"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Srinivas Nedunuri wrote: > > I did notice that under converters, there was no converter for Lyx to Dvi, > > in fact anything to Dvi...which might be the source of the problem though > > I'm baffled as to how it disappeared if indeed there ought to be one > > > > There is no direct converter from LyX to DVI. What you need is a > converter from LyX to LaTeX and a converter from LaTeX to DVI. > > First thing to check: File->Export has an entry for LaTeX. If not, > something has either hosed your LaTeX installation or made it appear to > LyX to be unavailable. Yes that's there
> Second thing to check: Edit->Preferences->File formats should include > entries for LaTeX and DVI. The DVI entry needs to have a viewer > specified (probably yap if you're using MiKTeX). The LaTeX entry need > not have a viewer specified; you can use any text editor/viewer (e.g., > notepad) if you want to be able to view LaTeX files produced by LyX. This also looks fine > Third thing to check: Edit->Preferences->Converters needs a path from > LaTeX to DVI. (LyX to LaTeX is automatically available and is not > listed in the Converters section.) In recent versions, this path has > two elements: a LaTeX to DraftDVI entry (the converter is latex $$i), > and a DraftDVI to DVI entry (python $$s/scripts/clean_dvi.py $$i $$o). > With just the first entry, you should have DraftDVI available on the > View menu. As I mentioned above, there is no anything -> Dvi present. But using the information you give above I created a new convertor from Latex -> DVI (there was no DraftDVI entry) and it seems to have restored the options so I think I'm OK. thanks! thanks > Paul > > > >
