There are also dvipdf and ps2pdf tools but they all seem to come in the
same package with pdflatex anyway.
On 23 Nov 1999, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
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> I only need to think a bit about how to do this best.
>
> I think it should be done by a lyxrc switch.
Does pdflatex provide the same error message and other log file output as
latex?
> \latex_mode {standard|pdf}
> \prog_pfdlatex <string> (default pdflatex)
> \pdf_viewer <string> (default xpdf or acroread)
or gv/ghostview if ghostscript >= 5.50 (maybe earlier also)
> Some in the File menus need to change and File->Export.
Hmmm... So you are suggesting we either have DVI+PS or PDF options
available at any time for viewing or updating from File menu and that we
might support File->Export->PDF if in 'standard' mode or vice versa.
I suppose that makes sense. Then we just need a lyx action to switch
between modes. Changing modes then effectively allows us to turn
UpdateDVI into UpdatePDF by substituting "pdflatex" for "latex" which
should only take a line or three of code:
command += lyxrc->latex_mode ? lyxrc->pdflatex : lyxrc->latex;
Then all the rest of the code for the patch is the additions to lyxrc and
lyxaction. Including testing if it's viable to switch modes: no pdflatex
found no switching modes.
> We also must check for pdflatex in configure and check for
> fontencoding LY1 which is preferred with PDF and also check for some
> of the packages that is advised to be used together with PDF, url.sty
> and hyperref.sty and some fontpackages.
LY1, what's that? AFAIK, the recommendation seems to be just use the
psfonts by either \usepackage{mathptm} which sets the math fonts as well
as roman and so forth or just set Layout->Document->Font == times.
Allan. (ARRae)
