> > I am using PDF figures. Lyx does convert them to png before and chops
> > them incorrectly.
>
> When?
>
>  * view as/export to PDF (pdflatex)?   <- rather unlikely!
Exactly this one! (The preview image is also incorrectly chopped the same way, 
but I don't care about it).

> > I would like to use the pdf figures directly, is it possible?
> Yes. (As well as SVG, xfig and a lot of others.)
> > How?
> Set the right converter in Tools>Preferences>Converters
>
> I have e.g. here on my Debian Gnu/Linux system:
>
>   PDF (ps2pdf) -> EPS       pdftops -f 1 -l 1 -eps $$i $$o

Why I would need a converter when pdflatex can use unconverted pdfs? There is 
also no converter listed for PDF -> PNG that I could remove.

>
> more recommandation would need more background knowledge.
- V 1.5.2 (which is what Ubuntu provides)
- The PDFs are generated by gnuplot | ps2pdf

>
> Günter
Thanks!
 Klaus

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