On 02/07/2012 12:50 AM, Jens Nöckel wrote:
I think this can only be solved if you save the user's guide to an
external file, bisect that new file until you localize the error to a
reasonably small portion of the file, and then inspect the LaTeX log.
Did the OP reconfigure LyX after getting convert working?
Richard
Jens
On Feb 6, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Rich Talley wrote:
Thanks. As convert is now working, I'll put off installing software I
probably don't actually need. I am able to convert the problematic
files (such as mobius.eps) to pngs at the command line using convert
manually. The problem appears to be that my installation of LyX is
not using convert.
As one of the wiki pages recommend, I ran this command:
lyx -dbg graphics
A bunch of graphic formats are listed as loadable. Pdf files are not;
is this correct?
I confirmed that I only have one copy of convert and that it's in my
path.
I looked at LyX -> Preferences -> File Handling -> Converters -> EPS
-> PNG
This shows 'convert $$i $$o', which I believe is correct.
I show only two PDF converters, PDF(ps2pdf) to EPS and to Postscript.
Should there be more?
-- Rich
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Jens Nöckel <noec...@uoregon.edu
<mailto:noec...@uoregon.edu>> wrote:
Assuming convert is really the problem, perhaps you can try a
different imagemagick installation.
Two options would be Macports,
http://www.macports.org/install.php
or Fink,
http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php?phpLang=en
You only need one of these. Most people seem to choose Macports
nowadays, but it really doesn't matter for your purposes.
After following the installation instructions for one of these
package managers, you can then install imagemagick by typing either
sudo port install imagemagick
(for Macports)
or
fink install imagemagick
(for Fink).
This won't interfere with the MacTeX installation, so it can't
hurt to try. I have used both methods and found convert to work fine.
Jens
On Feb 5, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Richard Talley wrote:
So I found a problem with the 'convert' utility (part of
ImageMagick 6.6.9) that MacTex 2011 installs. The installation
fails to install the necessary xml files that 'convert' needs to
function correctly at the command line.
Over at the macosx-tex mailing list, Dick Koch provided a link
to the necessary xml files with this comment:
"We supply convert mainly for tex4html, thinking that users
familiar with the Unix version
will want to install the full ImageMagick. So the conversion you
are using was never tested."
So I got 'convert' working at the command line. Unfortunately,
this turned out to be a red herring. I still can't typeset LyX's
user manual
from within LyX. Pdf and eps files (such as mobius.eps) still
don't display within LyX ('Error converting to loadable format')
and
typesetting still fails.
I tried exporting the LyX user manual to LaTeX(plain) and
typesetting the resulting TeX file in TeXShop. That actually works,
except cross references break ('see section ??' in the resulting
pdf). But the pdf and eps files that are problematic in LyX typeset
in TeXShop.
What am I missing?
-- Rich
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Richard Talley
<rich.tal...@gmail.com <mailto:rich.tal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I had been running MacTex 2009 and Lyx 1.6.8. and using them
extensively for technical documentation and homework
assignments.
I upgraded this morning to MacTex 2011 (using the Tex Live
Utility to bring all the packages up to date) and Lyx 2.0.2.
I tried to create a pdf of the UserGuide (located in
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/doc/ - opens as
read only)
Four eps files are generating 'Error converting to loadable
format' in the LyX document. The LaTeX error dialog shows:
Package pdftex.def Error: File
`34_Applications_LyX_app_Contents_Resources_doc_clipart_mobius.pdf}
Using draft setting for this image.
Try typing <return> to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X <return> to quit.
- OR -
Package pdftex.def Error: File
`42_Applications_LyX_app_Contents_Resources_doc_clipart_escher-lsd.pdf}}
\hfill{}\subfloat[\label{f...
So my system doesn't seem to be converting eps files
correctly into pdfs for LyX to use. Any suggestions for
troubleshooting? I've saved the complete LaTeX log, but it's
huge and I'm not sure what's relevant.
-- Rich
MacBook Pro/OS X 10.6.8
