Martin A. Hansen wrote: > i am getting closer at a solution. > > i tried to manually insert the suggested \convert lines in my > ~/.lyx/lyxrc.default
Don't use this; it is regenerated automatically by Edit->Reconfigure. You'll lose your additions. Create a new file ~/.lyx/preferences for your own stuff. > only the dvips line was missing - and that worked. now, i was > wondering why i am not allowed changing the converter from inside > lyx? pressing the preferences->converters->new button and nothing > happens? > > and why is the \converter dvi ps "dvips -o $$o $$i" "" line > missing from start? Look at the $PREFIX/share/lyx/configure script... -- Angus
