On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Rainer Hoffmann wrote:
> Just to make this clear to me: Is there any way now to insert a raster image via the
> External Inset and scale down the resulting eps-file or can I just scale down the
> raster image via -geometry and loose information?
>
> Rainer Hoffmann
No, there is no way in the External Inset to resize or rotate anything.
If you want to use a raster image you must convert it yourself to EPS and
use that.
I might be able to finish up the automatic-conversion feature of the
Graphics Inset, and try to push it into LyX 1.1.6 (assuming Lars will
agree to such a thing), and then you'll have the "undocumented"/
"unofficial" method to use raster images.
The Graphics Inset does not and will not have inline viewing for 1.1.6 so
it won't make its full entry. It is available already in 1.1.6pre2 but it
still doesn't have the auto-conversion or the inline viewing.
>
> Baruch Even schrieb:
>
> > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Rainer Hoffmann wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Two things about the new possibility to insert raster images (which is great!):
> > > 1) I expected the menu entry to insert an raster image under Insert->... and not
> > > under File->Insert.
> >
> > For that I have no answer, ask those who decided on the menu layout.
> > Anyway you can change the menu layout yourself just edit the file
> > INSTALL_DIR/share/lyx/ui/default.ui
> >
> > It's yours to do whatever you want :-)
> >
> > > 2) What I really miss are all the nice settings from the eps-figure: Width and
> > > Heigth in relative and absolute values, and the rotation angle
> >
> > This is a side effect of the new and powerfull External Inset, this inset
> > can be used to import almost any type of data into lyx, it was not
> > intended (at least in its first iteration) to provide full support for
> > graphics files so it doesn't have the resize and rotate options. You can
> > manually convert your images to EPS and use the Inset->Figure to insert it
> > as usual.
> >
> > In the next version (1.2.0) InsetGraphics is going to make its first
> > (official) appearance and this will allow you to insert bitmap images.
> >
> > Possibly in a later revision InsetGraphics and InsetExternal will be
> > joined to provide a capable inclusion mechanism that will handle
> > everything.
> >
> > --
> > Baruch Even
> >
> > http://techst02.technion.ac.il/~sbaruch/ (My Site)
> > http://www.redrival.com/jindor/ (My brothers AD&D site)
> >
> > " Learn to laugh ... it's the path to true love! "
> > - The Angel in the movie Michael
>
>
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