Re: Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Steven Truong wrote: I downloaded both installers and after enough uninstallation of one version and trying another version, I am about to give up. I also followed this discussion in http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg58077.html and run this c:\program files\lyx15\resources

Re: Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Steven Truong
Thank Bob. I installed the software as Admin and rebooted the computer and logged back in as Admin to run the software. During the installation process, I accepted all the defaults and this software is still not working. I am not sure what kind of magics needed to get it to work for others and n

Re: Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On 8/16/07, Steven Truong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Bob. I tried your workarounds and it did not work for me. > > I think the problem here is that there are bugs in the installation > process of LyX. > > I am quite disappointed. You do have full administrative rights, right? I've also he

Re: Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Steven Truong
Hi, Bob. I tried your workarounds and it did not work for me. I think the problem here is that there are bugs in the installation process of LyX. I am quite disappointed. On 8/16/07, Steven Truong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I believe the root of these errors can be related to this:

Re: Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Steven Truong
However, I believe the root of these errors can be related to this: TextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!. Looking at c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\lyx15\ and I found that these packages.lst and texclass.lst have size of zero in byte. That's wrong.. Anyway, someone he

Re: Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On 8/15/07, Steven Truong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded both installers and after enough uninstallation of one > version and trying another version, I am about to give up. > > I also followed this discussion in > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg58077.html > > and

Lyx 1.5.1 failed to start on Windows XP

2007-08-16 Thread Steven Truong
I downloaded both installers and after enough uninstallation of one version and trying another version, I am about to give up. I also followed this discussion in http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg58077.html and run this c:\program files\lyx15\resources> ..\python\python.exe

Re: footnotes using numbers and letters

2007-08-16 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007, Helge Hafting wrote: > > So to restate what I want: footnotes use numbers and letters starting with > > "a" on first footnote per verse. Second and later footnotes per verse are > > not numbered but use next letter alphabetically. > > > > Any ideas or example code to do this?

Re: LyX 1.5.1 temp dir

2007-08-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
A S Hodel wrote: Thanks; no, no preview was done. In fact, all I did was to type in hello. save the document, and then exit. Well, your permissions look fine. Is there a possibility that some other application is using the temp directory when you exit? I'm not familiar with OS X. I

Re: LyX 1.5.1 temp dir

2007-08-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
A S Hodel wrote: Thanks; no, no preview was done. In fact, all I did was to type in hello. save the document, and then exit. Well, your permissions look fine. Is there a possibility that some other application is using the temp directory when you exit? I'm not familiar with OS X. I

Re: LyX 1.5.1 temp dir

2007-08-16 Thread A S Hodel
Thanks; no, no preview was done. In fact, all I did was to type in hello. save the document, and then exit. On Aug 16, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: A S Hodel wrote: I've been attempting to use LyX on a G4 iCube (Mac OS X 10.3.9). I regularly get dialog windows with messa

Re: LyX 1.5.1 temp dir

2007-08-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin
A S Hodel wrote: I've been attempting to use LyX on a G4 iCube (Mac OS X 10.3.9). I regularly get dialog windows with messages like: Could not remove the temporary directory /tmp/lyx_tmpdir24268OWp5HN/lyx_tmpbuf0 I've checked the /tmp directory: the folder in question is there, and permiss

LyX 1.5.1 temp dir

2007-08-16 Thread A S Hodel
I've been attempting to use LyX on a G4 iCube (Mac OS X 10.3.9). I regularly get dialog windows with messages like: Could not remove the temporary directory /tmp/lyx_tmpdir24268OWp5HN/lyx_tmpbuf0 I've checked the /tmp directory: the folder in question is there, and permissions are appropria

Re: footnotes using numbers and letters

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: My content is organized by numbered verses. I want my footnotes to be numbered for the first footnote in the verse plus the letter "a". And the superscript would just be a lowercase letter. Then subsequent footnotes within the same verse would be the next alphabetical let

Re: Bib2wiki question

2007-08-16 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Myriam Abramson wrote: I'm building a bibliography on a wiki (mediawiki) so that other people can collaborate their bibtex entries. Hi Myriam, I think you're on the wrong list... try to find a users' list for mediawiki. Cheers, /Christian I then cut-and-paste the bibt

Re: footnotes using numbers and letters

2007-08-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Jeremy C. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My content is organized by numbered verses. > > I want my footnotes to be numbered for the first footnote in the verse > plus the letter "a". And the superscript would just be a lowercase letter. > Then subsequent footnotes within the same verse woul