Am Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2008 18:51 schrieb Georg Baum: > Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2008 13:26 schrieb Rich Shepard: > >> I can try. > >> > >> > I have quite a number of xfig produced files which are all exported as > >> > .eps files and inserted in the LyX document as floats. > > The external template way is supposed to be easier, since it does the > exporting automatically, so you can't get outdated figures because you > forgot to export. with external template way you mean the way I and Rich use, i.e. export fig to eps and insert in Lyx? > > >> > Do I have to use for all my fig files the xfig -specialtext or is > >> > there a global command to do that for all files in one run? > > The special flag is a property of each text box that you have to set > individually. AFAIK the -specialtext switch only sets that as default for > new text. If you have a lot of files that you need to convert it would > probably easy to write a small script that does this. > > > What about the size of the text in your fig -> eps file in respect to the > > size of the text of the body (that is the document text, I guess?). Do > > you adjust it just by comparing it? Thats what I did so far. But what > > about the pstex and the pstex_t which you get after running xfig > > -specialtext? I thought this is the way to divide the image part of the > > fig and the text part so that the latter can be adjusted (by the program) > > to the font size of my text (and also > > to include e.g. greek letters as latex etc). If I check my pstex file, > > it still shows the image and the text, as it was in the normal .fig file. > > The pstex_t file reads like: > > You should not need to worry about pstex_t and friends if you use the > external template. LyX is supposed to create all needed files > automatically, whether you use pdflatex or the traditional DVI. The only > decision you have to make is whether you want to use the special flag or > not: If you use it, the text will be typeset by LaTeX, and you can use > math, own commands that are defined in ERT or the preamble etc. The size > and font would also be adjusted through LaTeX commands. If you do not use > the special flag the text will appear as is in the final document, and you > set the font, size etc. in xfig. Does it mean, I have to create the fig file after having started xfig -specialtext and xfig then puts my text in the pstex_t file with location marks etc? With other words, I have to redo all my fig files and add (or copy, if I find out how the localization of the text is done in pstex_t)? > > > I just did not get it yet, some step might be missing (perhaps something > > in > > the preamble > > You do not need to set anything in the preamble unless you use the xfig > special text flag and inserted nonstandard commands in a textbox textbox is pstex_t? > of the > xfig file yourself. > > >> > And how exactly do I get it into the document? Is it the pstex or the > >> > pstex_t file or both? Or is this done internally by LyX? With Enter > >> > (Einfuegen) File (Datei) external Material I get the fig file but the > >> > text of the pdf output is not scaled correctly (nor the fonts). > >> > Somehow I haven't caught the way of entering it. > > If the special flag was set you encountered a bug, either in xfig, fig2dev > or in LyX. Otherwise just set the flag, and the text should be typeset by > LaTeX. How does xfig find out the size and font I used in the document, or does it make latex take it over?
Will experiment tomorrow a bit, but perhaps clarifying my (stupid) questions helps to reduce the experimenting time. Thanks a lot, Georg Wolfgang
