Angus Leeming wrote: >> Now I'm lost. Within the document I created a float figure. Within that, >> I >> used Insert > Graphic and entered the name of the .eps file. Should I have >> used the .fig file? > > Why not? One less thing to worry about keeping synched. > I see that 13x comes with converters defined xfig->eps and xfig->ppm > > It is trivially easy to add a converter xfig->pdf. Either add this line to > your .lyx/preferences file: > \converter fig pdf "fig2dev -L pdf $$i $$o" "" > > or open up the preferences dialog and play with the converters section. > > Note that in 1.4.x I'd recommend that you use the External inset for xfig > images, but not for 1.3.x.
Please disregard this advice. It is impossible to get 1.3.x to do what I suggest; it'll create a PNG file from the XFIG one if you use pdflatex. Ok, rather than create that EPS file as you have done already, create a PDF one by running fig2dev -L pdf your_file.fig your_file.pdf from the command line. LyX should automatically use the right one if you go lyx->latex->dvi->ps->pdf (the EPS file) or if you go lyx->latex->pdf (the PDF file). -- Angus