Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Angus Leeming
Jose' Matos wrote: > Is there any reason why InsetExternal are eitheir system default > or local? Why not both? If I define the Gnuplot template in .lyx > them I loose the selection of those that we distribute... Because the templates used to contain the definition of the conversion process

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Jose' Matos
On Friday 12 December 2003 15:55, Angus Leeming wrote: > > I am telling you that the conversion code is duplicated in > InsetExternal and InsetGraphics. The code controlling file conversion > is simpler in InsetExternal than in InsetGraphics because > InsetExternal is not (currently?) worried abou

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Jose' Matos
On Friday 12 December 2003 15:55, Angus Leeming wrote: > > I am telling you that the conversion code is duplicated in > InsetExternal and InsetGraphics. The code controlling file conversion > is simpler in InsetExternal than in InsetGraphics because > InsetExternal is not (currently?) worried about

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Angus Leeming
Jose' Matos wrote: > Since there is no chance this could work for 1.3 you are telling > me to bet on the insetexternal inset instead for 1.4, is it? Sort of. I am telling you that the conversion code is duplicated in InsetExternal and InsetGraphics. The code controlling file conversion is

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Jose' Matos
On Friday 12 December 2003 11:34, Angus Leeming wrote: > > Let's call it 'an accident of history'. The code used to be much more > convoluted than it is now. However, I think that the primary reason > is that InsetGraphics can handle compressed files and needs to > uncompress them to ascertain the

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Angus Leeming
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Angus, > why do we need to move the graphics to > the temporary directory? > > This I don't get. (And many other things > as well ;-). > > /me puzzeled. :-) Let's call it 'an accident of history'. The code used to be much more convoluted than it is now. However, I

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread jamatos
Hi Angus, why do we need to move the graphics to the temporary directory? This I don't get. (And many other things as well ;-). /me puzzeled. :-) -- José

Re: gnuplot graphics with lyx.

2003-12-12 Thread Angus Leeming
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is a request for 2), or something related, asking too much? Yes. Certainly it is too much to ask for 1.3.x. For 1.4.x? Things are a lot more robust and straightforward than they were so I would say that such a change _could_ be made to work wothout totally foo-barrin