Yes, it will fall back on inkscape. I get the same result as you. So, I
quickly checked with your file using Inkscape figure via
Insert > File > External Material
which uses Inkscape as converter in any case and there the arrows are fine.
Daniel
On 23/11/2018 16:56, Bernt Lie wrote:
Hi again,
Ah -- here is the svg-file. It opens correctly in, e.g., MS Edge.
You can try to use Inkscape instead and see whether that fixes the problem, for
example, by renaming the rsvg-convert.exe (usually in C:\Program Files
(x86)\LyX 2.3\bin if you have installed LyX for all
users) and then running Reconfigure in the Tools menu in LyX.
Does this mean to *change name* on file "rsvg-convert.exe", e.g., to "rsvg-convert_rename.exe"?
When I "reconfigure" LyX, will LyX then detect that "rsvg-convert.exe" and:
* automatically fall back to using the Insckape interpreter?
* or ask me which interpreter I want to use?
-Bernt
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From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> On Behalf Of Daniel
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2018 16:11
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: LyX & svg files
On 23/11/2018 15:13, Bernt Lie wrote:
I use LyX 2.3.1 on Windows 10, 64 bit.
It seems like LyX sometimes has problems handling SVG files,
specifically lines with arrow heads.
Here is one example; the original file in Inkscape:
In Inkscape, this looks fine. However, when I import this svg file
into a LyX float figure, this is what it looks like:
Observe that some of the arrowheads seems to have a “broken neck”...
If I generate a pdf from Inkscape and import the drawing as a pdf into
LyX, then there is no problems. But then the preview in LyX looks pixelated.
Q: where is the problem? Is it Inkscape that uses corrupted svg files,
or is it LyX that doesn’t properly handle arrow heads?
-B
It's always good if you can provide the file to test.
By default LyX uses rsvg-convert and not Inkscape for the conversion.
And there might be a bug in rsvg-convert. You can see how the file looks in a
browser which normally use their own svg interpreter.
You can try to use Inkscape instead and see whether that fixes the problem, for
example, by renaming the rsvg-convert.exe (usually in C:\Program Files
(x86)\LyX 2.3\bin if you have installed LyX for all
users) and then running Reconfigure in the Tools menu in LyX.
Daniel
