Re: How to recover dvi -> ps -> pdf output?

[Paul A. Rubin]

Stefano Franchi wrote:
    I need to recover the ability to generate (and see) a Pdf file via 
the dvips route. I lost the relevant items in the "View" menu a long 
time ago and never  bother fixing the problem, because I was happy with 
pdftex. But now I have problems with the latter (after installing some 
fancy fonts) and need to go the other route. Can anyone remind me how to 
reinstruct LyX to perform the proper conversions?

I am on a Mac, 10.3.9, running LyX 1.3.6 with Gerben Wierda's version of 
TeTex. dvips and company work fine when used from the console and/or 
TexShop.


The following assumes that Ghostscript is also installed and working, 
since you need it for the Postscript->PDF conversion (unless something 
else is used on Macs).

Go to the Edit->Preferences->Converters dialog.  You need two 
converters, DVI->Postscript and Postscript->PDF.  On my system (Win XP, 
but this should be platform-independent) the Converter: line for 
DVI->Postscript is 'dvips -o $$o $$i' with no extra flags; for 
Postscript->PDF it is 'ps2pdf13 $$i', again with no flags.  (You may 
want to experiment with other converters from the Ghostscript lib 
directory, such as ps2pdf14.)

If a converter is present but the Converter: line is empty, you can fill 
in the field and click Modify and then Save.  If a converter is 
completely missing, set the From: and To: drop down lists, fill in the 
Converter: line, then click New followed by Save.

Paul