On 6/6/07, Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been using LyX on windows XP since a while now and i am trying
> to move to Linux. I have not tried to install LyX on Linux yet (I am
> sorry but i already know that it won't be easy, I already tried once
> with no success) but my question is different now.
On ubuntu it should be as easy as typing
$ apt-get install lyx
on the command line, or selecting lyx in synaptic and pressing apply button.
(assuming that you are connected to the internet)
>
> When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on
> Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess this
> is related to the installed fonts.
can you be a little bit more specific? What exactly is bad?
1) bitmap fonts, as explained in http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5
2) you use some special fonts that are not embedded in the final pdf.
> maybe once I install LyX I will get
> it working as expected? please let me know if you have any
> suggestion...
Pdf's, by definition, should not depend on any LyX files.
Check http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF and if you do not find a solution send a
minimal example of your pdf.
I think I understand the problem that Diego reports. The pdf viewers
in Linux are more accurate and if the fonts are not included in the
pdf file, the quality of the document on the screen looks not so god,
although on paper it looks perfect. If you are using the default LaTeX
font, then put the following line in the preamble of your LyX
document:
\usepackage{lmodern}
and your pdf files will look great on screen.
Paul
