> 
>    I go into xfig with option -specialtext.  I draw a rectangle, and put
>    some words inside.  I save the figure as test.fig, and I then export as
>    PS/LaTeX combined to file test.pstex and test.pstext_t.
> 
> Now use Insert-> Input, and input test.pstext_t.  Include can be used
> only for files with .tex extension.  If you want to use include, you
> need to rename test.pstext_t to say test.pstext_t.tex.  

But I did:

        So I go an include the pstex_t file using Insert/Include file, and I
        click on  the Input radio button and put the filename in.

and only got the text, not the figure.

> 
> The difference between input and include is (besides that include does
> not accept non .tex extensions) that include starts a new page.
> 
> In my opinion, if you use LyX, it is best to export the figure to eps,
> and then use Insert -> Figure.  This is more flexible, because you can
> specify what to do with the inserted figure.  Unless you know TeX, you
> will not know how to manipulate test.pstext_t.  

Agreed.

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