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wurstpeter
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Lyx doesn't compile anymore...

Post by wurstpeter »

Hi all,

I just started to use LYX for my master's thesis.
Everything went pretty well, by Yesterday night I had it just the way I wanted (yes, it was stupid not to make a backup - shot taken). Getting up this morning, Lyx wouldn't compile one of my chapters any more.

Better said, it will compile the single chapter (giving an error message like the one in http://lyx.475766.n2.nabble.com/LyX-won ... 78624.html). Once I want to compile the entire thing (I use the template classicthesis), with the same error message I receive no output. Plus: since that occurs, LYX crashes repeatedly.

I have tried all the troubleshooting mentioned in the link above (and http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... ext#p40791, the only thing similar I could find here.) - looked at the source code, copied and pasted in portions, etc. and still can't find the error. Plus: When I pasted too much and the error re-occurs, deleting the pasted section doesn't fix anything. Even deleting the entire content of the chapter will not bring the stuff to compile again (which seems odd to me compared what in the topic linked above they said about the ^^characters...).

I'm getting somewhat desperate and would appreciate any help! Would it be helpful if I post the document here?

Best ,

Tobi

PS: Since the concerning section is about 20 pages long, re-typing is somewhat out of the question... :-(

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wurstpeter
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Re: Lyx doesn't compile anymore...

Post by wurstpeter »

Hi,
after spending hours with that prior to posting, I just had an epiphany: the error was that I added a reference to my .bib file, and every time the chapter containing that reference was included, nothing would work anymore... just because the reference contained an "ä"...
maybe that helps someone in the future, for me its good now :)
thx,
tobi
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