Dear Uwe, On 2015-11-24, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
... > All manuals are designed to be exported as PDF (pdflatex). I could also > add a note to make this clear. I propose to set the "default_output_format" to pdf2 (pdflatex). This not only makes this clear, it also uses pdflatex as export route when clicking the "default view" button. I did this in 4d0356aea12854220/lyxgit for the "complex" manuals, where the problems like the ones you named below are most likely. ... > ... For example DVI does not > support rotations (text, boxes and table cells). Some color examples > would also be output incorrectly. Moreover on MiKTeX exporting the > UserGuide to DVI crasheds the DVI viewer "Yap". > Some explained PDF features like bookmark entries with equations, > special chars etc. fail/are incorrectly output in PS ad also via ps2pdf. ... Should I also set "default_output_format" to pdf2 (pdflatex) for the other manuals where it is currently on "default"? Günter