Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 07 May 1999, Roger Williams wrote: Ralf Plaenkers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ghostscript's ps2pdf creates huge files due to the non-compression of bitmap images. Adobe Acrobat Distiller gives very good results. From the documentation which comes with GhostScript 5.50

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 07 May 1999, Roger Williams wrote: Ralf Plaenkers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ghostscript's ps2pdf creates huge files due to the non-compression of bitmap images. Adobe Acrobat Distiller gives very good results. From the documentation which comes with GhostScript 5.50

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-13 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 07 May 1999, Roger Williams wrote: > > Ralf Plaenkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ghostscript's ps2pdf creates huge files due to the non-compression > > of bitmap images. > > > Adobe Acrobat Distiller gives very good results. >From the documentation which comes with

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-06 Thread Victor Ott
Roger Williams wrote: Ralf Plaenkers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ghostscript's ps2pdf creates huge files due to the non-compression of bitmap images. Adobe Acrobat Distiller gives very good results. You didn't mention Frank Siegert's PStill, which provides most of the

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-06 Thread Florian Cramer
Am Thu, 06.May.1999 um 15:59:50 +0200 schrieb Ralf Plaenkers: Hope this little overview helped a bit to get even more confused and continue discussing this important issue in order to find a better solution and end all wars. You should also mention the 'hyperref' package which lets you use

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-06 Thread Victor Ott
Roger Williams wrote: Ralf Plaenkers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ghostscript's ps2pdf creates huge files due to the non-compression of bitmap images. Adobe Acrobat Distiller gives very good results. You didn't mention Frank Siegert's PStill, which provides most of the

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-06 Thread Florian Cramer
Am Thu, 06.May.1999 um 15:59:50 +0200 schrieb Ralf Plaenkers: Hope this little overview helped a bit to get even more confused and continue discussing this important issue in order to find a better solution and end all wars. You should also mention the 'hyperref' package which lets you use

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-06 Thread Victor Ott
Roger Williams wrote: > > > Ralf Plaenkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ghostscript's ps2pdf creates huge files due to the non-compression > > of bitmap images. > > > Adobe Acrobat Distiller gives very good results. > > You didn't mention Frank Siegert's PStill, which provides

Re: LyX to PDF (was: Why are EPS files so big?)

1999-05-06 Thread Florian Cramer
Am Thu, 06.May.1999 um 15:59:50 +0200 schrieb Ralf Plaenkers: > Hope this little overview helped a bit to get even more confused and > continue discussing this important issue in order to find a better > solution and end all wars. You should also mention the 'hyperref' package which lets you

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-05-05 Thread Victor Ott
Barry Kauler wrote: Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Lyx encapsulate them on-the-fly when previewing and printing. Probably cache

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-05-05 Thread Victor Ott
Barry Kauler wrote: Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Lyx encapsulate them on-the-fly when previewing and printing. Probably cache

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-05-05 Thread Victor Ott
Barry Kauler wrote: > > Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes > such a huge EPS. > One thing that should be high on the wish-list is to be able to > insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Lyx encapsulate > them on-the-fly when previewing and printing. Probably

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Barry" == Barry Kauler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Barry Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such Barry a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is Barry to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Barry Lyx encapsulate them

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-30 Thread Barry Kauler
Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Lyx encapsulate them on-the-fly when previewing and printing. Probably cache the conversions for

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"Barry" == Barry Kauler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Barry Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such Barry a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is Barry to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Barry Lyx encapsulate them

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-30 Thread Barry Kauler
Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Lyx encapsulate them on-the-fly when previewing and printing. Probably cache the conversions for

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Barry" == Barry Kauler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Barry> Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such Barry> a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is Barry> to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Barry> Lyx encapsulate

Re: Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-30 Thread Barry Kauler
Thanks for the responses about why a small bit-map becomes such a huge EPS. One thing that should be high on the wish-list is to be able to insert bit-map images directly into Lyx, and have Lyx encapsulate them on-the-fly when previewing and printing. Probably cache the conversions for

Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-29 Thread Barry Kauler
Does anyone know the technical reason why, when I convert a bit-map image to EPS, it becomes enormous. For example, I used gif2eps on a 25K GIF and it became a 1.9M EPS file! Regards, Barry Kauler

Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-29 Thread Barry Kauler
Does anyone know the technical reason why, when I convert a bit-map image to EPS, it becomes enormous. For example, I used gif2eps on a 25K GIF and it became a 1.9M EPS file! Regards, Barry Kauler

Why are EPS files so big?

1999-04-29 Thread Barry Kauler
Does anyone know the technical reason why, when I convert a bit-map image to EPS, it becomes enormous. For example, I used gif2eps on a 25K GIF and it became a 1.9M EPS file! Regards, Barry Kauler