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After doing a bit of searching on that error message it appears that an update to QT is the cause of the problem. The latest version of LyX doesn't have the issue so I am going to try and find it to install on my laptop.

Here is the error report:

QPaintEngine::setSystemClip: Should not be changed while engine is active
QPaintEngine::setSystemClip: Should not be changed while engine is active
QWidgetPrivate::beginSharedPainter: Painter is already active
QWidgetPrivate::endSharedPainter: Attempting to end a null ...

In the Lyx section I have asked for help because LyX keeps crashing. Problem is that I don't think it is an easy fix and I want to write my book so:

Is there a program that can import a LyX file wihtout LyX exporting it first so that I can continue to work.

If I start it using the icon, it starts ok but as soon as I try and open any file it just disappears, no error messages nothing.

When I start it up using a terminal it does give some error message but I can't remember what, it says something about 'you found a bug' and how to report it but that ...

I use the latest version of Ubuntu 8.04, recently there was a python update, now LyX will not open a document that I have been working on.... or any document for that matter, it just crashes.

Anyone having a similar problem? Anyone know a workaround?

I thought the whole consept of LaTeX was based on the "not-WYSIWYG" idea.
LyX is not WYSIWYG, it is WYSIWYM... the last letter stands for 'Mean'.

In Word (or other word processors) you can select the style "Heading", you can then set the text properties back to the default font, size and shape ...

Hi hazza96,

welcome to the LaTeX Community board!
Those environments need to be nested . It is described in the LyX User's Guide, here is a version where you could look at 3.4 Nesting Environments .

Stefan
Thanks for the welcome and the information, I am writing a book on GIMP that will be ...

I am using the book class in my document and I want to do the following:

1. First numbered line
Dot point 1
Dot point 2
2. Second numbered line
Dot point here
Another dot point

What I get instead is:
1. First numbered line
Dot point 1
Dot point 2
1. Second numbered line
Dot point here ...