to the Path under Preferences so it could read that directory
which contains the default install of gsview32.exe. I had to
run Reconfigure to make this work besides apply and save.
Maybe the script needs to check for ghostgum also, or
perhaps the location of ghostgum/gsview32.exe, the default
viewer as installed on my Win XP machine, can magically
be inserted into the Path statement under LyX Preferences.
Best regards,
Stephen
