Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[I Wayan Warmada]

Hallo Robert,
actually, this is not the problem of LyX nor LaTeX, but the problem of selected 
type of figure format. You made a vector figure but you save as a loosy 
compressed raster format. If you want the same figure as in Corel, either you 
use eps format (as suggested by Yago), or you use tiff with 450 or 600 dpi 
resolution (or you may compress as PNG). I prefer 600 dpi tiff format. You have 
only 10 figure, I think no problem with 600 dpi.

Some eps from Corel may not be opened by some eps rendering program (like gv or 
epstopdf). If so, you can remove unneeded part of eps file (using text editor), 
for example the unknown text befor %!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0 and after %%EOF (the 
newer Corel may not produce it).

Wayan

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Yago diazd...@ono.com wrote:

 If you use Coreldraw, don't export to
 jpg you graphic, but directly to eps type 2 and you will
 have best quality and no pixelated contours.

 - Original Message - From: Robert Neumann ro.neum...@web.de
 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:32 AM
 Subject: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf
 
 
  Hello,
  I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  I have a jpg image with best quality, made with
 coreldraw (actually I use
  coreldraw to to work on the existing jpg-file, which
 contains function-graphs
  and other curves)
  When I open it, the quality is good, there are no
 little dots from the
  compression around the numbers.
  Them I create a pdf with ps2pdf and I get lots of
 these little dots.
  So the jpg quality seems to be reduced by lyx during
 the export process, because
  the dvi is fine.
  I just need to use ps2pdf, because the pdf is
 processed at another place and
  they can only deal with pdfs made with ps2pdf
  I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to
 update, because all new
  lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
  Thanks Robert
 


  

Table of Content in Book-document style

[Ole Ingemann Kjørmo]

Hi!,

1.  Why is my Table of Content page empty?(I've inserted TOC in my
main.lyx file among the other files)

2.  On some of my pages, the page number apear on top of the page, and there
is also added CONTENTS on top
of the same page. Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

//ole from Norway

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

 What I do not understand is:If you compare LyX 1.3 and LyX 1.6 on the same 
 system (using the same LaTeX installation), do you see a delay then?

As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx, that
came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could override
this).
I just installed a newer Linux with a newer Lyx and was very surprised to find
out, that everything was slow suddenly.

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Robert Neumann wrote:
 As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
 install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx,
 that came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could
 override this).

It will certainly be difficult to install LyX 1.6 on such an old system, since 
the requirements (compiler, Qt 4 etc.) changed too much, especially if you 
don't want to compile yourself.

Jürgen

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Abdelrazak Younes]

Robert Neumann wrote:
What I do not understand is:If you compare LyX 1.3 and LyX 1.6 on the same 
system (using the same LaTeX installation), do you see a delay then?


As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx, that
came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could override
this).
I just installed a newer Linux with a newer Lyx and was very surprised to find
out, that everything was slow suddenly.


Hi Robert,

You should try nevetheless 1.6.x because it could well be that it is 
much faster now than 1.3 thanks to the converter cache. Basically, LyX 
now store and reuse any converted graphics.


Abdel.

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

Hi Steve,
thanks for the shell skript. I will work with this later, unfortunately I have
only my old Lyx 1.3.4 on an old Suse Linux 9.1 and because of YAST I could not
install a newer Lyx on the same machine. But I have a Lyx 1.5 on a Suse Linux 
11.
It is a strange situation now:
- I tried with Lyx 1.5 (Suse 11): no pixels
- I checked the ps-File on Lyx 1.3 (Suse 9.1): no pixels

So I figured out that the problem would be with ps2pdf on the old linux. I
replaced the ps2pdf on the Suse 9.1 with the one from the Linux 11: still 
pixels.
So this seems really strange to me, cause I can see no other source for the
pixelation than the ps2pdf, if the ps is ok...
Regards
Robert

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

Hello Wayan,
I usually use eps for all my vektordrawings, but once in a while I have 
to include an jpg, but the funny thing is, that it works with Lyx 1.5 
on a Suse 11,so it seems to be possible. The ps-File on my old Suse with
Lyx 1.3 has no pixels either when I export to ps(as I just posted in 
reply to Steve) but when I use the ps2pdf from the new Linux on the old 
Linux, it still has pixels. So it is very odd to figure out where the 
problem lies.
Regards
Robert

Fwd: .tex to LyX (attached file)

[daniel pereira]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Daniel Pereira danielreispere...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: .tex to LyX (attached file)
To: rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com, lyx-users lyx-users@lists.lyx.org


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:09 AM, rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com wrote:
Daniel Pereira wrote:
OK, I guess I should mention the fact that I started using LyX two  
weeks ago, and that I have no programming background. Although I am  
very willing to do this.


That's fine, and if it weren't for the fact that you wanted to use a  
specialized LaTeX class, you'd probably be sailing along. But you've  
jumped right into the deep end.



What I could do from what you said was:

1. to import the .sty, .cls.. LyX now recognizes the  
ufthesis.layout ! =)


Good.


2. By compiling you mean import the main TEX file  
(ufsampleETD.tex)?


By compiling, I mean processing your document to produce output.  
You can do this to the LaTeX document itself. If you try to do it to  
chapter1.tex, you will get errors.



When I import the ufsampleETD.tex, I am getting not many ERTs.  
Most of them are %comments. The commands that LyX appears to not  
recognize are:

\makecopyright,
\phantomsection,
\addtocontents{TOC} , \protect, \addvspace{10pt} {CHAPTER} {\ 
\protect} (this last one in order to add the word CHAPTER to the  
table of contents)


I cannot generate an output, because of the following errors:
LaTeX Error: Option clash for package graphicx;
description:
\usepackage

{amsmath}

The package graphicx has already been loaded with options:

[]

There has now been an attempt to load it with options

[dvipdfm]

Adding the global options:

,dvipdfm

to your \documentclass declaration may fix this.


LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.

...S AND DISSERTATION TEMPLATE}}{9}{chapter.1}

Try typing return to proceed.

If that doesn't work, type X return to quit.Try typing return to  
proceed.



Package inputenc Error: Keyboard character used is

undefined


This is an example of a {}``short’

’ list. Not because there's only

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText

or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.




I suspect this is because of various packages that are being loaded  
in the preamble of the document, that LyX is automatically loading  
earlier. Maybe the simplest thing to do is to post the imported  
file, and I can have a look at it.



If explained in more detail, I can try to do the bash part.( I am  
on a Mac, OS X 10.5). Are you talking about running that code in a  
terminal? Sorry about this, I have zero experience with programming.



Yes, run it in a terminal. To do the conversion, open a terminal and  
get yourself to whatever directory contains the thesis template.  
Let's say that's /users/you/template. Then you'll do:

# cd /users/you/template
# for i in *tex; do tex2lyx -c ufthesis $i; done
And the LyX files will be in that directory now.

Richard

Thanks again for the help. Here is my progress:

1. I imported *all* the .tex files into .lyx files. I am still  
getting the errors when trying to compile the main file  
ufsampleETD.lyx file.


2. the bash on Mac does not recognize the tex2lyx. I reinstalled  
the latest version (1.6.2) twice, and I still cannot get the tex2lyx  
to work. If I try to to do an import manually (LyX  Import (plain  
Tex) ) I get the same error, saying that LyX could not access  
tex2lyx. This does NOThappen in a Windows environment.


I am attaching a zipped version of the folder containing the lyx,  
tex and companion files.



Thanks again for the help. Here is my progress:

1. I imported *all* the .tex files into .lyx files, but I am still  
getting the errors when trying to compile the main file  
ufsampleETD.lyx file.


2. the bash on Mac does not recognize the tex2lyx. I reinstalled the  
latest version (1.6.2) twice, and I still cannot get the tex2lyx to  
work. If I try to to do an import manually (LyX  Import (plain Tex) )  
I get the same error, saying that LyX could not access tex2lyx. This  
does NOT happen in a Windows environment.


The attachment is too large to be sent to this list. I will be glad to  
provide anyone with the folder containing the lyx, tex and companion  
files. (drpereira(at)ufl.edu)

Re: Is PDF the best graphic format for LyX?

[Pavel Sanda]

Steve Litt wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 Is it my imagination, or do things go MUCH better when graphics included in a 
 LyX diagram are PDFs? That's what I've found. I've found them infinitely and 
 continuously scalable, and if I create the PDF with embed fonts, I think 
 they work anywhere.

for simple diagrams i found fig or dia pictures to be better alternative,
because you can still edit them even if included into lyx document, internal
conversion inside lyx doesn't break their vector-like nature inside output pdf.

if used with version control you can even see comprehensible diffs for these
pictures if small bits change...

pavel

Re: Is PDF the best graphic format for LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 23 May 2009 06:25:23 pm Pavel Sanda wrote:
 Steve Litt wrote:
  Hi all,
 
  Is it my imagination, or do things go MUCH better when graphics included
  in a LyX diagram are PDFs? That's what I've found. I've found them
  infinitely and continuously scalable, and if I create the PDF with embed
  fonts, I think they work anywhere.

 for simple diagrams i found fig or dia pictures to be better alternative,
 because you can still edit them even if included into lyx document,
 internal conversion inside lyx doesn't break their vector-like nature
 inside output pdf.

 if used with version control you can even see comprehensible diffs for
 these pictures if small bits change...

 pavel

That's good information. A couple years ago I directly used inkscape drawings 
(after vacuuming the .svg), and things didn't go well at all. I don't 
remember the specfics. I'll try it again. The less versions of the same 
diagram, the better. I really hate having a .svg and a .pdf and having to 
remember they're really the same and the .svg is the source.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[I Wayan Warmada]

Hallo Robert,
actually, this is not the problem of LyX nor LaTeX, but the problem of selected 
type of figure format. You made a vector figure but you save as a loosy 
compressed raster format. If you want the same figure as in Corel, either you 
use eps format (as suggested by Yago), or you use tiff with 450 or 600 dpi 
resolution (or you may compress as PNG). I prefer 600 dpi tiff format. You have 
only 10 figure, I think no problem with 600 dpi.

Some eps from Corel may not be opened by some eps rendering program (like gv or 
epstopdf). If so, you can remove unneeded part of eps file (using text editor), 
for example the unknown text befor %!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0 and after %%EOF (the 
newer Corel may not produce it).

Wayan

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Yago diazd...@ono.com wrote:

 If you use Coreldraw, don't export to
 jpg you graphic, but directly to eps type 2 and you will
 have best quality and no pixelated contours.

 - Original Message - From: Robert Neumann ro.neum...@web.de
 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
 Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:32 AM
 Subject: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf
 
 
  Hello,
  I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
  I have a jpg image with best quality, made with
 coreldraw (actually I use
  coreldraw to to work on the existing jpg-file, which
 contains function-graphs
  and other curves)
  When I open it, the quality is good, there are no
 little dots from the
  compression around the numbers.
  Them I create a pdf with ps2pdf and I get lots of
 these little dots.
  So the jpg quality seems to be reduced by lyx during
 the export process, because
  the dvi is fine.
  I just need to use ps2pdf, because the pdf is
 processed at another place and
  they can only deal with pdfs made with ps2pdf
  I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to
 update, because all new
  lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
  Thanks Robert
 


  

Table of Content in Book-document style

[Ole Ingemann Kjørmo]

Hi!,

1.  Why is my Table of Content page empty?(I've inserted TOC in my
main.lyx file among the other files)

2.  On some of my pages, the page number apear on top of the page, and there
is also added CONTENTS on top
of the same page. Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

//ole from Norway

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

 What I do not understand is:If you compare LyX 1.3 and LyX 1.6 on the same 
 system (using the same LaTeX installation), do you see a delay then?

As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx, that
came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could override
this).
I just installed a newer Linux with a newer Lyx and was very surprised to find
out, that everything was slow suddenly.

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Robert Neumann wrote:
 As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
 install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx,
 that came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could
 override this).

It will certainly be difficult to install LyX 1.6 on such an old system, since 
the requirements (compiler, Qt 4 etc.) changed too much, especially if you 
don't want to compile yourself.

Jürgen

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Abdelrazak Younes]

Robert Neumann wrote:
What I do not understand is:If you compare LyX 1.3 and LyX 1.6 on the same 
system (using the same LaTeX installation), do you see a delay then?


As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx, that
came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could override
this).
I just installed a newer Linux with a newer Lyx and was very surprised to find
out, that everything was slow suddenly.


Hi Robert,

You should try nevetheless 1.6.x because it could well be that it is 
much faster now than 1.3 thanks to the converter cache. Basically, LyX 
now store and reuse any converted graphics.


Abdel.

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

Hi Steve,
thanks for the shell skript. I will work with this later, unfortunately I have
only my old Lyx 1.3.4 on an old Suse Linux 9.1 and because of YAST I could not
install a newer Lyx on the same machine. But I have a Lyx 1.5 on a Suse Linux 
11.
It is a strange situation now:
- I tried with Lyx 1.5 (Suse 11): no pixels
- I checked the ps-File on Lyx 1.3 (Suse 9.1): no pixels

So I figured out that the problem would be with ps2pdf on the old linux. I
replaced the ps2pdf on the Suse 9.1 with the one from the Linux 11: still 
pixels.
So this seems really strange to me, cause I can see no other source for the
pixelation than the ps2pdf, if the ps is ok...
Regards
Robert

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

Hello Wayan,
I usually use eps for all my vektordrawings, but once in a while I have 
to include an jpg, but the funny thing is, that it works with Lyx 1.5 
on a Suse 11,so it seems to be possible. The ps-File on my old Suse with
Lyx 1.3 has no pixels either when I export to ps(as I just posted in 
reply to Steve) but when I use the ps2pdf from the new Linux on the old 
Linux, it still has pixels. So it is very odd to figure out where the 
problem lies.
Regards
Robert

Fwd: .tex to LyX (attached file)

[daniel pereira]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Daniel Pereira danielreispere...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: .tex to LyX (attached file)
To: rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com, lyx-users lyx-users@lists.lyx.org


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:09 AM, rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com wrote:
Daniel Pereira wrote:
OK, I guess I should mention the fact that I started using LyX two  
weeks ago, and that I have no programming background. Although I am  
very willing to do this.


That's fine, and if it weren't for the fact that you wanted to use a  
specialized LaTeX class, you'd probably be sailing along. But you've  
jumped right into the deep end.



What I could do from what you said was:

1. to import the .sty, .cls.. LyX now recognizes the  
ufthesis.layout ! =)


Good.


2. By compiling you mean import the main TEX file  
(ufsampleETD.tex)?


By compiling, I mean processing your document to produce output.  
You can do this to the LaTeX document itself. If you try to do it to  
chapter1.tex, you will get errors.



When I import the ufsampleETD.tex, I am getting not many ERTs.  
Most of them are %comments. The commands that LyX appears to not  
recognize are:

\makecopyright,
\phantomsection,
\addtocontents{TOC} , \protect, \addvspace{10pt} {CHAPTER} {\ 
\protect} (this last one in order to add the word CHAPTER to the  
table of contents)


I cannot generate an output, because of the following errors:
LaTeX Error: Option clash for package graphicx;
description:
\usepackage

{amsmath}

The package graphicx has already been loaded with options:

[]

There has now been an attempt to load it with options

[dvipdfm]

Adding the global options:

,dvipdfm

to your \documentclass declaration may fix this.


LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.

...S AND DISSERTATION TEMPLATE}}{9}{chapter.1}

Try typing return to proceed.

If that doesn't work, type X return to quit.Try typing return to  
proceed.



Package inputenc Error: Keyboard character used is

undefined


This is an example of a {}``short’

’ list. Not because there's only

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText

or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.




I suspect this is because of various packages that are being loaded  
in the preamble of the document, that LyX is automatically loading  
earlier. Maybe the simplest thing to do is to post the imported  
file, and I can have a look at it.



If explained in more detail, I can try to do the bash part.( I am  
on a Mac, OS X 10.5). Are you talking about running that code in a  
terminal? Sorry about this, I have zero experience with programming.



Yes, run it in a terminal. To do the conversion, open a terminal and  
get yourself to whatever directory contains the thesis template.  
Let's say that's /users/you/template. Then you'll do:

# cd /users/you/template
# for i in *tex; do tex2lyx -c ufthesis $i; done
And the LyX files will be in that directory now.

Richard

Thanks again for the help. Here is my progress:

1. I imported *all* the .tex files into .lyx files. I am still  
getting the errors when trying to compile the main file  
ufsampleETD.lyx file.


2. the bash on Mac does not recognize the tex2lyx. I reinstalled  
the latest version (1.6.2) twice, and I still cannot get the tex2lyx  
to work. If I try to to do an import manually (LyX  Import (plain  
Tex) ) I get the same error, saying that LyX could not access  
tex2lyx. This does NOThappen in a Windows environment.


I am attaching a zipped version of the folder containing the lyx,  
tex and companion files.



Thanks again for the help. Here is my progress:

1. I imported *all* the .tex files into .lyx files, but I am still  
getting the errors when trying to compile the main file  
ufsampleETD.lyx file.


2. the bash on Mac does not recognize the tex2lyx. I reinstalled the  
latest version (1.6.2) twice, and I still cannot get the tex2lyx to  
work. If I try to to do an import manually (LyX  Import (plain Tex) )  
I get the same error, saying that LyX could not access tex2lyx. This  
does NOT happen in a Windows environment.


The attachment is too large to be sent to this list. I will be glad to  
provide anyone with the folder containing the lyx, tex and companion  
files. (drpereira(at)ufl.edu)

Re: Is PDF the best graphic format for LyX?

[Pavel Sanda]

Steve Litt wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 Is it my imagination, or do things go MUCH better when graphics included in a 
 LyX diagram are PDFs? That's what I've found. I've found them infinitely and 
 continuously scalable, and if I create the PDF with embed fonts, I think 
 they work anywhere.

for simple diagrams i found fig or dia pictures to be better alternative,
because you can still edit them even if included into lyx document, internal
conversion inside lyx doesn't break their vector-like nature inside output pdf.

if used with version control you can even see comprehensible diffs for these
pictures if small bits change...

pavel

Re: Is PDF the best graphic format for LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 23 May 2009 06:25:23 pm Pavel Sanda wrote:
 Steve Litt wrote:
  Hi all,
 
  Is it my imagination, or do things go MUCH better when graphics included
  in a LyX diagram are PDFs? That's what I've found. I've found them
  infinitely and continuously scalable, and if I create the PDF with embed
  fonts, I think they work anywhere.

 for simple diagrams i found fig or dia pictures to be better alternative,
 because you can still edit them even if included into lyx document,
 internal conversion inside lyx doesn't break their vector-like nature
 inside output pdf.

 if used with version control you can even see comprehensible diffs for
 these pictures if small bits change...

 pavel

That's good information. A couple years ago I directly used inkscape drawings 
(after vacuuming the .svg), and things didn't go well at all. I don't 
remember the specfics. I'll try it again. The less versions of the same 
diagram, the better. I really hate having a .svg and a .pdf and having to 
remember they're really the same and the .svg is the source.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[I Wayan Warmada]

Hallo Robert,
actually, this is not the problem of LyX nor LaTeX, but the problem of selected 
type of figure format. You made a vector figure but you save as a loosy 
compressed raster format. If you want the same figure as in Corel, either you 
use eps format (as suggested by Yago), or you use tiff with 450 or 600 dpi 
resolution (or you may compress as PNG). I prefer 600 dpi tiff format. You have 
only 10 figure, I think no problem with 600 dpi.

Some eps from Corel may not be opened by some eps rendering program (like gv or 
epstopdf). If so, you can remove unneeded part of eps file (using text editor), 
for example the unknown text befor %!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0 and after %%EOF (the 
newer Corel may not produce it).

Wayan

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Yago  wrote:

> If you use Coreldraw, don't export to
> jpg you graphic, but directly to eps type 2 and you will
> have best quality and no pixelated contours.
>
> - Original Message - From: "Robert Neumann" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:32 AM
> Subject: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> > I have a problem with the quality of jpg-images.
> > I have a jpg image with best quality, made with
> coreldraw (actually I use
> > coreldraw to to work on the existing jpg-file, which
> contains function-graphs
> > and other curves)
> > When I open it, the quality is good, there are no
> "little dots" from the
> > compression around the numbers.
> > Them I create a pdf with ps2pdf and I get lots of
> these little dots.
> > So the jpg quality seems to be reduced by lyx during
> the export process, because
> > the dvi is fine.
> > I just need to use ps2pdf, because the pdf is
> processed at another place and
> > they can only deal with pdfs made with ps2pdf
> > I' using Lyx 1.3.4 on a Suse Linux (and I dont want to
> update, because all new
> > lyx are slower it has to to with the latex)
> > Thanks Robert
> 


  

Table of Content in Book-document style

[Ole Ingemann Kjørmo]

Hi!,

1.  Why is my Table of Content page empty?(I've inserted TOC in my
main.lyx file among the other files)

2.  On some of my pages, the page number apear on top of the page, and there
is also added "CONTENTS" on top
of the same page. Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

//ole from Norway

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

> What I do not understand is:If you compare LyX 1.3 and LyX 1.6 on the same 
> system (using the same LaTeX installation), do you see a delay then?

As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx, that
came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could override
this).
I just installed a newer Linux with a newer Lyx and was very surprised to find
out, that everything was slow suddenly.

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Robert Neumann wrote:
> As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
> install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx,
> that came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could
> override this).

It will certainly be difficult to install LyX 1.6 on such an old system, since 
the requirements (compiler, Qt 4 etc.) changed too much, especially if you 
don't want to compile yourself.

Jürgen

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Abdelrazak Younes]

Robert Neumann wrote:
What I do not understand is:If you compare LyX 1.3 and LyX 1.6 on the same 
system (using the same LaTeX installation), do you see a delay then?


As far as I remember: no. But I remember that it was extremly difficult to
install 1.4 on the SuSE Linux, because of YAST, which sticks to the lyx, that
came with the distribution. (And I'm not such a Linux Pro that I could override
this).
I just installed a newer Linux with a newer Lyx and was very surprised to find
out, that everything was slow suddenly.


Hi Robert,

You should try nevetheless 1.6.x because it could well be that it is 
much faster now than 1.3 thanks to the converter cache. Basically, LyX 
now store and reuse any converted graphics.


Abdel.

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

Hi Steve,
thanks for the shell skript. I will work with this later, unfortunately I have
only my old Lyx 1.3.4 on an old Suse Linux 9.1 and because of YAST I could not
install a newer Lyx on the same machine. But I have a Lyx 1.5 on a Suse Linux 
11.
It is a strange situation now:
- I tried with Lyx 1.5 (Suse 11): no pixels
- I checked the ps-File on Lyx 1.3 (Suse 9.1): no pixels

So I figured out that the problem would be with ps2pdf on the old linux. I
replaced the ps2pdf on the Suse 9.1 with the one from the Linux 11: still 
pixels.
So this seems really strange to me, cause I can see no other source for the
pixelation than the ps2pdf, if the ps is ok...
Regards
Robert

Re: Problems with jpg-quality with ps2pdf

[Robert Neumann]

Hello Wayan,
I usually use eps for all my vektordrawings, but once in a while I have 
to include an jpg, but the funny thing is, that it works with Lyx 1.5 
on a Suse 11,so it seems to be possible. The ps-File on my old Suse with
Lyx 1.3 has no pixels either when I export to ps(as I just posted in 
reply to Steve) but when I use the ps2pdf from the new Linux on the old 
Linux, it still has pixels. So it is very odd to figure out where the 
problem lies.
Regards
Robert

Fwd: .tex to LyX (attached file)

[daniel pereira]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Daniel Pereira 
Date: Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: .tex to LyX (attached file)
To: rgheck , lyx-users 


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:09 AM, rgheck  wrote:
Daniel Pereira wrote:
OK, I guess I should mention the fact that I started using LyX two  
weeks ago, and that I have no programming background. Although I am  
very willing to do this.


That's fine, and if it weren't for the fact that you wanted to use a  
specialized LaTeX class, you'd probably be sailing along. But you've  
jumped right into the deep end.



What I could do from what you said was:

1. to import the .sty, .cls.. LyX now recognizes the  
"ufthesis.layout" ! =)


Good.


2. By "compiling" you mean import the main TEX file  
(ufsampleETD.tex"")?


By "compiling", I mean processing your document to produce output.  
You can do this to the LaTeX document itself. If you try to do it to  
chapter1.tex, you will get errors.



When I import the "ufsampleETD.tex", I am getting not many ERTs.  
Most of them are "%comments". The commands that LyX appears to not  
recognize are:

\makecopyright,
\phantomsection,
\addtocontents{TOC} , \protect, \addvspace{10pt} {CHAPTER} {\ 
\protect} (this last one in order to add the word CHAPTER to the  
table of contents)


I cannot generate an output, because of the following errors:
LaTeX Error: Option clash for package graphicx;
description:
\usepackage

{amsmath}

The package graphicx has already been loaded with options:

[]

There has now been an attempt to load it with options

[dvipdfm]

Adding the global options:

,dvipdfm

to your \documentclass declaration may fix this.


LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.

...S AND DISSERTATION TEMPLATE}}{9}{chapter.1}

Try typing  to proceed.

If that doesn't work, type X  to quit.Try typing  to  
proceed.



Package inputenc Error: Keyboard character used is

undefined


This is an example of a {}``short’

’ list. Not because there's only

You need to provide a definition with \DeclareInputText

or \DeclareInputMath before using this key.




I suspect this is because of various packages that are being loaded  
in the preamble of the document, that LyX is automatically loading  
earlier. Maybe the simplest thing to do is to post the imported  
file, and I can have a look at it.



If explained in more detail, I can try to do the "bash part".( I am  
on a Mac, OS X 10.5). Are you talking about running that code in a  
terminal? Sorry about this, I have zero experience with programming.



Yes, run it in a terminal. To do the conversion, open a terminal and  
get yourself to whatever directory contains the thesis template.  
Let's say that's /users/you/template. Then you'll do:

# cd /users/you/template
# for i in *tex; do tex2lyx -c ufthesis $i; done
And the LyX files will be in that directory now.

Richard

Thanks again for the help. Here is my progress:

1. I imported *all* the ".tex" files into ".lyx" files. I am still  
getting the errors when trying to compile the main file  
ufsampleETD.lyx file.


2. the bash on Mac does not recognize the "tex2lyx". I reinstalled  
the latest version (1.6.2) twice, and I still cannot get the tex2lyx  
to work. If I try to to do an import manually (LyX > Import (plain  
Tex) ) I get the same error, saying that LyX could not access  
tex2lyx. This does NOThappen in a Windows environment.


I am attaching a zipped version of the folder containing the lyx,  
tex and companion files.



Thanks again for the help. Here is my progress:

1. I imported *all* the ".tex" files into ".lyx" files, but I am still  
getting the errors when trying to compile the main file  
ufsampleETD.lyx file.


2. the bash on Mac does not recognize the "tex2lyx". I reinstalled the  
latest version (1.6.2) twice, and I still cannot get the tex2lyx to  
work. If I try to to do an import manually (LyX > Import (plain Tex) )  
I get the same error, saying that LyX could not access tex2lyx. This  
does NOT happen in a Windows environment.


The attachment is too large to be sent to this list. I will be glad to  
provide anyone with the folder containing the lyx, tex and companion  
files. (drpereira(at)ufl.edu)

Re: Is PDF the best graphic format for LyX?

[Pavel Sanda]

Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it my imagination, or do things go MUCH better when graphics included in a 
> LyX diagram are PDFs? That's what I've found. I've found them infinitely and 
> continuously scalable, and if I create the PDF with "embed fonts", I think 
> they work anywhere.

for simple diagrams i found fig or dia pictures to be better alternative,
because you can still edit them even if included into lyx document, internal
conversion inside lyx doesn't break their vector-like nature inside output pdf.

if used with version control you can even see comprehensible diffs for these
pictures if small bits change...

pavel

Re: Is PDF the best graphic format for LyX?

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 23 May 2009 06:25:23 pm Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is it my imagination, or do things go MUCH better when graphics included
> > in a LyX diagram are PDFs? That's what I've found. I've found them
> > infinitely and continuously scalable, and if I create the PDF with "embed
> > fonts", I think they work anywhere.
>
> for simple diagrams i found fig or dia pictures to be better alternative,
> because you can still edit them even if included into lyx document,
> internal conversion inside lyx doesn't break their vector-like nature
> inside output pdf.
>
> if used with version control you can even see comprehensible diffs for
> these pictures if small bits change...
>
> pavel

That's good information. A couple years ago I directly used inkscape drawings 
(after "vacuuming" the .svg), and things didn't go well at all. I don't 
remember the specfics. I'll try it again. The less versions of the same 
diagram, the better. I really hate having a .svg and a .pdf and having to 
remember they're really the same and the .svg is the source.

Thanks

SteveT

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