On Oct 20, 2005, at 6:38 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Go to the Edit->Preferences->Converters dialog. You need two
converters, DVI->Postscript and Postscript->PDF. On my system (Win
XP, but this should be platform-independent) the Converter: line for
DVI->Postscript is 'dvips -o $$o $$i' with no extra flags; for
Postscript->PDF it is 'ps2pdf13 $$i', again with no flags. (You may
want to experiment with other converters from the Ghostscript lib
directory, such as ps2pdf14.)
If a converter is present but the Converter: line is empty, you can
fill in the field and click Modify and then Save. If a converter is
completely missing, set the From: and To: drop down lists, fill in the
Converter: line, then click New followed by Save.
Paul
Thanks Paul,
the procedure you mentioned is more or less what I remembered, thanks
for the details. But I cannot get it to work. Nothing shows up in
either the View or Export menus. I suppose LyX knows what it is
supposed to do to carry out the various conversions, but cannot find
some relevant piece of software. Is there a way to get some more
information on what is going on? I tried to start LyX in debug mode,
but since I cannot trigger any "coverting" action, that's hardly
helpful.
Best,
Stefano
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