Hello Richard, This is the contents of the message pane:
18:48:04.716: Previewing ... 18:48:04.726: (buffer-view: ⌘R) 18:48:05.116: python -tt "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py" "emf:/var/folders/vg/vq3cytpj3f5_chkxj094_rp40000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.EaUchpUSM5 21/lyx_tmpbuf4/19_Users_Jan_Documents_Cursus_Summerschool_Graphics_1_Declin ing_Balance.emf" "pdf:/var/folders/vg/vq3cytpj3f5_chkxj094_rp40000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.EaUchpUSM5 21/lyx_tmpbuf4/19_Users_Jan_Documents_Cursus_Summerschool_Graphics_1_Declin ing_Balance.pdf" 18:48:06.398: convert: NoDecodeDelegateForThisImageFormat `/var/folders/vg/vq3cytpj3f5_chkxj094_rp40000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.EaUchpUSM521/l yx_tmpbuf4/19_Users_Jan_Documents_Cursus_Summerschool_Graphics_1_Declining_ Balan 18:48:06.401: ce.emf' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/550. 18:48:06.402: convert: NoImagesDefined `pdf:/var/folders/vg/vq3cytpj3f5_chkxj094_rp40000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.EaUchpUSM5 21/lyx_tmpbuf4/19_Users_Jan_Documents_Cursus_Summerschool_Graphics_1_Declin ing_Balance.pdf' @ error 18:48:06.402: /convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3068. 18:48:06.403: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py ERROR 18:48:06.403: Execution of "convert" failed. 18:48:06.618: pdflatex "Pre-Master_Class_1.tex"support/Systemcall.cpp (292): Systemcall: 'python -tt "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py" "emf:/var/folders/vg/vq3cytpj3f5_chkxj094_rp40000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.EaUchpUSM5 21/lyx_tmpbuf4/19_Users_Jan_Documents_Cursus_Summerschool_Graphics_1_Declin ing_Balance.emf" "pdf:/var/folders/vg/vq3cytpj3f5_chkxj094_rp40000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.EaUchpUSM5 21/lyx_tmpbuf4/19_Users_Jan_Documents_Cursus_Summerschool_Graphics_1_Declin ing_Balance.pdf"' finished with exit code 1 18:48:07.494: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013) 18:48:07.495: restricted \write18 enabled. 18:48:07.552: entering extended mode 18:48:07.603: (./Pre-Master_Class_1.tex 18:48:07.604: LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> 18:48:07.604: Babel <3.9k> and hyphenation patterns for 78 languages loaded. 18:48:07.605: 18:48:15.873: Error while exporting format: PDF (pdflatex)support/Systemcall.cpp (292): Systemcall: 'pdflatex "Pre-Master_Class_1.tex"' finished with exit code 1 Thanks, Jan On 22/08/15 16:57, "Richard Heck" <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: >On 08/22/2015 09:41 AM, Annaert Jan wrote: >> My colleague sent me a LyX file containing several .emf graphics. The >>file >> compiles well at my office, where I work on a Windows 7 computer. >>However, >> when I try to compile it at home (Mac OS 10.10.5 Yosemite) I get errors >> such as: >> Package pdftex.def Error: File `Name_of_file.pdf¹ not found. >> Indeed, this file does not exist (Name_of_file.emf does exist). >> >> Also in the LyX editor the file is not previewed: it simply shows a box >> with: >> ³Name_of_file.emf >> Error converting to loadable format². >> >> I suspect something is going wrong with the converters, but I don¹t have >> any clue how to address this issue. And frankly, the commands of the >> converters that are defined in the Preference pane are pure gibberish to >> me. >> Perhaps somebody else has encountered the same issue and can share her >> solution? I¹m using LyX 2.1.4 on both computers. > >Hi, Jan, > >Please open the messages pane (View> Messages Pane) and then attempt to >compile the document. Cut and paste the output in the messages pane >here. Hopefully, there will be an informative error message we can use >to debug the problem (likely, a missing converter). > >Richard >
