On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 04:01:54PM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 03:30:15PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2015 um 15:17:00, schrieb Enrico Forestieri > > <for...@lyx.org> > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 03:06:48PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > > Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2015 um 14:57:29, schrieb Enrico Forestieri > > > > <for...@lyx.org> > > > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 02:30:47PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2015 um 13:56:38, schrieb Enrico Forestieri > > > > > > <for...@lyx.org> > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 01:34:33PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2015 um 13:27:12, schrieb Enrico > > > > > > > > Forestieri <for...@lyx.org> > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 01:22:14PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2015 um 12:33:00, schrieb Enrico > > > > > > > > > > Forestieri <for...@lyx.org> > > > > > > > > > > > lib/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py > > > > > > > > > > > b/lib/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What was wrong with my patch? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I posted it on the bug tracker > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, I don't know what you are talking about. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I mean Ticket #6369. Sorry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah, that one... I had forgotten it. As I already said, if you > > > > > > > discuss > > > > > > > these things on the tracker, they risk to go unnoticed and the > > > > > > > probability of stepping on each other toes becomes high. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That said, the patch I committed is more general. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, > > > > > > your newest commit produces now plenty of warnings > > > > > > > > > > > > Warning: pdftocairo failed on page 1, file > > > > > > lyxpreviewP29083_legacy.001 > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Warning: pdftocairo failed on page 31, file > > > > > > lyxpreviewP29083_legacy.031 > > > > > > Warning: Now trying to obtain failed previews through pdflatex > > > > > > > > > > > > if testes with doc/Math.lyx > > > > > > > > > > Yes, that's normal. It first tries to convert the postscript files > > > > > generated by dvips. If that fails (for the math manual the responsible > > > > > for the failure is hyperref), it goes through the pdflatex route. > > > > > You can avoid those warnings by setting the default output format for > > > > > the document to some pdf type. Then, dvips is not even attempted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, OK, but that is our official file. And it takes now long to > > > > process the previews. > > > > Why is pdftocairo trying to interpret PS files? According to > > > > 'pdftocairo --help' it expects PDF file > > > > as input. > > > > > > And it gets a PDF file using epstopdf. The reason it is about 2 times > > > slower > > > is that it first tries the postscript route. However, the real culprit for > > > the slowness is hyperref. Take it away and the conversion will be > > > lightning > > > fast. > > > > > > > It does not. I killed 'python -tt > > /usr/local/lyx2.2/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py' while it was showing the > > warnings, > > to be sure the files did not change in between. > > > > e.g. > > Warning: pdftocairo failed on page 5, file lyxpreviewLE3215_legacy.005 > > ... > > #cd /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.DgDeDaMd3215/lyx_tmpbuf0 > > #file lyxpreviewLE3215_legacy.006 > > lyxpreviewLE3215_legacy.006: PostScript document text conforming DSC > > level 2.0 > > > > Am I misinterpreting something? > > Please, add "-v" to the converters and watch the output. > If you are still not convinced, rename the pdftocairo binary as > pdftocairo.save and then watch ghostscript failing in the same way. > If you are still not convinced, I give up.
I think I now see what generates your confusion. If epstopdf fails, pdftocairo is not even attempted, but the warning spokes about pdftocairo. I am going to correct the warning message. -- Enrico
