> My final HELP of the day (I'm off home). Thanks, it *is* very much appreciated. As is the help from everyone else. Just to reiterate, I'm really not having a go at anyone.
> So, if your graphics file is in one of the above formats, it'll just load. > > If, however, it ain't, then you'll need to convert it to one of the above. > That's where convert comes in. Here I have deleted all ???->XPM converters > because my version of "convert" can produce "nasty" XPM files. Instead I > convert EPS files to PPM format and load that. I believe I've explained how > to set LyX up to do that earlier. > > Hope that this helps your understanding. Indeed it does. It's almost crystal clear. So it really comes down to a "nasty" xpm files, produced by convert. Thanks for that. Regards, Rod > Have a good weekend, > Angus > > For what it's worth, that same "lyx -dbx graphics" will also display the > conversion script used by any converting process. Here's what LyX used to > convert time_40.eps to ppm format here: > > The file contains eps format data. > Converting it to ppm format. > Conversion script: > > #!/bin/sh > infile='/usr/users/aleem/docs/Calgary2002/time_40.eps' > infile_base='/usr/users/aleem/docs/Calgary2002/time_40' > outfile='/tmp/lyx_tmpdir24933aaylfa/gconvert024933aaylfa.ppm' > > convert ${infile} PPM:${outfile} > > if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then > 'rm' -f ${outfile} > exit 1 > fi > > if [ ! -f ${outfile} ]; then > if [ -f ${outfile}.0 ]; then > 'mv' -f ${outfile}.0 ${outfile} > 'rm' -f ${outfile}.? > else > exit 1 > fi > fi > > fromfile=${outfile} > tofile='/tmp/lyx_tmpdir24933aaylfa/time_4024933aaylfa.ppm' > > 'mv' -f ${fromfile} ${tofile} > if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then > 'cp' -f ${fromfile} ${tofile} > if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then > exit 1 > fi > 'rm' -f ${fromfile} > fi > > Angus > _________________________________________________________________________ rpinna |"Zoeggeler denies Hackl four straight luge golds" @civil.uwa| .edu.au | ABC news headline, 2002