On 02/01/2011 05:44 PM, Gabriel Kniffin wrote:
The -userdir switch as you suggested seems to have fixed the
texfiles.py failing problem, although now I'm getting a bunch of the
following LaTeX errors when I try to build a .pdf:
"LaTeX Error: Cannot determine the size of graphic in <...>"
That usually means either that the graphic somehow was not copied to the
temp directory or was not properly converted (so, for instance, the
source file is an EPS, LyX tries but fails to convert it to a PDF, and
the .tex file has a link to a nonexistent PDF). If the image files live
on a network server, I suppose you might check whether that's the
culprit (by copying them to E: and adjusting the paths in the LyX file).
Also, the user directory is only set to the E: drive when I open LyX
via the command prompt using the -userdir switch. Is there a way to
make this the default setting so whenever I open a .lyx file it uses
this switch? Is that the start menu hack you mentioned?
Yes.
How do I do that?
Right click the icon and click Properties, find the text box containing
the command (I'm on a Linux laptop right now, so I can't quote
specifics), and add the -userdir ... stuff there. If your path contains
any spaces, be sure to enclose it in quotes.
Another way to do this is to right click the Start button and click
Open, which opens your start menu in Windows Explorer. (At least, this
works on XT; can't swear about Win 7.) Drill down to the folder
containing the LyX icon and do the right click > Properties act there.
/Paul
