lyx 1.2.2 chokes making PDF

[Pedro Tejedor]

Hello, lyx-users,

I have recently upgraded to lyx 1.2.2. Everything worked smoothly, except for some files, buried deep in the subdirectories tree, and with long filenames for figures (eps type). LyX fails miserably in converting some of those graphic files. Changing their name to a shorter one helped, though. Looks like the name of the intermediate eps file created by lyx to make the conversion (including the path) cannot exceed a number of chars.

This is the report of the file that produced the error:

"/tmp/lyx_tmpdir55201gwjYe/lyx_tmpbuf0/_home_tejedor_tesis_Redaccion_cap2_figurascap2_redesFuzzyAdditive_Neofuzzy_rep.eps<PS>"

The original name of the graphic file was

"redesFuzzyAdditive_Neofuzzy_rep.eps". Changing the name to
"FuzzyAdditive_Neofuzzy.eps" fixed the problem.

The problem is, I don't have a real control over the length of the name produced by lyx. I can always choose shorter names for my new figures, but it is annoying not to know if the older files are going to produce correct PDF.

BTW, no problem producing postscript output.

And my question is: Is it true that it is a matter of the length of the name? Is there a way to avoid it?

TIA and Happy New Year,

Pedro