Success of LyX to dvi depends on file paths

[Steve Litt]

Paul Stansell said on Fri, 24 Mar 2023 01:56:56 +0000


>Yes, I tried that already.  This is what it shows:
>
>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live
>2022/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=latex)

Can pdfTeX even make a .dvi? I thought pdfTeX skips the .dvi step and
goes right to PDF.

Anyway, stuff like this is why I use shellscripts to compile my LyX
files. I think they're called "batch files" or "powerscripts" in
Windows. Compiling with shellscripts, I'm not beholden to  LyX' current
settings, and it's a lot easier to debug a shellscript.

SteveT

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