Re: Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

As an aside,

I get very good results with rsvg-convert. LyX sees it at (re)configure.

el

On 2016-05-13 16:34, Richard Heck wrote:
> On 05/13/2016 07:28 AM, Ron Stone wrote:
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>
>> I got this working by making two changes:
>>
>> 1. The path declaration described in
>>
>> In the *Preferences* under *Paths* you should append
>> /:/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ at the end if you
>> have Inkscape installed at the default location. (Make sure a colon
>> separates it from the other entries.) 
>>
>> seemed to be ignored. I had to add it to my bash $PATH
>>  
>> 2. Perhaps because of 1, path variables were missing from the
>> converters. For example, SVG -> PDF had --file=$$i instead of
>> —file=$$p/$$i, and similarly for —export-pdf, it was missing the $$p/
> 
> If you haven't done so, adding a note about this to the wiki would be a
> good idea.
> 
> rh
> 

Re: Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Richard Heck]

On 05/13/2016 07:28 AM, Ron Stone wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> I got this working by making two changes:
>
> 1. The path declaration described in
>
> In the *Preferences* under *Paths* you should append
> /:/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ at the end if you
> have Inkscape installed at the default location. (Make sure a colon
> separates it from the other entries.) 
>
> seemed to be ignored. I had to add it to my bash $PATH
>  
> 2. Perhaps because of 1, path variables were missing from the
> converters. For example, SVG -> PDF had --file=$$i instead of
> —file=$$p/$$i, and similarly for —export-pdf, it was missing the $$p/

If you haven't done so, adding a note about this to the wiki would be a
good idea.

rh

Re: Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Ron Stone]

Thanks for the feedback.

I got this working by making two changes:

1. The path declaration described in

In the Preferences under Paths you should append 
:/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin at the end if you have 
Inkscape installed at the default location. (Make sure a colon separates it 
from the other entries.) 

seemed to be ignored. I had to add it to my bash $PATH
 
2. Perhaps because of 1, path variables were missing from the converters. For 
example, SVG -> PDF had --file=$$i instead of —file=$$p/$$i, and similarly for 
—export-pdf, it was missing the $$p/


> On May 13, 2016, at 12:26 AM, Richard Heck  wrote:
> 
> On 05/12/2016 08:28 PM, Ron Stone wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I’ve followed the instructions at  
>> https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages
>>    but I’m encountering the 
>> following error on Mac OS El Capitan:
>> 
>> The command
>> Inkscape --file="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg" --export-area-drawing 
>> --without-gui --export-pdf="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.pdf"
>> has not yet completed.
>> 
>> The SVG file I am trying to incorporate is drawing.svg, on the desktop (same 
>> location as the .lyx file that is using it). I don’t understand the 
>> conversion of the full file path to: 1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg in 
>> the above error message. Where is that filename coming from?
> 
> Conversions are performed in LyX's temporary directory, in order to avoid 
> polluting your own directories. I do not know exactly where that directory is 
> on OSX. On Linux, it is at /tmp/lyx_temdir.XX, where the X's are random 
> characters. Inside that directory are various subdirectories for different 
> documents. LyX's copies the file to be converted into the relevant directory 
> but renames it so as to avoid possible naming conflicts.
> 
> Hard to know why the command isn't completing. I'd suggest you try running 
> this sort of command from a terminal. If you can actually run it in LyX's 
> temporary directory, on the copied svg file.
> 
> Richard
> 

Re: Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Richard Heck]

On 05/12/2016 08:28 PM, Ron Stone wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’ve followed the instructions
> at https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages  but I’m
> encountering the following error on Mac OS El Capitan:
>
> The command
> Inkscape --file="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg"
> --export-area-drawing --without-gui
> --export-pdf="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.pdf"
> has not yet completed.
>
> The SVG file I am trying to incorporate is drawing.svg, on the desktop
> (same location as the .lyx file that is using it). I don’t understand
> the conversion of the full file path to:
> 1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg in the above error message. Where
> is that filename coming from?

Conversions are performed in LyX's temporary directory, in order to
avoid polluting your own directories. I do not know exactly where that
directory is on OSX. On Linux, it is at /tmp/lyx_temdir.XX, where
the X's are random characters. Inside that directory are various
subdirectories for different documents. LyX's copies the file to be
converted into the relevant directory but renames it so as to avoid
possible naming conflicts.

Hard to know why the command isn't completing. I'd suggest you try
running this sort of command from a terminal. If you can actually run it
in LyX's temporary directory, on the copied svg file.

Richard

Problem with Inkscape integration: path to SVG file converted to long filename

[Ron Stone]

Hi,

I’ve followed the instructions at 
https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages 
  but I’m encountering the 
following error on Mac OS El Capitan:

The command
Inkscape --file="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg" --export-area-drawing 
--without-gui --export-pdf="1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.pdf"
has not yet completed.

The SVG file I am trying to incorporate is drawing.svg, on the desktop (same 
location as the .lyx file that is using it). I don’t understand the conversion 
of the full file path to: 1_Users_ronstone_Desktop_drawing.svg in the above 
error message. Where is that filename coming from?

Thanks.