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From: "Geoffrey Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sreekumar Bhaskaran-Nair {msbad084}"
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:26 AM
Subject: Re: Tex Information
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From: "Sreekumar Bhaskaran-Nair {msbad084}"
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: Tex Information
I had msys installed in c:\MSYS\1.0\bin
That was the default path for me. But the default path for lyx was in
program files. When I shifted lyx also to c:\lyx; Tex information works
perfectly. Thanks Stephen for the tip
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But surley if c:\msys\1.0\bin is in the path then it doesn't matter where
Lyx is?
I am reluctant to move my whole lyx setup. Surely there is another way for
this to work so I can see Tex info and a full list of .bst files.
Geoff
I do this stuff a lot. I have a Windows Explorer icon on my desktop.
Start-->All Program-->Accessories-->rt-click on Windows Explorer
and choose Send To and put a shortcut on the desktop.
But since I already have that in place it would take less than a
minute to open two instances of Windows Explorer, minimized,
one open to Program Files and the other open to C:\
Then it is just drag and drop progra~1\lyx to c:\lyx
It is just as easy to drag it back. The time consuming part is
changing the Path statement to include c:\lyx\lyx\bin and Resources.
Then I always reboot to be on the safe side so it takes about 5 minutes.
I perfected this because I would sometimes install those tar files
at the wrong level and have to move them down or around a level.
I thought this was a good trick to share for other occasions as I
see that Angus has already produced a patch for you.
When a .lyx document is viewed, for instance by postscript, gsview32
can navigate to the directory where the new viewable version is created.
It is about six directories deep and thru two directories with spaces.
When I tried this with a ghostscript Linux port, the program closed down.
But the port can read c:\lyx\lyx\bin\tmp where tmpbuf files are now
created after I messed with the Path in Lyx --> Edit -->Preferences-->Path
These are a few of my favorite quirks,
"old dog and strawberries" Stephen
