From: Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have been using LyX on windows XP since a while now and i am trying to move to Linux. I have not tried to install LyX on Linux yet (I am sorry but i already know that it won't be easy, I already tried once with no success) but my question is different now.
******* On ubuntu it should be as easy as typing $ apt-get install lyx on the command line, or selecting lyx in synaptic and pressing apply button. (assuming that you are connected to the internet) I'll give it a try, but LyX is not on the Synaptic manager, as far as I can see (on Ubuntu 7.04)... is it of your (= the LyX developers) concern?
When I view my old documents (i.e. the pdf files generated by LyX on Windows) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) the quality is very bad. I guess this is related to the installed fonts.
******* can you be a little bit more specific? What exactly is bad? 1) bitmap fonts, as explained in http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF#toc5 2) you use some special fonts that are not embedded in the final pdf. (cut) Pdf's, by definition, should not depend on any LyX files. Check http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/PDF and if you do not find a solution send a minimal example of your pdf. I thought that pdf, being a "portable document format", didn't need any special setting on the machine you use. Anyway you can view a sample pdf generated on my machine (BTW with pdflatex) at: http://ares001.altervista.org/job/downloads/dispense.pdf From: "Paul Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ###### I think I understand the problem that Diego reports. The pdf viewers in Linux are more accurate and if the fonts are not included in the pdf file, the quality of the document on the screen looks not so god, although on paper it looks perfect. If you are using the default LaTeX font, then put the following line in the preamble of your LyX document: \usepackage{lmodern} and your pdf files will look great on screen. I think I didn't get all of the 1st part of your reply, but I tried the suggestion it 2nd part with no success (at least on my machine): the output pdf is empty. I tried to export to pdf first as a normal user on windows: LyX prompted me to install the lmodern package, but it did not produce any result since I suspect that MiKTeX simply does *not* install the packages because it does not have write access to its folder (under a non-administrator account). Then I tried as an administrator and there it came the mess! No prompt for package installation and no output. Is it normal I can't even find the lmoder package on the MiKTeX Package Manager? -- Diego http://www.ares001.altervista.org/ ps: thanks for replying. I don't know whether you're using windows or linux, but I have to say that people here in the lyx-users list are much more available and prompt than on any (other) linux-related list, as I could observe in these days of experimentations on linux!
