On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 03:46:45AM -0500, Nirmal Govind wrote: > >I usually export the finished figure to eps in xfig when using the figure > >in LyX. This gives you a clean vector based file. > > How does one get the same quality in a final PDF file where an xfig > figure's been included? Using the pdftex option in LyX doesn't > produce good output... does LyX convert the .fig to eps and then do > an epstopdf? > > I have LaTeX math in the xfig figure and a direct export from xfig > to jpeg seems to ignore the math... I guess eps is needed so that > LaTeX can process the math? > I use lyx 1.3.3, and use the xfig external inset. I create my pdf's with dvipdfm, and get both nice vector graphichs and latex math from my xfig figures.
I never export anything from xfig myself, lyx knows what to do with a .fig file prior to running dvipdfm You can edit the fig files directly with xfig, or access them through the xfig external inset. make sure you have transfig and dvipdfm installed. Do an edit->reconfigure in lyx after installing software. Helge Hafting
