I am also a new user -- and have the same issue. I have not been able to convert in either direction between LyX and LaTeX. How ever I am able to View->View Source. What appears seems to be pure LaTeX.
On May 24, 2010, at 7:06 PM, <efree...@berkeley.edu> <efree...@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I have just downloaded mactex and Lyx 1.6.6 to my Mac (OS X 10.5.8). > > I started with a LaTeX file and converted it to Lyx. I would like to work > with others on editing this file, and then convert it to LaTeX later for > the final version. However, when I open the Lyx file and go to File, > Export, LaTeX (plain), no corresponding .tex file appears in the > directory. (I searched my mac as well using Spotlight.) Am I missing > something obvious? > > I searched the mailing list archive and came across a post suggesting that > Preferences, File Handling was important. There is no "converter > definition" for Lyx -> LaTeX (plain) there. I (probably quite naively!) > chose Lyx as the "From format" and LaTeX (plain) as the "To format", and > added it, and tried again, but that did not work. > > I have some knowledge of LaTeX; I guess I can do View, View Source > and just delete the Lyx code from that LaTeX code; is that equivalent? > > Thank you very much, > > Eric Freeman >
