Reinhard Mayr wrote:
> pdfpages cannot be used for DVI output -- is that right? View/DVI produces
> an error "Package pdfpages error: You produce DVI output but PDF output"
> ... I think the message should go on... giving the advice "Set output to
> PDF. (use: \pdfoutput = 1)". I put this in my preamble ("\pdfoutput = 1"),
> but it did not help. For this reason, I tried to produce a PDF via
> View/PDF (pdflatex), but this does not work eiter: "LyX: cannot view file.
> No information for viewing PDF (pdflatex)". I added the missing viewer to
> the PDF (pdflatex) entry under Tools/Preferences/File formats. This starts
> the viewer (kpdf) after the PDF was created, but the file seems to be
> corrupted ("Could not open file ..."). pdftotext tells me: Error (0): PDF
> file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... Error: Couldn't
> find trailer dictionary Error: Couldn't read xref table
Does that also happen with a simple document, or does it only happen if you
try to use pdfpages?
> The solution I would best prefer would allow me to use latex instead of
> pdflatex, enabling me to continue using all the eps images I have already
> in the doc. (As far as I understood from the recent discussion pdflatex
> does not support eps) -- Is this possible?
Yes and no. pdflatex alone can not use eps, but LyX will convert eps images
for you if you have them in your LyX document and create a pdf with
pdflatex.
Georg
