On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > For many plots in a sub directory "PlotFigures", I have 2 versions, > > one in eps version and one in pdf version. > > > > With Lyx-1.5.3 on Fedora Linux 8, I'm using a koma-script book format. > > I've run up against this problem inserting graphics. When I insert a > > pdf figure, then in the DVI/postscript output, the output is not good > > because there's a big blank area at the top of the figure. In the pdf > > output, the document is good (presumably because the figure was pdf, > > the latex processor handles it well). On the other hand, if I insert > > the eps figure in Lyx, then the DVI/postscript output is good, but the > > pdf output looks bad. > > > > I think this is happening because there really is a big white area at > > the top of the pdf files, and I will have to remedy that for future > > figures. > > > > But for working with the existing images, what is a good approach? > > I've been reading lyx-user archives. > > > > In some email messages from this list, I see users ask this question > > and they are advised to omit the image type from the LyX insert. LyX > > will use eps for DVI output and pdf for pdf output. I mean, if a > > graphic is available as Plot-001.eps or Plot-001.pdf, then one > > should simply insert the figure name "Plot-001" and the LaTeX > > processor will choose the correct format. However, when I try that in > > LyX, I see "figure not found" on the screen. > > > > What's up with that? > > > > In retrospect, I see I need to do more work in the R script that > > manufactures the images, because I think I can stop the pdf output > > from including that giant white space at the top of the pdf. But it > > seems weird to have to do that in order to get an EPS output file. > > > > Have you tried specifying a clipping region in LyX? Might be there's an > issue with reading the bounding box info from the PDF (or EPS) (or both). > > /Paul >
If I set the bounding box so that a pdf image looks good in the DVI/postscript output, then it is not properly positioned in the pdflatex pdf output. I've been double checking and I do not believe the pdf images have a big white space in them at the top. It is appearing to me that LyX wants to treat an inserted pdf graphic as if it is a thing on its own 8.5x11 inch sized piece of white paper. WHen I view the pdf in acroread or evince, there is no big white space at the top and the properties properly indicate the size of the pdf is 5x7 inches, as I intended when I created it. pj -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
