On 06/27/2016 01:35 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:15:00 -0400 > Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> There are reasons to compile yourself (e.g. to make a substitution) >> but unless you have a reason, LyX is better to use because it knows >> how many times you must run xelatex (if you only run it once, you >> might not have the table of contents, or citations). > > Yeah, I knew once upon a time that I have to have multiple invocations > of xelatex. > > A big old web search failed to find anything first page for lyx+"pdf4". > Without more documentation I think I'll go with the old standby xelatex > for building books emailed to customers. > > But for quick and dirty viewing, I'll indeed use pdf4. Pdf4 is *much* > quicker, especially if one uses multiple calls to xelatex, which one > must if TOC or index. Thanks!
"pdf4" is simply the format name LyX uses for conversions to PDF that go via xelatex. See Tools> Preferences> File Handling> File Formats, then choose "PDF (XeTeX)" in the combo. You'll see the label "pdf4" under "Short Name". Richard
