I need to generate some pdf files
from the lyx documents I created using
foilTex. (lots of eps files)
I noticed several pdf-ish things
settable in the lyxrc file so I thought I
could get lyx to generate pdf output, both to
the screen and to files.
These settings include:
\pdf_mode true
\custom_export_format pdf
\pdflatex_command "pdflatex"
\view_pdf_command "acroread"
However, setting these values in my lyxrc file
didn't seem to have any affect.
(I quit and reentered lyx.)
I perused the lyx documentation and then
checked the lyx commands listed in the bindings
files looking for commands related to this but
found little.
So I perused the archives and found
more than enough information to confuse me.
Yet none of the posting I checked in the
archives referenced these settings.
They do imply that I cannot convert lyx documents
to pdf files directly from lyx except perhaps
through a custom export command.
WHAT EXACTLY DO THESE SETTINGS DO AND HOW
DO I MAKE THEM TAKE EFFECT?
The archives have several useful comments on how
to convert my foilTex lyx documents to pdf files
which I will now try. Any final advice welcome.
I am using lyx-1.1.5fix1
Thanks
Ralph Boland
