Am 15.09.2017 um 15:13 schrieb Helge Hafting <helge.haft...@ntnu.no>: > > > > Den 13. sep. 2017 03:29, skrev Scott Kostyshak: >> It actually amazes me how few people care about including bitmaps >> graphics in their final meant-for-publication drafts. I wonder if I am >> the only one that is annoyed when I am reading a PDF and see a bitmap >> that should be a vector graphic. > I certainly care. Vector graphics should stay in vector form all the way, if > at all possible. It is good being able to zoom 400% into some PDF detail and > still have smooth detail everywhere.
I certainly care too. But it’s a pity that there is no utility for SVG to PDF conversion on Mac for the normal user available. So the first impression this user gets is: LyX is a documentation tool without the ability to print the own documentation. Not very cool. I’m interested in proposals to solve this issue. Stephan > > Many people seem not to care because they have no idea how these things > works. Gnuplot makes a nice-looking plot that they can include in their > article - and get a nice-looking print/pdf. They may not know what "vector > graphichs" is, but they want good-looking output in all cases! > > I think we should strive to not downconvert into bitmaps of dubious > resolution. Those that understand cares. And for the rest, we want LyX to be > the tool that "just works" and always makes good output that stand up to > magnification. > > Helge Hafting
