LyX 2.4 and exam.layout?

Stef Pillaert · Post by **Stef Pillaert** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:28 pm

I recently installed LyX 2.4 on windows 11. before that, I could use the exam.layout. But now I seem to have problems. I did copy the file exam.layout in the folder .../resources/layouts/, but when I open a LyX file that used to work with this layout in previous versions of LyX, I get "Layout file "exam" cannot be found".
Anyone an idea? I did try to reconfigure LyX, no succes...
Stef

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Stef Pillaert · Post by **Stef Pillaert** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:03 pm

I managed to get it to work again in LyX2.4, by manually pointig to the exam.layout file via document setting->Document classes -> Local document class (sorry, this is all translated from my Dutch GUI, probably not all correct).
Strange that LyX2.4 didn't seem to find the exam.layout automatically, since it was under C:\Program Files\LyX2.4\resources\layouts\exam/layout. Even after "reconfigure" of LyX.

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:05 pm

Hi Stef,

great that you solved it! Thanks for letting us know!

Stefan

Stef Pillaert · Post by **Stef Pillaert** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 6:54 pm

Auwch!!!! I must have done something wrong in downloading this exam.layout file from Github. This file was completely rubish (looked like html). And the file that I used when using this "button" ad explained earlier, was a correct version (probably downloading it correctly the second time from github???).
So after putting the correct version at the correct location... everything is fine again.
I'm very, very, very sorry!

Stef

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