Am Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2004 20:13 schrieb John Coppens: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:52:52 +0200 > Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. It must start with %!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0, not %!PS-Adobe-3.0, > > otherwise lyx will not recognize it as eps but ps and therefore use > > ps2pdf and not eps2pdf to convert it to pdf. > > That was because the file I posted on my site was the original PS file - > not EPS.
Your file is a valid EPS file (Apart from the setpagedevice), but is not declared as such. The difference between ps and eps are (maybe I have forgotten something): - EPS needs a bounding box, PS not - EPS files must obey a certain structure regarding the DSC comments - EPS files sometimes contain a preview (then they are called sometims EPSI) Unfortunately there are often subtle differences between different programs. > > 2. The commands > > > > << > > /PageSize [595 841] > > /ImagingBBox null > > >> setpagedevice > > Probably same remark as above. I didn't remove them from the EPS files. But if you did, pdflatex would work (at least it did for me). > ----- > Anyway, I've finally been able to get it done! I didn't have dvipdfm, so I > installed it (as pdflatex does not treat the EPSs correctly). Several > other items weren't installed either. I'll do a few tests in the next > days, and post a writeup of the results. maybe to the wiki? > BTW: Throughout this experience I was confused (and amazed) by the (lack > of-) beginner's documentation for LyX. Most docs are based on previous > knowledge of TeX/LaTeX or other stuff. Configuration of the LyX converters > and viewers is not entirely intuitive... Is there some effort on the way > for a more complete installation/configuration manual? I don't know of any, but you are right, the documentation is improvable in this respect. Georg
