Matthias Zenker wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi. I just know this is a FAQ, but I cannot seem to find in
> >either the help menu or the mailing list archive. The problem
> >is in including figures. When I try to include a postscript
> >figure in the document, it works just fine and the lyx picture
> >looks just great. The problem comes when I try to preview
> >the document. An error is generated and a dialog box pops up
> [snip]
>
> try to look at you postscript file in some ASCII editor (or use
> more/less). If there is something similar to
>
> %%BoundingBox: 50 50 410 302
>
> among the first lines, it should normally work.
> If not, you need either to
> export your graphic as .eps (not just .ps) from wherever you created it.
> Or you can insert a bounding box by hand, which might be a little tricky
> because you have to determine the right size. Or you can use a dirty hack
> to declare the bounding box in LaTeX, but this required some LaTeX
> knowledge.
> Perhaps someone else on the list knows an easy way to insert a bounding
> box - there might even be a software tool which does it for you, if I
> remember right.
>
There are two tools I know about:
1) ps2epsi:
Enlargens the file, since it appends a bitmap(?) preview, but
handles the bounding box problem well.
2) epstools:
Does't change the file size significantly, but I'm not sure
whether it will work if no bounding box is present at all.
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