Dominik Waßenhoven wrote: > shavawn donoghue schrieb: >> Hi, >> >> I have recently downloaded Lyx to my Windows 2000 machine (following >> wiki windows setup page though did install ghostscript at the end as was >> not sure if I needed it). > > Why that? On the first line of "Files needed" I read "Ghostsript for > Windows"... > >> I have been trying to insert a graphic (an >> .eps figure) for the first time. But when I insert the figure I get an >> 'error converting to loadable format'. This is the same message I get >> for the figures in my user guide. >> [...] >> Where have I gone wrong? > > To me it looks like LyX can't find imagemagick, which it needs to > convert images. Did you install imagemagick? Is imagemagick in your path?
Technically, you shouldn't *need* ImageMagick. See here for how loading of figures works in LyX: http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/LyX/FiguresInLyX Practially, Windows users have reported problems when using anything other than the default converter, convertDefault.sh, which is indeed a wrapper for ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. If you decide to use this default, then you should ensure that the 'correct' convert is called. I understand that there is a system utility called 'convert' on Win32 boxes, so you should ensure that the ImageMagick directory is the first entry in your PATH. As for your specific problems using your specialised converter, my_pstopng... I wish I could help more than I can. As I say, other Windows users have reported problems using anything other than convertDefault.sh. I have no idea why. In truth, I'm baffled by these reports. Does your script get called? Add echo "Hi, my_pstopng here!" as the first line of your script, just to check. Regards, -- Angus
