Bo Peng wrote:
>> Look at the Converters section in the Edit->Preferences dialog.
>>
>> Alternatively, run lyx from the command line as
>> lyx -dbg all -export pdf > lyx.log
>> and wade through the messages.
> I see, as I suspected, lyx calls
>
> dvips -t letter -o poster.ps poster.dvi
>
> This "-t letter" is causing the problem, but it is not in
> Edit->Preference->Converters->dvi to ps.
>
> How can I get rid of this option? Maybe the standard layout file set
> this?
It looks like the option is hard-coded:
bool Converters::convert(Buffer const * buffer,
string const & from_file, string const & to_file_base,
string const & from_format, string const & to_format,
string & to_file, bool try_default)
{
...
if (conv.from == "dvi" && conv.to == "ps")
command = add_options(command, buffer->params().dvips_options());
...
}
string const BufferParams::dvips_options() const
{
string result;
if (use_geometry
&& papersize == PAPER_CUSTOM
&& !lyxrc.print_paper_dimension_flag.empty()
&& !paperwidth.empty()
&& !paperheight.empty()) {
// using a custom papersize
result = lyxrc.print_paper_dimension_flag;
result += ' ' + paperwidth;
result += ',' + paperheight;
} else {
string const paper_option = paperSizeName();
if (paper_option != "letter" ||
orientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
// dvips won't accept -t letter -t landscape.
// In all other cases, include the paper size
// explicitly.
result = lyxrc.print_paper_flag;
result += ' ' + paper_option;
}
}
if (orientation == ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE &&
papersize != PAPER_CUSTOM)
result += ' ' + lyxrc.print_landscape_flag;
return result;
}
The solution? I guess you should write your own "my_dvips.py"
converter to filter this noise out then invoke dvips.
You might want to see whether there's a bug report on bugzilla about
this and, if not, file one.
Angus
