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#This file was created by <lasgoutt> Thu Jul 1 15:12:26 1999
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#LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1999 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
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\layout Title
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Known BUGS in LyX
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Last updated 1999-07-01
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This file contains a compilation of bug reports that have been sent to the
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mailing list
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lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org
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.
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We try to keep it up to date as far as possible, but of course it's better
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to spend time fixing bugs instead of archiving them.
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Since we cannot reproduce all of these bugs, please send us any details
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and updates and, of course, fixes.
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\layout Section
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How do I submit a bug report?
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All bug reports should always include information about which versions of
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LyX the bug appears in (you will be surprised to know how many forget that
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information).
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Try to get the latest version of LyX and see if the problem still exist
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before complaining.
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New releases will typically contain bug fixes :-)
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Remember: the less time the developers have to spend to understand and fix
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a problem, the faster the problem is likely to be fixed.
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Other than that, the good bug report is characterized by including
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all
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\emph default
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relevant information and only that.
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It's always relevant what the problem is, and how the problem is triggered.
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\size small
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config.log
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and information about your system (
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\size small
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uname -a
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\size default
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), which compiler you use, versions of libraries and so on.
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If you found a bug that causes LyX to crash, please take the time to produce
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a backtrace with a non-stripped lyx executable.
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The one built in the source directory is per default not stripped, while
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the installed binary is stripped.
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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.
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Make LyX crash and you'll return to gdb.
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if you want to be thorough, use the
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info locals
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and
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up
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commands to print out the values of local variables at a few stack levels.
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\end_float
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.
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If possible, then a description of a way to reproduce the bug is more important
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than a backtrace, because then we have the possibility to roll our own
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backtrace.
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then that might be all we've got.
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\layout Standard
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Bug reports should be mailed to the developer's list at
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lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org
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\family default
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However to avoid that we get cluttered with the same bug reports from many
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people, we recommend that you either check the archive of the developer's
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mailing list at
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http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
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or subscribe to the list first.
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report.
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Bugs
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\layout Enumerate
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The LyX keyboard mappings, including dead-keys, do not work in pop-up dialogs.
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You can try cut & paste from a text editor.
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\layout Enumerate
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dj{}
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DJ{}
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as LaTeX accent insets; this means that these characters are not available
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\layout Enumerate
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?) screen, math panel pops up the subpanels off screen.
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\layout Enumerate
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buttons.
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[
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\emph on
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Note from Asger: Well, I think the entire form should be redesigned, such
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that it isn't dynamic.
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Also, it should not be possible to select a non-existing keyboard mapping.
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]
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crash! This is a bug in XForms.
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[
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Note from Jean-Marc: things are a bit better now, but not perfect.
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You can only paste into LyX using the middle mouse button.
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all spaces are protected so that LaTeX isn't able to perform correct formatting
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LyX currently seems to support this in the pop-up menu for an eps figure.
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However, I am unable to successfully add labels to each of the subfigures.
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If I insert a label next to each subfigure, the labels appear fine and
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can be cross-referenced in the usual manner.
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However, the actual output (dvi or ps) does not distinguish between the
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two labels and any cross-reference gets the same number.
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You have to use plain old raw LaTeX mode and do this by hand.
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If you close a document while some included images are still in the rendering
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phase, all images in newly opened documents will stay in the rendering
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phase, making it impossible to preview or print the document.
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You can't fix this by killing gs-processes, because there aren't any.
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You'll have to restart LyX to work with figures again.
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If you preview an empty document, no dvi-file will be created, and xdvi
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will not start.
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We should present a kind warning to the user rather than be silent.
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Document that includes others: if LaTeX reports an error during the execution
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of LaTeX on a sub-document as a chain reaction of executing LaTeX on a
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higher level document, LyX places the error window on the correct position
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of the higher level doc, not of the lower one.
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There might be some spurious document corruption effects related to this.
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Be careful with raw LaTeX in sub-documents.
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\the_end
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