PDF export fails with pdflatex and LuaTeX

Paul A. Rubin parubin73 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 10 22:38:08 UTC 2020


On 2/10/20 4:03 PM, Martin Weise wrote:
> On 10.02.20 21:52, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 09:10:51PM +0100, Martin Weise wrote:
>>> On 10.02.20 17:34, Kornel Benko wrote:
>>>> Am Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:54:27 +0100
>>>> schrieb Martin Weise <M at rtinWeise.de>:
>>>>
>>>>>> I'm wondering whether LyX successfully compiles the PDF file in the
>>>>>> temp directory but then fails to copy or move it to the target directory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>   
>>>>> No, Document -> View (pdflatex) produces nothing either. Nor does the
>>>>> LuaTeX way. LyX leaves no pdf file in the temp dir. It just leaves .aux,
>>>>> .dvi,. log, .tex and .dep-pdf files.
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin
>>>> That (.dvi) is the clue probably. Select different output in
>>>> Document->Settings...->Formats->Default output format: -> PDF (pdflatex)
>>>>
>>>> 	Kornel
>>>>
>>> No, I'm afraid that's not it. pdflatex keeps throwing the assertion
>>> error message, when run through LyX, regardless of what I choose as the
>>> default output format.
>> Still I think Kornel picked up on an important clue: we need to figure
>> out why there's a .dvi file in the temporary directory. If you exit LyX
>> and start LyX again (which should use a fresh temp dir), and compile a
>> simple .lyx file, can you confirm that there's a .dvi in the temporary
>> directory?
>>
>> Scott
>>
> Positive. There's a .dvi file in the (new) temporary directory after I
> choose File->Export->PDF (pdflatex).
>
Do you have an entry for "LaTeX (pdflatex) -> PDF (pdflatex)" in Tools > 
Preferences... > File Handling > Converters and, if so, what do the 
"Converter:" and "Extra flag:" boxes say?

Paul



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