Re: LyX on Cygwin

Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:42:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > > > The other difference is that I have a populated TeX Information > > and I can send you a screenshot of it present in CygLyxWin140_5. > > I'm wondering if there are differences due to

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:42:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /c $ cygpath c:\x

Re: LyX on Cygwin

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:42:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: [...] >> Yes I see lots of my stuff. When I use File->Open it still >> displays the path in terms of /cygdrive/c/ which makes me nervous. > > EF: That's strange, indeed. I get "/cygdrive/c" converted to "/c" when I > type it in the text in

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I tried installing the tetex-base, tetex-bin, and tetex-extra cygwin

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:07:54 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > >&g

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:07:54 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:13:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > >> > >>> The Tex Information produces a > >>> window but it contains no information. > >> > >

Re: LyX on Cygwin

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:07:54 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > >> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:13:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: >> >>> The Tex Information produces a >>> window but it contains no information. >> >> Yes, I also see this, but then this also happens with 1.3.7. >>

Re: LyX on Cygwin

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:52:13 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: [...] >>> The Tex Information produces a >>> window but it contains no information. >> >> Yes, I also see this, but then this also happens with 1.3.7. >> > > Perhaps normal for Cygwin/Linux but you can see all the

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:13:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: The Tex

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:13:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: The View function doesn't work.

Re: LyX on Cygwin

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:13:04 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > The View function doesn't work. It complains about missing > TeX class "article" when I first load the .lyx document and > C:\texmf~ is in my PATH. Try reconfiguring after adjusting path_prefix (see below). > Th

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:29 AM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:55:43 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: Yes, it was fairly easy with your hi

Re: LyX on Cygwin

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:55:43 -0800, Stephen Harris wrote: > Yes, it was fairly easy with your hint. I put the epstopdf and > convert scripts in their own directoy at the beginning of PATH. > Shouldn't I do something else to connect them to epstopdf.exe > in Miktex\texmf and C:\ImageMagick\convert.

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:15 AM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: You need not uninstalling those packages, simply move out of the way those

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Stephen textonyx /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/local/src/qt3 > $ ./configure -platform cygwin-g++-win32 -v -release -static -qt-imgfmt-png > etc. > > So no it is not dynamic, I use this copy and paste every time > which is free of typos. But, I do have Q

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Uh, oh... have you installed the cygwin Qt package by chance? But I do hav

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That did the trick, Qt3 configured! You are doing all the hard work! > > There is a Cygwin icon in the upper left-hand corner of the command > window. I left-click on it and it opens a drop-down menu. Then I > choose Edit->mark and drag the mouse curso

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 6:15 AM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SH: The qt3 install got further this time but failed with th

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SH: The qt3 install got further this time but failed with this error: > > -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPRESS > -I/usr/local/src/qt3/mkspecs/cygwin-g++-win32 > -DAVE_QCONFIG_CPP /usr/local/src/qt3/src/tools/qglobal.cpp > In file included from /usr/local/src/q

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:10 PM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SH: Ok, I will give it another try. I did notice an apparent discrepancy i

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SH: Ok, I will give it another try. I did notice an apparent > discrepancy in the instuctions from the LyXonCygwin page: > > - > > In this howto all examples are shown for tcsh, but it is > trivial

Re: LyX on Cygwin

> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:33:06 + (UTC), Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> said: Enrico> Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I did not succeed in compiling Qt. I got the files in the right >> directory with cvs, but the ./configure failed quickly with the >> error

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did not succeed in compiling Qt. I got the files in the right > directory with cvs, but the ./configure failed quickly with the error > > make: *** [project.o] Error 1 > qmake failed to build. Aborting Probably this is because the qt3/include dir sh

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:45 PM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The Pre5 doesn't have a configure file to execute >&

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The Pre5 doesn't have a configure file to execute > >> the several ./configure switches in Enrico's Howto. > > > > Are you sure? The lyx-1.4.0pre5.tar.bz2 archive I downloaded from > > ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/ had one ... > > > > Yes,

Re: LyX on Cygwin

- Original Message - From: "Enrico Forestieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:20 AM Subject: Re: LyX on Cygwin Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnCygwin "Unpack lyx-1.4.x.tar.bz2 in /usr/l

Re: LyX on Cygwin

Stephen Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnCygwin > > "Unpack lyx-1.4.x.tar.bz2 in /usr/local/src > (replace x ^ to match your archive name)" > > I was reading over Enrico's detailed instructions. > > I can't find a lyx 1.4.0.tar.bz2 or tar.gz for downl

LyX on Cygwin

http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnCygwin "Unpack lyx-1.4.x.tar.bz2 in /usr/local/src (replace x ^ to match your archive name)" I was reading over Enrico's detailed instructions. I can't find a lyx 1.4.0.tar.bz2 or tar.gz for download. The Pre5 doesn't have a configure file to execute the

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

Thanks guys for your comments I agree the best think for us windows users is to use jbibtexmanager to manage the bibtex database and use cite reference within lyx to insert citations regards vivek

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

[posted and mailed] Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> Dear Paul >> we are nearly there but not quite. >> >> I did as above and see a new file created: c:\cygwin\home\Default >> User\.lyx\lyxpipe.in > > I don't think you are there at all. Either your OS suppo

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

> Dear Paul > we are nearly there but not quite. > > I did as above and see a new file created: c:\cygwin\home\Default > User\.lyx\lyxpipe.in I don't think you are there at all. Either your OS supports pipes or it does not. Pipes are not files. They are a part of main memory made visible to the

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

Paul wrote: . Indeed, that's the problem. Since Vivek uses startlyx.bat, the path of least resistance may be as follows: 1. Start LyX the usual way (with startlyx.bat), which also starts the X server. 2. Stop LyX using the File | Exit menu option, but *leave the X server running*. 3. Open a

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

[posted and mailed] [posted and mailed] Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > vsharma wrote: >> I tried the directions on the said page. >> When using cmd prompt It doesnot recognise lyx as a programme or a >> batchfile. When using Cygwin bash shell it cannot open

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

vsharma wrote: > I tried the directions on the said page. > When using cmd prompt It doesnot recognise lyx as a programme or a > batchfile. When using Cygwin bash shell it cannot open a lyx file and > says could not access x windows Start your x server first? I have no idea about the murky windows

Re:jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

It may be an issue. fifo pipes are a unix speciality. Nonetheless, first see if the pipes are working in LyX. See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/11454 -- Angus I tried the directions on the said page. When using cmd promp

Re: jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

data\lyx\.lyx\lyxpipe > I wonder if this is an issue with running jbibtex in windows as a java > application and lyx on cygwin? > any help appreciated It may be an issue. fifo pipes are a unix speciality. Nonetheless, first see if the pipes are working in LyX. See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/11454 -- Angus

jbibtexmanager and lyx on cygwin

jbibtex in windows as a java application and lyx on cygwin? any help appreciated vivek

Re: Re: installing LyX on cygwin (addendum)

x27;t know where the config parameters are for the system.) It would be very good if your comments could be included in Clauses web pages (which are good also) ... Thanks Regards Goffredo > > From: "David A. Case" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: installing LyX o

Re: installing LyX on cygwin (addendum)

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003, David A. Case wrote: > here is a thumbnail sketch of what to do for a "more simple" install, .oops...I forgot to have the user start the X-window manager: > > d. Start a cygwin shell (double-click on the "cygwin" icon) and type "lyx &" corrected: use the startxwin.bat f

installing LyX on cygwin

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003, a user wrote: > But I must say, > I wonder how a person with no IT programming > experience could install LyX on Windows; it > is too difficult I think. In defense of cygwin, I think it's not as difficult as the web pages might lead one to believe. If you are willing to w

Re: lyx on cygwin [Solved! 100%]

After checking all the files, the problem is finally solved with version 3.7 of the drftcite package and the cygwin version of tetex. Bibtex from fptex cannot deal with the cygwin (unix) style path in the .aux files becaue it reads "/home/max/". Thanks for all of you who helped. Max

Re: Antwort: Re: lyx on cygwin

FYI: Cygwin tetex works well for me with LyX. -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89) http://sylvan.com/~kayvan | "crown of her husband" | Robin Gregory (2/28/92)

Re: lyx on cygwin [Solved! but not 100%]

Max Bian schrieb: The problem seems to be a conflict between drftcite and hyperref. On my linux machine, the versions are hyperref v6.72e and drftcite 3.7; the windows latex gets hyperref v6.72y and drftcite 3.9. After overwriting the drftcite 3.9 with 3.7, the stack problem is solved. But the c

Re: lyx on cygwin [Solved! but not 100%]

The problem seems to be a conflict between drftcite and hyperref. On my linux machine, the versions are hyperref v6.72e and drftcite 3.7; the windows latex gets hyperref v6.72y and drftcite 3.9. After overwriting the drftcite 3.9 with 3.7, the stack problem is solved. But the citation references

Re: Antwort: Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The instructions for installing Claus Hentschel's windows port specifically > warn the user not to install tetex, its in bold text and in a big box! But it really says "as of today, skip the pacakge tetex", and I believe that "today" actually re

Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:17:57AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > I am wondering if the limits are hard coded in the latex.exe binary. There is no literal '1500' in tex.web. But that does not mean much I suppose. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have,

Re: lyx on cygwin

--- Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *shrug* > > Just try it. I have tried it before I asked, and I just tried again. After changing the numbers in texmf.cnf and regenerate the latex format files, the error is still there. And the input stack size is fixed at 1500, which seems not

Re: lyx on cygwin

Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2003 15:03 schrieb Max Bian: > Hi guys, > > I am trying to get lyx working on cygwin so that I can work on my > thesis from both linux and windows if I need to. > > I first tried the tetex package distributed with cygwin. I works on > small files. If I throw my thesis on it,

Re: lyx on cygwin

Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Can anyone give me advice on which one I should fix? Should > > I fix the tetex package comes with cygwin? If so, how do > > I fix that error: "tex capacity exceeded". If the other > > one is better, anyone had experience with that pfTex? > > teTeX is not bad, I've n

Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 08:01:15AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > They look different, but the numbers in windows texmf.cnf are greater > or equal to the numbers found in linux texmf.cnf. > > Can anyone tell me if it make sense to increase all the numbers in > texmf by appending a couple of "0"? *shr

Re: lyx on cygwin

--- Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What does your /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf and the corresponding file under > Windows say? They look different, but the numbers in windows texmf.cnf are greater or equal to the numbers found in linux texmf.cnf. Can anyone tell me if it make sense to inc

Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:32:20AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > The same set of lyx files works perfectly fine on a Mandrake 8.2. > Anyone has any solution? So probably your limits are different on the two instalations. What does your /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf and the corresponding file under Windows say

Re: lyx on cygwin

Yes, I need them all for now. I may later remove draftcite. I am not sure how much difference that makes. The same set of lyx files works perfectly fine on a Mandrake 8.2. Anyone has any solution? Thanks. Max --- Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have the bibunit stuff, so I

Re: Antwort: Re: lyx on cygwin

As a physics guy, I am always curious about everything. Since he didn't give any reason why not, I just tried it. And both packages burned me, so I don't see the differences. Max --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From my experience, I was always taught not to play with matches! > Well I > usually

Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:57:44AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > I have attached a small zip file that contains the lyx file causing tex > capacity problem with lyx on cygwin. I don't have the bibunit stuff, so I commented it out and get: Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:

Antwort: Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:03:32AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > I first tried the tetex package distributed with cygwin. I works on > small files. If I throw my thesis on it, it just won't go. The errors > are something like "tex capacity exceeded". The instructions for installing Claus Hentschel'

Re: lyx on cygwin

I have attached a small zip file that contains the lyx file causing tex capacity problem with lyx on cygwin. Thanks for helping! Max cygwinlyxproblem.zip Description: cygwinlyxproblem.zip

Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:19:21AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > So, the same file works ok on linux with tetex perfectly, but won't > work with tetex or pfTex on windows. > > Did I misuse any macro? How should I know if you send old mails instead of a minimal example of code that exhibits that behav

Re: lyx on cygwin

Thanks for the quick response. After installing the missing sty files in the pfTex package, I tried my lyx file. The error is still the same! "Tex Capacity Exceeded" So, the same file works ok on linux with tetex perfectly, but won't work with tetex or pfTex on windows. Did I misuse any macr

Re: lyx on cygwin

On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:03:32AM -0800, Max Bian wrote: > I first tried the tetex package distributed with cygwin. I works on > small files. If I throw my thesis on it, it just won't go. The errors > are something like "tex capacity exceeded". This is often some mis-use of a macro and not du

lyx on cygwin

Hi guys, I am trying to get lyx working on cygwin so that I can work on my thesis from both linux and windows if I need to. I first tried the tetex package distributed with cygwin. I works on small files. If I throw my thesis on it, it just won't go. The errors are something like "tex capacity e

Re: lyx on cygwin

* Tuukka Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-07-06 15:58] schrieb: > My coworker wants to start learning LaTeX, and of course I suggested him > LyX. Unfortunately he is using windows. And I haven't never used really it > so it's difficult for me to help. > > I installed huge amount of packages, st

lyx on cygwin

My coworker wants to start learning LaTeX, and of course I suggested him LyX. Unfortunately he is using windows. And I haven't never used really it so it's difficult for me to help. I installed huge amount of packages, starting from full MikTeX (direct net install so it was the newest version wha