top tool bar not available

[John White]

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 12:16:22 PM PST Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 12/21/22 14:29, John White wrote:
> > Thank you Paul very much for the suggestion.  It caused me to think
> > that something might be wrong with permissions.  So I opened lyx in
> > root and the top tool bar shows.  It only doesn't show when I open it
> > on a regular, non-root command line or from the lyx icon.
> > 
> > 
> > I am not sure where the system menu is.  Lyx can be used without the
> > top menu bar but it will only print to one pdf version.
> > 
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 11:09:52 AM PST Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> > > On 12/19/22 14:44, John White wrote:
> > > > So I removed lyx and lyx common and reinstalled on my debian bullfrog
> > > > 
> > > > system.  This is what I get now when trying to open Lyx:

> > > > 
> > > > /usr/share/applications/lyx.desktop is not a readable LYX document.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > 
> > > > John
> > > 
> > > Are you launching LyX from a terminal or from the system menu. If the
> > > 
> > > menu, try editing the system menu entry. I would not be surprised if it
> > > 
> > > somehow ended up using the command "lyx /usr/share/.../lyx.desktop",
> > > 
> > > which would launch LyX and try to open the desktop file as a document.

> > > 
> > > Paul
> 
> John,
> 
> Please bottom-post on stuff going to the list.
> 
> There are two different pathologies here (likely unrelated), the missing
> top toolbar and the "not readable" error message referring to the
> desktop file. My comment about the system menu was related to the
> latter. I don't use Debian (I'm on Mint), but if you have a button that
> you use to launch a menu of available programs, that's what I mean. You
> mentioned using the command line or a "LyX icon". Do you get the error
> message both ways or just using the icon?
> 
> As far as the top toolbar goes, is it actually the /top toolbar/ you are
> missing (buttons for selecting environments, creating/opening files,
> applying italics and other fun stuff) or the /menu bar/ (File menu, Edit
> menu etc.)? The subject line says toolbar but you mentioned "menu bar".
> 
> Paul

Thanks again.  I no longer get an error message. Lyx just opens without the top tool bar. I 
think its probably the menu bar that I am missing (the one that lets you open recent files 
and save a lyx file to various pdf versions). This is pretty confusing for me. I may wait til 
Christmas is over before looking into it further.  Right now what I do is email the lyx file to 
my secretary who can print it out fine.

John

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