Helge Hafting wrote: > Neal Becker wrote: >> I want to include grace (.agr) graphics. I want to export to pdf. >> >> The default setup works, but grace is converted to png. I want to >> convert to pdf instead. >> >> How do I convince lyx?
By changing the source code, function findTargetFormat in src/insets/insetgraphics.C. >> I tried: >> \converter "agr" "pdf2" "gracebat -hardcopy -printfile $$o -hdevice PDF >> $$i 2>/dev/null" "" You should use pdf instead of pdf2 if there would not be the hardcoding problem. > I did this with lilypond files. It works well, because I use an > external inset. So I get conversion to .pdf for pdflatex, > .eps for plain latex, and .png for the instant preview in lyx. Neal sent a message to the devel list with an external agr inset, but it does not work. I have no idea why, and did not have the time yet to look at it. > I am not sure about how lyx handles graphichs included via > the graphichs inset, if that is what you use. Perhaps someone > else can help with that. It is hardcoded to png conversion for pdflatex, and yes, we need to change that. > The external inset way works - in addition to converters, you > will need to modify the file "external_templates. Feel free to ask > if you want some help with that. A nice thing about external > insets is that you also may specify an editor for your .agr files. > That way, you can click on your graphichs in lyx, and have lyx > launch the proper editing app. That does also work with graphic insets. Georg
