On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:09:33 -0700 Rob Oakes <rob.oa...@oak-tree.us> wrote:
> Dear LyX Users, > > I've spent most of today struggling with the question of, "What is the > best way to convert a LyX/LaTeX document into a Word document?" > <SNIP> > > (As a side question, LaTeX (plain) -> OpenDocument is completely > broken on Ubuntu 9.10. It will produce a file, but when loaded into > OpenOffice 3.1, it's just a blank page. Has anyone else had this > problem?) Not sure on Ubuntu, but on Debian Lenny there is a bug in the tex4ht (oolatex) conversion. You MUST have the java alternative set to the Sun version. It behaves as you describe if the java preference is set to one of the free java libraries. $ sudo update-alternatives --config java HTH, Alan > > Here are my settings: > > >From format: LaTeX (plain) > To format: DocBook > Converter: mk4ht dblatex $$i > Extra flag: needaux > > I've also experimented with leaving out the needaux, which results in > the same problem as described above. I'm not getting any errors. > > Any thoughts or ideas would be extremely appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Rob Oakes > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
