Uwe Stöhr wrote:
neubrief wrote:
I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the
difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my
lyx document to a pdf one?
pdf creates a (lyx)->tex->dvi->ps->pdf (due to the complicated
construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions
(hyperlinks disappear etc.) )
this is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file
and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks
of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages!
pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images
possible with any method
and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is
creating hyperlinks is also possible with ps2pdf. pdfTeX also
has some disadvantages, e.g. no PostScript arithmetic
smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community
and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).)
a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle
_any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code.
Herbert
