Am Samstag, 16. Oktober 2004 09:48 schrieb M.K.: > > --- Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're using a graphics inset but can't use the pdflatex compiler. You > > need to define a XFig -> PDF converter. See the Edit->Preferences > > dialog. > > Ah, OK. Well, I have done that (using "fig2dev -L pdf $$i $$o"), but for some reason LyX > generates *.png files and includes those, instead of *.pdfs, when I select view PDF(pdflatex). > How/what determines this target image file format?
In this case it is hardcoded in lyx. If you know a bit C++, you can see it in the function findTargetFormat() in the file src/insets/insetgraphics.C of the lyx sources. The following is more a developers question, so lets discuss it further on the developers list: How should we decide wether to generate a .png or a .pdf file? What about creating pdf if a converter to pdf is available and png otherwise? Rationale: pdf graphics files can have both vector or raster image data. png is a pure raster image format. It is needed nevertheless, because a converter to pdf might not be available for all graphics file formats. Georg
