[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#529937: lyx: No pdf when putting %23 (hash sign) in hyperlink

[Alex Danila]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.6.2-1
Severity: normal

When putting a %23 in a hyperlink of a foot note
(example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_rate%23Additivity
to get to page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_rate#Additivity)
Lyx will be uncapable (wild assumption) of creating a PDF from the
file, and the error is like this:
"File does not exist:
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.T12589/lyx_tmpbuf1/nohash-in-hyperlink.pdf"

A normal # cannot be used because of Latex error "Illegal definition
[...] of \Hy at tempa".

Without further knowledge of Latex I don't know how to solve this.

I think at least from the Hyperlink dialog Lyx should detect the
situation and do the necessary symbol replacements.

Please see the attached Lyx file.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (650, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'),
(200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-rc5-02044-ga4d7749 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a  1.2.1+dev-0.12-6  an English-language thesaurus (dev
ii  libaspell15            0.60.6-1          GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime l
ii  libboost-regex1.34.1   1.34.1-16         regular expression library for C++
ii  libboost-signals1.34.1 1.34.1-16         managed signals and slots library
ii  libc6                  2.9-12            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.0-5         GCC support library
ii  libqtcore4             4.5.1-2           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4.5.1-2           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.0-5           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.1-1         X11 client-side library
ii  lyx-common             1.6.2-1           Architecture-independent files for
ii  mime-support           3.44-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  xdg-utils              1.0.2-6.1         desktop integration utilities from
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  acroread [pdf-viewer]     9.1.1-0.0      Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Doc
ii  dvipng                    1.11-1         convert DVI files to PNG graphics
ii  ghostscript               8.64~dfsg-1.1  The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  imagemagick               7:6.5.1.0-1    image manipulation programs
ii  kghostview [pdf-viewer]   4:3.5.9-3      PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  latex-xft-fonts           0.1-8          Xft-compatible versions of some La
ii  okular [pdf-viewer]       4:4.2.2-2      document viewer for KDE 4
ii  poppler-utils             0.10.6-1       PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  preview-latex-style       11.83-7.3      extraction of elements from LaTeX
ii  psutils                   1.17-26        A collection of PostScript documen
ii  texlive-fonts-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4  TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii  texlive-latex-extra       2007.dfsg.17-2 TeX Live: LaTeX supplementary pack
ii  texlive-latex-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4  TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packag

Versions of packages lyx suggests:
pn  chktex         <none>                    (no description available)
ii  cups-bsd [lpr] 1.3.10-2                  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii  cups-client    1.3.10-2                  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii  dillo [www-bro 0.8.6-3                   Small and fast web browser
pn  dvipost        <none>                    (no description available)
pn  gnuhtml2latex  <none>                    (no description available)
ii  groff          1.18.1.1-22               GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  iceweasel [www 3.0.9-1                   lightweight web browser based on M
ii  konqueror [www 4:4.2.2-1                 KDE 4's advanced file manager, web
ii  latex2html     2002-2-1-20050114-6       LaTeX to HTML translator
pn  latex2rtf      <none>                    (no description available)
pn  libtiff-tools  <none>                    (no description available)
pn  linuxdoc-tools <none>                    (no description available)
ii  menu           2.1.41                    generates programs menu for all me
pn  noweb          <none>                    (no description available)
ii  opera [www-bro 9.64.2480.gcc4.qt3        The Opera Web Browser
ii  rcs            5.7-24                    The GNU Revision Control System
ii  sgmltools-lite 3.0.3.0.cvs.20010909-15.1 convert DocBook SGML source into H
ii  tex4ht         20090223-1                LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext (HTML)
ii  w3m [www-brows 0.5.2-2+b1                WWW browsable pager with excellent
pn  writer2latex   <none>                    (no description available)
ii  wv             1.2.4-2                   Programs for accessing Microsoft W

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