On Thursday 19 November 2009 02:44:55 pm Helge Hafting wrote: > It works on debian linux with lyx 1.6.4, so check if you have necessary > software. Also check that the converter is found in the PATH, otherwise > LyX won't find it. > > Checking in Tools->Preferences, I see that EPS is listed as a vector > graphics format, and under "converters", the converter is listed as > EPS->PDF(ps2pdf): epstopdf --outfile=$$o $$i > > If you have the same, check that "epstopdf" is found if you give the > command on the command line. If that works, run LyX from the command > line and see if it works that way. LyX starting from a window manager > menu / icon may theoretically operate with a different PATH where > epstopdf cannot be found. > > Strangely, the converter is only for the format PDF(ps2pdf). When > pdflatex is used, the target format is PDF(pdflatex), not PDF(ps2pdf). > > It works anyway for me. As an experiment, you may want to create a new > converter: > from EPS to PDF(pdflatex). Just copy everything from the > EPS->PDF(ps2pdf) converter. > > Helge Hafting
epstopdf is in the path and is found by LyX I suppose, in fact I see at the buttom that it converts eps files. When running LyX from the terminal I get: l...@luca-desktop:~$ lyx lyx(32608)/ EPSHandler::read: kimgio EPS: starting... lyx(32608)/ seekToCodeStart: kimgio EPS: normal EPS file lyx(32608)/ bbox: kimgio EPS BBOX: 90 236 493 560 lyx(32608)/ EPSHandler::read: kimgio EPS: success! Anyway, this is a problem related to this specific file, i.e. my thesis, as if I create a new file and I insert in there an eps file, pdflatex correctly produces the PDF. This is happening under both Linux and MacOSX. Any idea why? Thanks! Luca
