GraphicsConverter? el
On 2015-08-25 06:07 , Annaert Jan wrote: > Thanks, Rainer, for the suggestions. > I did not find any commandline tool either. As the problem was restricted > to only 11 files, I manually converted them to pdf (on my Windows machine) > and urged my co-author not to use emf files anymore ;-) > > Best regards, > Jan > > > > > > On 24/08/15 10:31, "Rainer M Krug" <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > >> Annaert Jan <jan.anna...@uantwerpen.be> writes: >> >>> 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. >> >> emf is a Windows graphics format for which imagemagik can not convert. >> >> You have two options: >> >> 1) use e.g. Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com) in wine / PlayOnMac >> (https://www.playonmac.com/) to convert the images to a different >> format. Irfan view works very nicely on a mac. >> >> 2) if you find a commandline tool for Mac (I didn't find one - please >> keep us posted if you find one) and define your own copier in LyX to >> convert the emf files. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> >> >>> >>> Thanks a lot. >>> >>> Jan Annaert >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug >> email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de >> PGP: 0x0F52F982 >
