Hi -
I have serious problems using LyX 1.5 on a PPC Mac, with OSX10.4, from
the downloaded binaries. This occurs even after I re-installed my
operating system, MacTex and LyX from scratch.
These are as follows;
1) The export menu doesn't list the usual options. It only gives options
of `rtf' or `custom', which in turn generates a menu for inserting
user-defined commands. I have no idea how to use this. There are no
defaults, and I don't know how to get pdf or ps or latex output. This is
a serious problem, as I need pdf and latex outputs every time I use Lyx.
2) Once a Lyx file is saved, it is not compatible with previous Lyx
versions. Hence, one cannot simply save the lyx file, then re-open it
with an older version of the program and export from there. In the PPC
version of Lyx1.5, the export menu gives no options for export to older
lyx versions either, so even this is blocked.
3) There is recent version of Lyx1.4.5.1 which can read the LyX1.5
files, but this reports installation errors when I install it from the
installer program. This can handle latex export but reports other errors
(from font issues) on attempting a pdf export. It is not a longterm
solution, although at least it has a working export menu.
4) Strangely enough, the font errors don't occur when I simply use latex
directly. Also, they didn't occur in earlier LyX releases, so it seems
like a problem with paths.
5) In PPC Lyx1.5, I find that the usual default options of numerical
bibliography style cannot be saved. Instead, one must use natbib. But
this appears to have a bug, which means that in the pdf preview some
references are numerical, some have error mesages about missing
authors. The final result is essentially unusable.
6) So in summary, to use LyX1.5 PPC I have to a) edit inside LyX1.5.1
b)save the LyX1.5 file c)open with Lyx 1.4.5.1 d) export latex e) fix
the bibliography errors f) compile latex to pdf.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Note, these problems appear
unique to PPC Lyx1.5. binaries, and did not occur with most earlier
releases. There are fewer problems with Mac Intel binaries.
Yours, Peter Drummond.
- lyx1.5 on PPC Mac Peter Drummond
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