* Dekel Tsur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010728 22:28]:
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 07:27:04PM +0300, Baruch Even wrote:
> > * Dekel Tsur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010728 19:22]:
> > > When using pdflatex, why eps files are converted to PNG and not to PDF ?
> >
> > I was told once over lyx-users that PNG is handled better than PDF.
>
> There was a bug in pdflatex with including PDF files:
> I think that the problem only occurred with PDF files generated from eps
> using epstopdf, and the eps file was generated from a bitmap image (example
> platypus.eps).
> However, this bug had been fix.
Since when is it fixed, can we assume no user will have a problem?
> Furthermore, if you have a bitmap image you can insert it to the lyx file,
> and then you won't have a problem when using pdflatex.
I didn't understand this sentence at all, what do you mean insert to the
lyx file?
> > Besides converting to PDF will require an extra step, and I'm not sure
> > that netpbm can do PDFs at all.
>
> No, conversion to pdf is done in one step using epstopdf.
This needs additional detection. Done.
> > I'm doing whatever is sufficient, if converting to PDF is better I'll
> > check what I can do to improve my conversion practice. Currently it is
> > hardcoded to be EPS for latex and PNG for pdflatex.
>
> For pdflatex:
> jpg,png -> inserted without conversion
> eps -> pdf
> everything else -> png
Done.
Will be commited soon.
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Baruch Even
http://baruch.ev-en.org/
