Nick Bell wrote:
Hi, I'm unable to generate a PDF from the EmbeddedObjects.lyx help file:
I cannot reproduce. LyX version? Can you generate a pdf from the UserGuide, for example?
I get the error "No information for converting xpm format files to png. Define a converter in the preferences."
The xpm files are the small icon images.
When I go to the preferences, there is no converter for XPM to PNG
It is not necessary to have a converter defined for this (I do not have one either). If nothing is defined, then LyX falls back on using convert (which is ImageMagick), and which should work here. And if that fails, then LyX complains about a missing converter. So it looks like LyX does not find your convert-binary. Or your convert-version fails to process a particular file. Do you have anything on Console? You could also try starting Lyx from terminal with (adjust the path): /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -dbg graphics And also see what output the following gives you (put on one line): python /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/images/copy.xpm copy.png
ImageMagick 6.4.1 is installed in /usr/local/bin which is in the PATH.
Is it also on the system's path? (I.e., on Terminal, type convert --version). Normally it should be...
Any ideas? I'm using Leopard.
No other than that your ImageMagick installtion is broken. Hope some of the above helps tracing down the problem. Good luck, Konrad
