On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Pierfranco Minsenti < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > is there anyone of the LyX for MAC users which could help me with handling > images in LyX? > I use Lyx 1.5.4 for Mac (PowerPC, Mac OS X 10.3.9) and I have found out > that > I cannot insert in Lyx files JPEG images. I can only insert PNG images (and > PDF as well, even if they are not showed in Lyx as a preview). > If I try to insert JPEG images, I get an error message saying that the > system is unable to convert the image format. This sure sounds like you don't have ImageMagick installed properly (or properly recognized by LyX). > Something similar happens when I use the Export function to HTML, even if > the LyX file has PNG images (which are not a problem in LyX preview and in > the pdf output). In the case of the Export function for files with PNG > images I get this message: > > No information for converting png format files to eps. > Define a converter in the preferences. > > Actually, the result of the HTML Export is a Folder which contains the HTML > file > converted form Lyx as well as the files of the PNG images which I had > inserted in > the original Lyx file, but when I open this html file in the browser window > I can't see the png images within the HTML page. > > As for my installation, I installed ImageMagick with the full LyX package. > I > think it works, otherways I couldn't charge png images, which are correctly > shown both in the Lyx preview and in the pdf output, still something > doesn't > work. > Could you please help me with this issue? Try first reconfiguring LyX (LyX > Reconfigure) and then restarting. Does that solve it? If not, try moving aside your preferences file (in ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.5) or even the whole LyX-1.5 directory. Does that solve it? Bennett
