Am 12.09.2017 um 09:19 schrieb Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net>: > > On 14.08.17, Stephan Witt wrote: >> Am 14.08.2017 um 14:46 schrieb Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net>: >>> On 2017-08-14, Stephan Witt wrote: >>>> Am 14.08.2017 um 09:43 schrieb Jean-Pierre Chrétien >>>> <jeanpierre.chret...@free.fr>: >>> > >>>>> 1) opening splash.lyx, gets a message >>> >>>>> No information for converting svgz format files to pdf6.\n >>>>> Define a converter in the preferences. > >>>> One can easily see the images are converted by rsvg-convert on my Mac. > >>> Mind, that all icons in the toolbar work without external converter. > > Yes, OSx can convert SVG to preview-bitmaps. > You can do this from the command line with "qlmanage" > https://superuser.com/questions/134679/command-line-application-for-converting-svg-to-png-on-mac-os-x
The output is not useful. It’s a png - but the original svg-image sits in the upper left corner of a big A4- or Letter-PNG. > Unfortunatly, this is not a good option for SVG graphics that should end up > as vector in the PDF output. > (And, if I remember right, converting to a bitmap is also supported by QT.) Yes, that’s the way I’m trying to go. A small utility based on Qt to convert SVG (or SVGZ) to PNG (or JPEG). >>> The to-be-converted image is in spash.lyx. It may be a better to remove >>> it from the document (unless the required converter can be bundled with >>> LyX). > >> Yes, I see. That’s a difference indeed. > >> And no, there are much more icons in the user guide. I cannot imagine to >> remove all these icons. > > True. However, errors when opening the UserGuide are less severe than errors > with every start of LyX. If there is no way to ensure LyX comes with an SVG > converter on Mac, removing the SVG icon from Splash.lyx is a stop-gap measure > to prevent it opening as "unwelcome screen". > >> A more smart conversion process should be implemented >> instead. Isn’t this a possible problem for LyX on Linux too? > > In Linux, it is the work of the packagers (creating a Debian LyX package, > say) to ensure all requirements for proper working are met. > In Debian, this is > > requires: ... libqt5svg5 (>=5.6.0~beta), ... > suggests: ..., librsvg2-bin | inkscape, … Suggest doesn't mean required… > The above link lists some options for converting SVG to other formats. > For SVG to PDF, we have > > inkscape (good but large) > > librsvg (problem with many images on one side -- breaks the internal preview > -- maybe we can solve this with some librsvg setting?) > > svglib pure Python, but requires ReportLab (not tested) > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/svglib/ > > cairosvg based on the Cairo 2D graphics library; > known to work at least on Linux, OS X, and Windows; > requires Python 3 > http://cairosvg.org/ Cairosvg is not usable on Mac - it uses the X11 raster device. > I don't have a Mac, so I cannot test. I see. Stephan
