On 03/08/10, Julien Rioux <[email protected]> wrote:
>Stefano Franchi <fran...@...> writes:
>> I am experiencing same strange behaviors from lyx lately. At least
>> behaviors I have never seen before. Here is one: when trying to export to
>> pdflatex (not but pdf, to latex source), lys produces a warning asking me
>> whether I want to overwrite a .png file. A .png file? The lyx file I am
>> exporting does indeed contain images, but why would lyx produce one
>> (though ImageMagick, I guess?) Shouldn't "export to pdflatex" just
>> convert the .lyx into a .tex file?
>>
>> Help appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> S.
>
>LyX takes care that you get a .tex file which can be compiled by pdflatex.
>Pdflatex can't handle .eps files (and possibly other formats), so if such
>files are included as graphics in your document, they must be converted as
>well. The .png format is one that pdflatex can handle. I am not sure why
>this format is chosen over, say, converting your graphics to .pdf files.
>In any case, I think you should provide a small example file exhibiting
>your problem if you would like to get more help.
>
Thanks Julien,
I actually forgot to mention an important detail: the original of the
file
that Lyx wants to convert is in .png format already, hence my puzzlement.
Unfortunately, I can't produce a small file easily. I'll keep working on it
and report back if I find anything.
Cheers,
S.
>--
>Julien
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