1- I could check that ImageMagick works with the following command in the DOS window : identify -verbose logo: (it sorts of triggered Imagemagick!!)
2- In order to be able to export pictures of any type displayed in Lyx into the DVI viewer, one has to add a converter in edit->preferences->converters
for instance if you have a PNG in the Lyx to be seen in DVI, put a converter from PNG to EPS, the converter is : convert $$i $$o
But which converter should be included in order to see EPS pictures in the Lyx window? I cannot see them (message in the box : not shown, but I see png, jpg and other picture types) in Lyx but I can see them in the DVI viewer. It is hence just a matter of display in Lyx.
3- I have also noticed that it is important to import pictures from folders having no space in their name (example : "pictures_and_drawings" instead of "pictures and drawings")
4- the dictionary and import stuff aren't solved yet but I am working on it
Fr�d�ric
Paul A. Rubin wrote:
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Fr?d?ric Wullens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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Hi,
I have just installed Lyx for Win32 proposed by Ruurd Reitsma and
there are some things I do not understand: 1-I put the english
dictionary as prescribed in (lyx/lib/aspell and lyx/share/aspell) but
I cannot perform spellchcking.
I'm not positive, but I think you have to do Edit | Reconfigure and possibly exit/restart LyX before it will recognize the presence of the aspell files.
2-I do not understand how I should
include the 3 fixes files which are available on the website
(extra_win32_files.tar.bz2
<http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/extra_win32_files.tar.bz2> , lyx_win32.diff
<http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/lyx_win32.diff> and
quick_fix.diff
<http://www.home.zonnet.nl/rareitsma/lyx/quick_fix.diff>)
As mentioned elsewhere, these are source code files; skip them if you intend only to use the binaries and not recompile yourself.
3-How can I
test that Imagemagick actually works (remember I am using Lyx for
Windows)
From the ImageMagick QuickStart.txt file:
| Once ImageMagick is installed, Select Start->Programs->Command | Prompt.In the Command Prompt window type
|
| identify -verbose logo:
It should dump a bunch of information about the file. (Precise output is irrelevant -- you just want to get something other than an unknown command error.)
Note that the directory containing the IM binaries should be on your path. The install program should have taken care of that, but if not, you'll need to fix it yourself.
4-Import of Latex files fails
Sorry, nothing to offer here.
5-I cannot see included pictures in my lyx window (probably linked to
question 3)
In addition to getting ImageMagick to work (and LyX to recognize it), you may also need to go to Edit | Preferences | Look and Feel | Graphics (in LyX) and make sure that a color option other than "do not display" is selected.
-- Paul
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