I had posted this before but had no response so far. Could somebody who successfully uses greek symbols in xfig and includes the fig file in LyX give me a hint?
Original text: I try to insert greek in a xfig file under Lyx using this (Oct2006 Helge Hafting/Rich Shepard): 1. insert '$\mu$' in your figure; 2. select 'Special flag' and 'Use LaTeX fonts' for '$\mu$'; 3. insert your Xfig picture in your LyX document with Insert -> File -> External material (Xfig's Template). There is no need to convert your xfig picture to an eps one, as LyX knows quite well how to operate the needed conversions by itself regarding xfig files -- But I can't get it work. I am using Lyx 2.1.0 and I have transfig installed which contains fig2dev What I did: In xfig (3.2.5b): Text flags > special flag >special >set Text-font > use Postscript Fonts > use Latex font > jumps back to Fonts Menu #not sure what to select here in the fig graphic I have a text with $\alpha$ In Lyx under - >tools>preferences>file handling converter definitions FIG>EPS ->converter fig2dev -L eps $$i $$o extra flag is empty and save apply is greyed out #not sure whether this is correct The fonts in Lyx I have selected are Roman -Palatino SanSerif Helvetia Typewriter ComputerModern I have reconfigured Lyx I insert the .fig file with -> File -> External material (Xfig's Template) and see the graphic with $\alpha$ But the pdf file does not show the greek alpha, but still $\alpha$. I am not sure what I do wrong. Is it on the xfig side or the lyx side? Could somebody who successfully uses greek symbols in xfig and includes the fig file in LyX give me a hint? Thanks a lot Wolfgang
