On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:08:15 +0530 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Somehow, when I work with a remote editor on Lyx, I tend to get error > messages while importing the .lyx file into my system. I don't know what a "remote editor" is, so I'll skip the questins about why it imports the way it does. > Probably this > has to do with the fact tha they're using Windows, and I'm on > GNU/Linux. Or maybe some difference in the version etc. > > My point is this: when the error messages show up, instead of zeroing > on to the offending problem, it tends to point in all different > diretions as to what might be wrong. LaTeX tends to do that. LaTeX error messages tend to be numerous and unhelpful. The way I quickly get to the bottom of LaTeX errors in LyX that I can't quickly recognize or diagnose is to save the file, and then keep cutting it in half. Eventually the error goes away. So then I concentrate on the last part I deleted, and start cutting THAT in half. Within a few minutes I have a LyX file that contains the error and nothing but the error. 90% of the time the error and its solution is obvious, but if not, I can email that tiny file to this mailing list, together with an error listing, and somebody here will know what to do. SteveT
