Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Helge Hafting]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?


pdflatex is much faster, because PDF is produced directly from
the .tex file lyx makes.  One step only.

dvipdfm is slower, as a dvi is produced first, followed by
conversion to pdf.

Helge Hafting

Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just wanna know:
> What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?

In addition to the things already mentioned:

pdflatex supports some nifty microtypographical features that latex (and hence 
dvipdfm) doesn't. Google for "character protusion" and "font expansion". Most 
recent LaTeX distribution use pdflatex as the default processor anyway 
(pdflatex can also output dvi).

Jürgen

Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Georg Baum]

Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 00:12 schrieb Rich Shepard:
>No. At least, not for me. I use .eps graphics in book, article, 
report, and
> beamer classes with no problems compiling with pdflatex.

AFAIK eps can not be handled by pdflatex directly, but LyX converts 
included eps files to something that pdflatex can handle.


Georg

Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Stephen Harris]

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Stephen Harris wrote:


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I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?
--



It depends on what type of figures are in the document.

http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help/faqs/latex/conversions.shtml




Also, if you embed pgf commands in your document to produce graphics, I'm 
pretty sure you have to use pdflatex (they won't appear in DVI output, or 
at least not with any semblance to what you intended).


My impression is that there are nontrivial size differences among the 
outputs from various methods, in those cases where all the methods are 
capable of generating the right output.  I'm not positive about that, 
though (and don't recall which produces the smallest files).


Paul




I didn't know anything about pgf commands so I looked it up:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=drawing
"pgf: while pstricks is very powerful and convenient, using it with PDFLaTeX 
is an awful fidget: if you simply want the graphical capabilities, pgf may 
be a good bet for you. While PDF has (in essence) the same graphical 
capabilities as PostScript, it isn't programmable; pgf provides common LaTeX 
commands that will utilise the graphical capabilities of both PostScript and 
PDF equally."

Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Bruce Pourciau wrote:


Correct me someone if I'm wrong, but doesn't PDF (pdflatex) fail when the
document has graphics in eps format? But PDF will work fine. Don't know
about PDF (dvipdfm).


Bruce,

  No. At least, not for me. I use .eps graphics in book, article, report, and
beamer classes with no problems compiling with pdflatex.

  However, when I use PSTricks figures, I need to use ps4pdf to view and
export.

Rich

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Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Paul A. Rubin]

Stephen Harris wrote:


- Original Message - From: 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Lyx Contribute" 
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: No one answered a simple topic :(



I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?
--



It depends on what type of figures are in the document.

http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help/faqs/latex/conversions.shtml




Also, if you embed pgf commands in your document to produce graphics, 
I'm pretty sure you have to use pdflatex (they won't appear in DVI 
output, or at least not with any semblance to what you intended).


My impression is that there are nontrivial size differences among the 
outputs from various methods, in those cases where all the methods are 
capable of generating the right output.  I'm not positive about that, 
though (and don't recall which produces the smallest files).


Paul

Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Stephen Harris]

- Original Message - 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Lyx Contribute" 
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: No one answered a simple topic :(



I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?
--



It depends on what type of figures are in the document.

http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help/faqs/latex/conversions.shtml

Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Bruce Pourciau]

Correct me someone if I'm wrong, but doesn't PDF (pdflatex) fail when 
the document has graphics in eps format? But PDF will work fine. Don't 
know about PDF (dvipdfm).


Bruce



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wrote:



I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?
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 Abraços!
 Douglas



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Re: No one answered a simple topic :(

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?


Douglas,

  I've used only pdflatex and it produces everything very well. I have not
looked at other output processors because this one works for everything I do.

Rich

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Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic"
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No one answered a simple topic :(

[mywebs2005-lyx]

I just wanna know:
What's worth to use, PDF (dvipdfm) or PDF (pdflatex)? And why?
--


 Abraços!
 Douglas



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