Re: Path problem

2008-03-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:55:16AM +0100, Joost Verburg wrote: > Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> That this prevents computers from beeing able to go to sleep mode and save >> battery energy. Weh discussed this some time ago and you said that this is >> not the case. I can't test this and don't have a strong

Re: Path problem

2008-03-26 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: I only have one toolbar button to view PDFs. When it is pressed the program checks if the file exists or not and do then the needed things. That there is then only one toolbar button needed has often been discussed in the past. I proposed to do the same also for DVI and EPS, b

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: This is more simple as it is only executed when the file is changed: http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_5_X/development/Win32/packaging/AltInstaller/specials/PDFViewWin/PDFViewWin.dpr Does it work with PDF updating (that is, when the PDF viewer

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: That this prevents computers from beeing able to go to sleep mode and save battery energy. Weh discussed this some time ago and you said that this is not the case. I can't test this and don't have a strong opinion. Right. I have never been able to reproduce that. Hopefully And

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: What is the reason for this complaint? That this prevents computers from beeing able to go to sleep mode and save battery energy. Weh discussed this some time ago and you said that this is not the case. I can't test this and don't have a strong opinion. If you know

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Joost Verburg
Andre Poenitz wrote: Checking a file on harddisk every 0.5s will e.g. a laptop never go to rest... I cannot reproduce that. All screen/harddisk/system standby timers on the laptops I know are based on user inactivity, not applications accessing the hard drive. Do you have some more informatio

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:22:54AM +0100, Joost Verburg wrote: > Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> That you check every 500 ms for an eventually changed PDF-file. Some >> people complained about this. A user contacted me and we developed >> together a simple program that is only executed when the PDF is change

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: That you check every 500 ms for an eventually changed PDF-file. Some people complained about this. A user contacted me and we developed together a simple program that is only executed when the PDF is changed. Unfortunaltely file handles seem to be handled differently in Vista,

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Julio Rojas schrieb: I believe you should not wait for Vista SP1, Uwe. I'm one who is going to wait until people tests it, because I don't really know what "nasty" things this huge update can cause. Even Universities in the USA have been advising against installing it until it is fully tested.

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Joost Verburg schrieb: What is the reason to use this alternative PDF viewing method? That you check every 500 ms for an eventually changed PDF-file. Some people complained about this. A user contacted me and we developed together a simple program that is only executed when the PDF is change

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Joost Verburg
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Then you are on Windows Vista, right? For an unknown reason the program that handles PDFs when they are open fails on Vista. I will provide a workaround, but me was told I first should wait if the Vista Service Pack 1 fixes this. Have you installed the Service Pack 1 for Vista

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Julio Rojas
I believe you should not wait for Vista SP1, Uwe. I'm one who is going to wait until people tests it, because I don't really know what "nasty" things this huge update can cause. Even Universities in the USA have been advising against installing it until it is fully tested. On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Graham Griffiths
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Then I have no idea, except that you have a buggy or outdated version of the Adobe Reader installed. > Try to update your Adobe Reader. > I did not have the problem with LyX 1.5.3 Regards, Graham

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Graham Griffiths schrieb: I am using WinXP Then I have no idea, except that you have a buggy or outdated version of the Adobe Reader installed. Try to update your Adobe Reader. regards Uwe

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Graham Griffiths
Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Then you are on Windows Vista, right? For an unknown reason the program that handles PDFs when they > are open fails on Vista. I will provide a workaround, but me was told I first should wait if the > Vista Service Pack 1 fixes this. Have you installed th

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Graham Griffiths schrieb: I installed LyX 1.5.4 as you suggested. Everything works fine now except: A) The Update PDF icon has disappeared and LyX cannot export a PDF file if I am currently viewing a PDF rendering of the current LyX file. Then you are on Windows Vista, right? For an unknown

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Graham Griffiths
Graham Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Uwe, I installed LyX 1.5.4 as you suggested. Everything works fine now except: A) The Update PDF icon has disappeared and LyX cannot export a PDF file if I am currently viewing a PDF rendering of the current LyX file. B) At start up, a command wi

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Graham Griffiths
Hi Uwe, I will install LyX 1.5.4 as you suggest. By the way, as I can remember, I just installed LyX 1.5.3 and nothing else. Thank you for your prompt reply. Regards, Graham

Re: Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Graham Griffiths schrieb: 2) I have now just updated from MiKTEX 2.5 to MiKTEX 2.7 Have you uninstalled MiKTeX 2.5 COMPLETELY before you installed MiKTeX 2.7? This is very important. 3) I noticed that the LyX Preferences Path prefix: was C:\Program Files\LyX151\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX151\

Path problem

2008-03-25 Thread Graham Griffiths
1) I am using LyX 1.5.3 having upgraded successfully from LyX 1.5.1 some time ago. 2) I have now just updated from MiKTEX 2.5 to MiKTEX 2.7 3) I noticed that the LyX Preferences Path prefix: was C:\Program Files\LyX151\bin;C:\Program Files\LyX151\python;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.5\miktex\bin;C

Re: Path problem & pdf output in Lyx for Win32

2005-05-19 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Angus Leeming wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: Sounds likely. One other thing to keep in mind about PDFs on Windows v. Unix (using Acrobat Reader): if you try to View->PDF (regular, dvipdfm or pdflatex) while Reader is open, the operation will fail with an error message saying that Reader can't find th

Re: Path problem & pdf output in Lyx for Win32

2005-05-19 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Sounds likely. One other thing to keep in mind about PDFs on Windows v. > Unix (using Acrobat Reader): if you try to View->PDF (regular, dvipdfm > or pdflatex) while Reader is open, the operation will fail with an error > message saying that Reader can't find the file. Ther

Re: Path problem & pdf output in Lyx for Win32

2005-05-18 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Paul Johnson wrote: I'm a Unix user, but have to set up 2 windows computers for LyX. The 1.3.5 edition of Lyx for Win32 works very well as far as I can tell. I can enter equations and view them in dvi. For some reason, yap always opens minimized, but that's OK by me. I think the troubles I fi

Re: Path problem & pdf output in Lyx for Win32

2005-05-18 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Johnson wrote: I'm a Unix user, but have to set up 2 windows computers for LyX. The 1.3.5 edition of Lyx for Win32 works very well as far as I can tell. I can enter equations and view them in dvi. For some reason, yap always opens minimized, but that's OK by me. I think the troubles I fi

Path problem & pdf output in Lyx for Win32

2005-05-18 Thread Paul Johnson
I'm a Unix user, but have to set up 2 windows computers for LyX. The 1.3.5 edition of Lyx for Win32 works very well as far as I can tell. I can enter equations and view them in dvi. For some reason, yap always opens minimized, but that's OK by me. I think the troubles I find are caused by the