Philipp Fleig wrote: > So just to get this right. What I include in LyX via Insert->File- > >External material is the original Xfig file .fig and not > some .latex file which I exported in Xfig!?
Exactly. > Now, when I do this and include the .fig file in my document and then > try to run pdflatex I get an error saying 'Empty output file was > created'. > Also, if I tick 'Show in LyX' when I include the .fig file, the > figure does not show up. That looks like a problem with your xfig file. Or you are missing some converters. If you look in the preferences, is there a converter defined from xfig to png? > What am I doing wrong? Probably it is something really simple which I > should know myself...Sorry I'm a beginner. If you send a minimal example .lyx file + xfig file that shows the problem it will be easy to find out what is going wrong. Georg