For many plots in a sub directory "PlotFigures", I have 2 versions, one in eps version and one in pdf version.
With Lyx-1.5.3 on Fedora Linux 8, I'm using a koma-script book format. I've run up against this problem inserting graphics. When I insert a pdf figure, then in the DVI/postscript output, the output is not good because there's a big blank area at the top of the figure. In the pdf output, the document is good (presumably because the figure was pdf, the latex processor handles it well). On the other hand, if I insert the eps figure in Lyx, then the DVI/postscript output is good, but the pdf output looks bad. I think this is happening because there really is a big white area at the top of the pdf files, and I will have to remedy that for future figures. But for working with the existing images, what is a good approach? I've been reading lyx-user archives. In some email messages from this list, I see users ask this question and they are advised to omit the image type from the LyX insert. LyX will use eps for DVI output and pdf for pdf output. I mean, if a graphic is available as Plot-001.eps or Plot-001.pdf, then one should simply insert the figure name "Plot-001" and the LaTeX processor will choose the correct format. However, when I try that in LyX, I see "figure not found" on the screen. What's up with that? In retrospect, I see I need to do more work in the R script that manufactures the images, because I think I can stop the pdf output from including that giant white space at the top of the pdf. But it seems weird to have to do that in order to get an EPS output file. -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
