On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Michael Bach <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Julien,
>
> On 5/19/13 11:55 PM, Julien Rioux wrote:
>
>> On 28/10/2012 6:01 AM, Michael Bach wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, although I did not solve this in terms of LyX configuration: Just a
>>> quick notice for sake of completeness and in case someone is plagued by
>>> this issue and might be happy to find this.
>>>
>>> On 10/26/12 12:29 PM, Michael Bach wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now when I try to compile the document, I see the line:
>>>> === pstool: begin processing ===
>>>> Error exporting to format
>>>> pdf2/Users/Shared/LyX/lyx-2.0.**4/src/support/Systemcall.cpp(**273):
>>>> Systemcall: 'pdflatex -synctex=-1 -shell-escape "skriptum.tex"'
>>>> finished with exit code 1
>>>>
>>>> in the messages pane and get the error:
>>>> I can't write on file `figures/EulerExplizit-pstool.**tex'.
>>>>
>>>> Now I assume that the external command from pstool is run inside the
>>>> temporary LyX directory and it thus cannot find the figures/ folder to
>>>> write the .tex file to...
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK, LyX does not copy the .eps and .tex psfrag files to the
>>> temporary
>>> directory, because it does not parse the ERT for the psfragfig macro. I
>>> decided to reference the files under figures/ directly with absolute
>>> paths to the source dir. This does work via "openout_any = a" in
>>> texmf.cnf but then compiling foreign documents does not feel secure
>>> anymore...
>>>
>>> I read the LyX "Customization" manual under 'Copier' for a better
>>> solution, but could not find a reference to the LyX temporary directory
>>> and have no clue how to best solve this in terms of LyX policy.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> The way I use psfrag is to insert the .eps into LyX using the standard
>> way from the Insert menu, and put the psfrag code in ERT in the LyX
>> document. This way, LyX handles the copying of the .eps file correctly.
>> You obviously need the correct \usepackage line added to your preamble
>> in document settings.
>>
>>
> Thanks for your comment. I somehow missed your answer after all this
> time...
>
>
Well, it took me quite some time to answer in the first place...
> I get how you mentioned the inclusion of the .eps file - I remember trying
> that initially. I also assume you mean `\usepackage{pstool}' as correct
> preamble line(?). However, I do not know what you mean by 'psfrag code'.
>
>
Actually, I just use \usepackage{psfrag} directly (\usepackage{pstool}
isn't necessary for pdf output via ps2pdf). The psfrag code that I refer to
is the content of the .tex file generated by matlabfrag alongside the .eps
file. I would be copy-pasting the content of the .tex file into an ERT, but
you could also input the .tex file via "Insert>File>Child Doc". What this
accomplishes corresponds to what is described at the beginning of section
4.2 of the matlabfrag userguide.pdf manual. If you need to use pdflatex,
you'll need the \usepackage{pstool} instead, but then I don't know how to
help you!
Hope this helps a bit more,
Cheers,
Julien
> Am I missing something?
>
> Michael
>
>
