top tool bar not available

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 12/22/22 16:34, John White wrote:
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> Paul,
>
> I hope this bottom posted email goes.  If not perhaps I am somehow 
> maxing out memory.
>
>
> alt+T gives nothing, but perhaps something here might give you a clue 
> as to my problem:
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>
> johwhi at whitelaw:~$ cd /usr/share/lyx/ui
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> johwhi at whitelaw:/usr/share/lyx/ui$ ls
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> default.ui stdcontext.inc  stdmenus.inc  stdtoolbars.inc
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> johwhi at whitelaw:/usr/share/lyx/ui$
>
>
> I am attaching my default.ui file in case that shows something. It shows:
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> Toolbars
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> "standard" "on,top"
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> "view/update" "on,top"
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> "extra" "on,top,samerow"
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> "review" "auto,review,top"
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> "vcs" "off,top"
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> "table" "auto,table,bottom"
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> "math_panels" "auto,math,bottom"
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> "math" "auto,math,bottom"
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> "mathmacrotemplate" "auto,mathmacrotemplate,bottom"
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> "ipa" "auto,ipa,bottom"
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> "minibuffer" "auto,minibuffer,bottom"
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> "documentation" "off,top"
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> End
>
>
> Any other suggestions are appreciated. I wonder if perhaps something 
> might be wrong with my computer.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
I want to make sure we are on the same page about one key thing: what 
you are missing is the main /menu bar/ (File menu etc.), not the top 
/tool bar/, correct?

The toolbars section of default.ui controls which toolbars display by 
default. Earlier in the default.ui file, you'll see a line saying 
'Include "stdmenus.inc"'. That loads the file that controls menus, and 
you can see in the "ls" output that it is present in the directory.

Check that the directory ~/.lyx/ui is empty. If not, you may have a 
broken UI file be loaded in preference to the default one.

Assuming that's not the case, try running LyX from a terminal with the 
command "lyx -dbg init". There will be a pile of messages in the 
terminal window. In particular, you should see the following (or 
something very close):

frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp (3058): About to read default...
frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp (3108): Found default in 
/usr/share/lyx/ui/default.ui
frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp (3058): About to read stdmenus.inc...
frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp (3108): Found stdmenus.inc in 
/usr/share/lyx/ui/stdmenus.inc

If you don't get the message about reading stdmenus.inc, then the 
preceding messages may tell us something about what's broken.

Paul

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