LyX acting differently between computers
Dr Eberhard Lisse
nospam at lisse.NA
Wed Oct 28 11:37:56 UTC 2020
Get a Mac.
el
On 27/10/2020 23:01, David Chan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that LyX was acting differently between computers and am trying to figure out the source of this issue.
>
> One computer cannot compile a file that uses biblatex with the apa bibliography style, while the other two computers can. Also, the first computer compiles lines slightly differently so that a paper compiles to 110 pages, while on the other two computers, the paper compiles to 109 pages.
>
> The first computer initially had an older version of LyX, 2.3.0 (February 24, 2018), but when I updated it to the newest version, LyX 2.3.5.2 (June 25, 2020), the problem persists. I also found the version that matches the other computers in the archive, LyX 2.3.1-1, and the problem persists with this as well.
>
> When I checked the preferences on LyX on each of the computers, the first one differs by not having `pdflatex` as an option under Preferences > File Handling > File Formats > Default Output Formats, whereas this option exists on the other computers. I am unable to find the `pdflatex` option on the first computer regardless of the version of LyX.
>
> The next thing that I did was to reinstall MikTeX on the first computer. This did not seem to resolve the problem, although it seems to have caused errors in compilation ("undefined control sequence", "Missing number, treated as zero", and "Missing glyphs!").
>
> Can someone please help me troubleshoot this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave
>
>
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