Version 2.4.0~RC4 Instant preview stops working when inserting floats or comments
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fcanatay at gmail.com
Sat May 18 06:48:40 UTC 2024
>>> Alternatively, are you able to run LyX from a terminal in order to have other error messages ?
>> Running LyX from terminal I got the following:
>>
>> qt.qpa.fonts: Populating font family aliases took 163 ms. Replace uses of missing font family "Serif" with one that exists to avoid this cost.
>> Warning: Failed: dvips lyxpreviewZhflDz.dvi ... looking for PDF
>> Error: Failed to extract metrics info from lyxpreviewZhflDz.log
>
> Something is wrong here. The "Failed" warning is why the preview is failing. Try running:
>
> lyx -dbg graphics
>
> and see if you get more information. You can also open the messages pane and then under "Settings" in that window activate graphics debug info.
>
> Riki
>
This is the error line in Messages Pane with graphics debug info:
graphics/PreviewLoader.cpp (246): PreviewLoader::startLoading()
graphics/PreviewLoader.cpp (2f0): PreviewLoader::finishedInProgress(1): processing failed for python3 -tt $$s/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py --png "/private/var/folders/49/yb2413c16tn4y7gqpr1pwm5c0000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.kZdswlpFtuiy/lyx_tmpbuf1/lyxpreviewydILJu.tex" --dpi 272 --fg 000000 --bg ffffff --bibtex=“bibtex”
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