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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03-Nov-20 12:39 AM, David Chan
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12:01 AM, David Chan wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I noticed that LyX was acting differently
between computers and am <br>
> trying to figure out the source of this issue.<br>
><br>
> One computer cannot compile a file that uses
biblatex with the apa <br>
> bibliography style, while the other two
computers can. Also, the first <br>
> computer compiles lines slightly differently so
that a paper compiles <br>
> to 110 pages, while on the other two computers,
the paper compiles to <br>
> 109 pages.<br>
><br>
> The first computer initially had an older
version of LyX, 2.3.0 <br>
> (February 24, 2018), but when I updated it to
the newest version, LyX <br>
> 2.3.5.2 (June 25, 2020), the problem persists.
I also found the <br>
> version that matches the other computers in the
archive, LyX 2.3.1-1, <br>
> and the problem persists with this as well.<br>
><br>
> When I checked the preferences on LyX on each
of the computers, the <br>
> first one differs by not having `pdflatex` as
an option under <br>
> Preferences > File Handling > File
Formats > Default Output Formats, <br>
> whereas this option exists on the other
computers. I am unable to find <br>
> the `pdflatex` option on the first computer
regardless of the version <br>
> of LyX.<br>
><br>
> The next thing that I did was to reinstall
MikTeX on the first <br>
> computer. This did not seem to resolve the
problem, although it seems <br>
> to have caused errors in compilation
("undefined control sequence", <br>
> "Missing number, treated as zero", and "Missing
glyphs!").<br>
><br>
> Can someone please help me troubleshoot this?<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance,<br>
> Dave<br>
><br>
First, I would recommend you sending a MWE for each
of the problem you <br>
have listed. Users of the list can try these MWEs on
their computers and <br>
tell you if there is a problem with the LyX file or
LyX.<br>
<br>
Second, missing "pdflatex" option under LyX may be a
sign of faulty <br>
MikTeX system and trailing faulty LyX configuration.
I am guessing you <br>
are using Windows. You should install the latest
updates of MikTeX and <br>
update everything for both user and admin mode.<br>
<br>
I would also recommend testing your MikTeX setup
with a MWE of LaTeX file.<br>
<br>
You can also re-configure your LyX and see possible
errors.<br>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em">Thanks so much for your
reply!</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em">The suggestion to do
MWEs is really great. I’ve never done this before, but
it makes a lot of sense. I’m attaching two .lyx MWEs
and a related .. For each MWE, I also attach two PDF
files: PDF files with the suffix <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">-1</code>
correspond to the error produced on the first
computer, and PDF files with the suffix <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">-0</code>
correspond to the correct output produced on the other
computers.</p>
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<li style="margin:0.5em 0px"><code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">mwe1.lyx</code>
is what happens when I switch from BibTeX to
biblatex in the Settings > Bibliography page.</li>
<li style="margin:0.5em 0px"><code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">mwe2.lyx</code>
is what happens when I further specify the apa
bibliography style within biblatex in the Settings
> Bibliography page.</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em">In a way, the fact that
I do not have pdflatex as an option in the first
computer under Preferences > File Handling >
File Formats > Default Output Formats, while I have
that specified in the other computers, is a clue that
does not even depend on the .lyx document.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em">FYI, all computers are
Macs, and they all are using macOS Catalina (10.15.7).</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em">Apologies for stating
MiKTeX on my last post, as that was misleading. In
fact, I’ve been using MacTeX. I updated MacTeX,
reconfigured LyX, and confirmed that the path in Tools
> TeX Information points to <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">/usr/local/texlive/2020/</code>.
Weirdly, the update actually caused more errors, as I
mentioned above. Is there a way to figure out which
packages are causing the problem?</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em">Thanks again,<br>
Dave</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Hi all, </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">I have an update on
this, which has clarified the root of the problem but in
some ways is still mysterious.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">I’ve discovered that
that <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">pdflatex</code>
indeed does exist on the previously problematic computer
under <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">Document > View (Other Formats)</code>.
If I compile the files using <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">pdflatex</code>
from this dropdown menu, everything turns out fine for the
MWEs. It turns out that LuaTeX is problematic on all of my
computers, regardless of the MacTeX version that I’m using.
In other words, I need to use <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">pdflatex</code>
rather than LuaTeX to handle <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">biblatex</code>
properly.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">The weird thing is
that <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">pdflatex</code>
can be set as the default output format in <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">Preferences > File Handling > File Formats</code>
in all of my computers except for the problematic computer.
I’m not sure why in that computer it’s not showing up in <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">Preferences</code>,
but is an option in the <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-radius:3px;display:inline">Document > View (Other Formats)</code>
dropdown. </p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Does anyone have any
clue?</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Thanks,<br>
Dave</p>
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<p>Hello Dave,</p>
<p>I have tried your LyX files and I have the correct outputs. <br>
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<p>Couple of suggestions:</p>
<p>1. Did you check your LaTeX installation by running the <tt>pdflatex</tt>
on the following latex file (e.g. <tt>mwe.tex</tt>) ?<br>
</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\documentclass[english]{article}</tt></p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\PassOptionsToPackage{natbib=true}{biblatex}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\usepackage{babel}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\usepackage[citestyle=authoryear]{biblatex}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\begin{document}</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>See
\citealt{imbens_identification_1994}.\printbibliography</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt><br>
</tt></p>
<tt>
</tt>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px;
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><tt>\end{document}</tt></p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><br>
</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">2. Did you reconfigure LyX
after updating your LaTeX system.</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><br>
</p>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">3. You can add PDF
(pdflatex) to Preferences by yourself. Did you try that?<br>
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