Hi,
Very few converters use the Flags field in
Preferences->Conversion->Converters->Flags.
Actually only latex_to_dvi, latex_to_pdf and latex_to_html.
What is the purpose of this field?
The Grace conversion, as an example, is now:
Converter: gracebat -hardcopy -printfile $$o -hdevice $device $$i 2>/dev/null
Flags: <empty>
Shouldn't we make use of the Flags field here:
Converter: gracebat -printfile $$o $$i 2>/dev/null
Flags: -hardcopy -hdevice $device
This seems to work well. However, if this is, somehow by someone,
not recommended, then why do we need this Flags field at all?
I encountered two problems with the Flags field:
1) I actually doubt whether the Flags field is actually used by the
converter. When running "lyx -dbg graphics", the output only shows
the Converter input field, nothing about the Flags. In the
Grace example above, the debugging info only says:
gracebat -printfile ${outfile} ${infile} 2>/dev/null
I'm afraid that LyX at present totally ignores the Flags field input.
Does it?
2) The lib/configure.m4 does not include a flexible variable setup for
the Flags field. Would it be worth adding this? For example split
"$xpm_to_eps" into "$xpm_to_eps_Converter" and "$xpm_to_eps_Flags".
Regards,
Rob.
