Lyx supports a "external inset" for xfig figures.  This
fails with pdflatex as pdflatex don't understand the
produced .eps files.

Fortunately it don't have to, as fig2dev can be
told to export .pdf instead of .eps

You don't need to compile anything, all you need is a
script and a new external_inset file available from:
http://www.aitel.hist.no/~helgehaf/sw/figpdf.html

This makes a new XFigPDF inset available.  It is identical
to the old xfig inset, except that it exports .pdf
instead of .eps  
So it works with pdflatex but not with postscript/dvi export.

You can change between one and the other by changing the inset
type between xfig and xfigpdf
I have tested it with lyx 1.2.0 and lyx 1.2.2, it probably
works with 1.2.1 too.

Helge Hafting

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