On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2013, at 12:41 AM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote: >>> >>> On Dec 2, 2013, at 11:20 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:00 AM, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote: >>>>> I am unable to insert PDF image files into LyX 2.0.6 on OS X 10.8.5. When >>>>> I try to do this, in the area where the graphic would be displayed, I >>>>> first see the message "Converting to loadable format" and then "Error >>>>> converting to loadable format." The name of the file is then displayed >>>>> but not the image. >>>>> >>>>> I am trying this in a new LyX document. The graphic is a simple plot >>>>> saved from Mathematica in several file formats. Of those other formats, I >>>>> am able to successfully insert bmp, eps, gif, jpg, png and tiff. (svg >>>>> displays incorrectly in LyX as a black rectangle even though it is >>>>> displayed correctly in other viewers.) >>>>> >>>>> I thought PDF was a "native" format for LyX, so I don't understand why it >>>>> is trying to convert the PDF file into anything. Have I set a preference >>>>> to something stupid? >>>>> >>>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> Hi Jerry, >>>> >>>> I believe that LyX converts PDFs to EPS files. To see the command that >>>> is being run, go to Tools > Preferences > File Handling > Converters >>>> and select "PDF (graphics) -> EPS" >>>> For me the command is: >>>> pdftops -eps -f 1 -l 1 $$i $$o >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Scott >>> >>> Thanks, Scott. I have an item in the Converters list called PDF (ps2pdf) -> >>> EPS which is probably the equivalent. In any case, the Converter command is >>> pdftops -eps -f 1 -l 1 $$i $$o, the same as yours. >> >> OK then you might want to try running the command manually on the pdf >> file. For example, you could run: >> pdftops -eps -f 1 -l 1 myfile.pdf myfile.eps >> >> To get more information on what LyX is doing in the background, you >> could do the following: >> lyx -dbg graphics >> >> I forget how you're supposed to run the command from the terminal in a >> Mac. I remember JMarc said something like you have to specify the full >> path. Hopefully you know. > > I ran the command that you suggested and a new EPS file was created without > any error code reported. I examined it in a text editor and it at least > superficially looks like a valid EPS file. However, when I then try to insert > it into my document, I get the "Error converting to loadable format" message > in place of the image. (I don't notice the intermediate message saying that > it is "Converting to a loadable format".) > > When I attempt to open the EPS which was originally exported by Mathematica > (see my original post) with Apple's Preview.app, it succeeds (by itself > converting the EPS to PDF). However, when I attempt to open the new EPS made > by the above command in Preview, it fails and reports "Warning PostScript > error: No PDF was produced," and there is in fact no image displayed in > Preview. > > It looks like pdftops is giving me a bad result. What package > > FWIW, the original EPS which was exported from Mathematica (and which > displays correctly in LyX) is 408 KB and the new one created by the pdftops > command above is only 188 KB. I don't necessarily find this worrisome but I > thought I would mention it. >
Sounds like you've narrowed down the problem. I've heard of similar reports. You could try to use a different command (different program than pdftops) to do the conversion. I don't have experience with this. Best, Scott
