Peter Drummond
Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:14:14 -0700
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.
Peter,
I am not sure if I can help you, but here are some suggestions:
From your description it seems like your preferences are messed up.
Try to rename (or remove, but you may have things in it you want to
keep) the LyX-1.5-folder under your home directory/Library/
Application Support and restart LyX. Also try to open Terminal and
make a sudo texhash.
You can also check so that you don't have any strange characters or
spaces in the paths to vital folders (I think LyX should be able to
cope with it, but it's always good to check).
Finally a more radical approach would be to build the binary on your
computer if you have the development tools installed. If you like to
try and have problems, send me a mail and I will try to help you.
/Anders
