Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Freitag, den 03.11.2017, 08:28 +0100 schrieb racoon:
> The feature works in rc1 now. Great!

Good. Thanks for confirming.


> But there is no UI preference to set the scaling, right?

Right. It seems to have been left out by purpose (there's an according
comment in the xtemplate file), but it would be easy to add it (now;
later, it would be a file format change).

Scott, are you interested in that? See attached patch.

Jürgen

> 
> Daniel
> 
diff --git a/lib/xtemplates/inkscape.xtemplate b/lib/xtemplates/inkscape.xtemplate
index e4fc14d531..ff0b6b5ae7 100644
--- a/lib/xtemplates/inkscape.xtemplate
+++ b/lib/xtemplates/inkscape.xtemplate
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ Template Inkscape
 	FileFilter "*.{svg}"
 	AutomaticProduction true
 	Transform Rotate
+	Transform Resize
 	Preview InstantPreview
 	Format PDFLaTeX
 		TransformCommand Rotate RotationLatexCommand
-		# Resize is not desirable here, as fonts are sized to surrounding LaTeX font
-		Product "$$RotateFront\\input{$$AbsOrRelPathMaster$$Basename.pdf_tex}$$RotateBack"
+		TransformCommand Resize ResizeLatexCommand
+		Product "$$RotateFront$$ResizeFront\\input{$$AbsOrRelPathMaster$$Basename.pdf_tex}$$ResizeBack$$RotateBack"
 		UpdateFormat pdftex
 		UpdateResult "$$AbsPath$$Basename.pdf_tex"
 		Requirement "xcolor"
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ Template Inkscape
 	FormatEnd
 	Format LaTeX
 		TransformCommand Rotate RotationLatexCommand
-		Product "$$RotateFront\\input{$$AbsOrRelPathMaster$$Basename.eps_tex}$$RotateBack"
+		TransformCommand Resize ResizeLatexCommand
+		Product "$$RotateFront$$ResizeFront\\input{$$AbsOrRelPathMaster$$Basename.eps_tex}$$ResizeBack$$RotateBack"
 		UpdateFormat pstex
 		UpdateResult "$$AbsPath$$Basename.eps_tex"
 		Requirement "xcolor"


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Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

The feature works in rc1 now. Great!

But there is no UI preference to set the scaling, right?

Daniel

On 12.10.2017 15:01, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
2017-10-12 14:49 GMT+02:00 racoon >:



Thanks. Yes, its 2.3beta1 from the website. Unfortunately, there are
no such lines in configre.py.


Ah ... The simple reason is that the Windows fixes for the Inkscape 
template went in after beta1 was released. So you will have to wait for 
the next (rc1?) release. Sorry.


For details, see
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10679

Jürgen


Daniel

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 12.10.2017 16:01, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
2017-10-12 14:49 GMT+02:00 racoon >:



Thanks. Yes, its 2.3beta1 from the website. Unfortunately, there are
no such lines in configre.py.


Ah ... The simple reason is that the Windows fixes for the Inkscape 
template went in after beta1 was released. So you will have to wait for 
the next (rc1?) release. Sorry.


For details, see
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10679


Good to know.

Daniel

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2017-10-12 14:49 GMT+02:00 racoon :

>
> Thanks. Yes, its 2.3beta1 from the website. Unfortunately, there are no
> such lines in configre.py.
>

Ah ... The simple reason is that the Windows fixes for the Inkscape
template went in after beta1 was released. So you will have to wait for the
next (rc1?) release. Sorry.

For details, see
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10679

Jürgen



>
> Daniel
>
>

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 12.10.2017 15:26, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

2017-10-12 13:59 GMT+02:00 racoon:

14:59:07.641: checking for a FIG -> Image converter...
14:59:07.721: +checking for "fig2dev"...  no
14:59:07.722: checking for a TIFF -> PS converter...
14:59:07.733: +checking for "tiff2ps"...  no


The check for a SVG -> PDFTeX converter ans a SVG -> PSTeX converter is 
supposed to happen between these two checks.


The question is why this is not the case for you.

Please check: Do you really run a recent (enough) version of LyX? I 
suppose this is LyX 2.3beta1 (the Windows installer), but please open 
the configre.py file (in your case: C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 
2.3/Resources/configure.py) with an editor and check whether it contains 
the following lines:


     #
     checkProg('a SVG -> PDFTeX converter', [inkscape_name],
     rc_entry = [ r'\converter svg    pdftex "python -tt 
$$s/scripts/svg2pdftex.py %% $$p$$i $$p$$o" ""'],

     path = [inkscape_path])
     #
     checkProg('a SVG -> PSTeX converter', [inkscape_name],
     rc_entry = [ r'\converter svg    pstex "python -tt 
$$s/scripts/svg2pstex.py %% $$p$$i $$p$$o" ""'],

     path = [inkscape_path])


Thanks. Yes, its 2.3beta1 from the website. Unfortunately, there are no 
such lines in configre.py.


Daniel

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2017-10-12 13:59 GMT+02:00 racoon:

> 14:59:07.641: checking for a FIG -> Image converter...
> 14:59:07.721: +checking for "fig2dev"...  no
> 14:59:07.722: checking for a TIFF -> PS converter...
> 14:59:07.733: +checking for "tiff2ps"...  no
>

The check for a SVG -> PDFTeX converter ans a SVG -> PSTeX converter is
supposed to happen between these two checks.

The question is why this is not the case for you.

Please check: Do you really run a recent (enough) version of LyX? I suppose
this is LyX 2.3beta1 (the Windows installer), but please open the
configre.py file (in your case: C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX
2.3/Resources/configure.py) with an editor and check whether it contains
the following lines:

#
checkProg('a SVG -> PDFTeX converter', [inkscape_name],
rc_entry = [ r'\converter svgpdftex "python -tt
$$s/scripts/svg2pdftex.py %% $$p$$i $$p$$o" ""'],
path = [inkscape_path])
#
checkProg('a SVG -> PSTeX converter', [inkscape_name],
rc_entry = [ r'\converter svgpstex "python -tt
$$s/scripts/svg2pstex.py %% $$p$$i $$p$$o" ""'],
path = [inkscape_path])

Thanks
Jürgen

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 12.10.2017 14:36, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
2017-10-12 11:30 GMT+02:00 racoon >:


On 12.10.2017 11:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

1. Do you have inkscape installed?


Yes.

2. Which converter do you have set in preferences for SVG ->
PDFTEX? It


There is no such entry. I have only

SVG -> EPS, SVG -> PDF (graphics), and SVG -> PNG.

SVG -> PDF (graphics), for example, is set to

rsvg-convert -f pdf -o $$o $$i

Do I have to add SVG -> PDFTEX manually? What will I have to set it to?


Tools > Reconfigure is supposed to set it up. Can you run this and post 
the console/message pane output (or the relevant snippets, as suggested 
by Kornel)?


14:59:00.410: Running configure...
14:59:00.570: python -tt "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 
2.3/Resources/configure.py" 
--binary-dir="C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 2.3/bin/"

14:59:00.730: checking for DVI to DTL converter...
14:59:00.730: +checking for "dv2dt"...  yes
14:59:00.730: checking for DTL to DVI converter...
14:59:00.730: +checking for "dt2dv"...  yes
14:59:00.730: checking for a Latex2e program...
14:59:00.740: +checking for "latex"...  yes
14:59:00.740: checking for a DVI postprocessing program...
14:59:00.740: +checking for "pplatex"...  yes
14:59:00.740: checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX...
14:59:00.751: +checking for "platex"...  no
14:59:01.392: checking for a java interpreter...
14:59:01.392: +checking for "java"...  yes
14:59:01.392: checking for a perl interpreter...
14:59:01.392: +checking for "perl"...  yes
14:59:01.392: checking for a Tgif viewer and editor...
14:59:01.392: +checking for "tgif"...  no
14:59:01.402: checking for a FIG viewer and editor...
14:59:01.402: +checking for "xfig"...  no
14:59:01.432: +checking for "jfig3-itext.jar"...  no
14:59:01.502: +checking for "jfig3.jar"...  no
14:59:01.502: checking for a Dia viewer and editor...
14:59:01.512: +checking for "dia"...  no
14:59:01.512: checking for an OpenDocument drawing viewer and editor...
14:59:01.582: +checking for "libreoffice"...  no
14:59:01.592: +checking for "lodraw"...  no
14:59:01.662: +checking for "ooffice"...  no
14:59:01.672: +checking for "oodraw"...  no
14:59:01.723: +checking for "soffice"...  no
14:59:01.725: checking for a Grace viewer and editor...
14:59:01.817: +checking for "xmgrace"...  no
14:59:01.819: checking for a FEN viewer and editor...
14:59:01.821: +checking for "xboard"...  no
14:59:01.823: checking for a SVG viewer and editor...
14:59:01.824: +checking for "inkscape"...  yes
14:59:01.826: checking for a raster image viewer...
14:59:01.864: +checking for "xv"...  no
14:59:01.904: +checking for "gwenview"...  no
14:59:01.947: +checking for "kview"...  no
14:59:01.986: +checking for "eog"...  no
14:59:02.056: +checking for "xviewer"...  no
14:59:02.066: +checking for "ristretto"...  no
14:59:02.136: +checking for "gpicview"...  no
14:59:02.146: +checking for "lximage-qt"...  no
14:59:02.206: +checking for "xdg-open"...  no
14:59:02.237: +checking for "gimp-remote"...  no
14:59:02.288: +checking for "gimp"...  no
14:59:02.288: checking for a raster image editor...
14:59:02.356: +checking for "gimp-remote"...  no
14:59:02.368: +checking for "gimp"...  no
14:59:02.369: checking for a text editor...
14:59:02.440: +checking for "xemacs"...  no
14:59:02.450: +checking for "gvim"...  no
14:59:02.501: +checking for "kedit"...  no
14:59:02.549: +checking for "kwrite"...  no
14:59:02.582: +checking for "kate"...  no
14:59:02.652: +checking for "nedit"...  no
14:59:02.662: +checking for "gedit"...  no
14:59:02.692: +checking for "geany"...  no
14:59:02.771: +checking for "leafpad"...  no
14:59:02.782: +checking for "mousepad"...  no
14:59:02.824: +checking for "xed"...  no
14:59:02.854: +checking for "notepad"...  yes
14:59:02.854: checking for gnumeric spreadsheet software...
14:59:02.884: +checking for "gnumeric"...  no
14:59:02.894: checking for an HTML previewer...
14:59:02.944: +checking for "firefox"...  no
14:59:02.984: +checking for "mozilla"...  no
14:59:03.016: +checking for "netscape"...  no
14:59:03.016: checking for a BibTeX editor...
14:59:03.026: +checking for "jabref"...  yes
14:59:03.036: +checking for "JabRef"...  yes
14:59:03.108: +checking for "pybliographic"...  no
14:59:03.118: +checking for "bibdesk"...  no
14:59:03.188: +checking for "gbib"...  no
14:59:03.198: +checking for "kbib"...  no
14:59:03.268: +checking for "kbibtex"...  no
14:59:03.314: +checking for "sixpack"...  no
14:59:03.326: +checking for "bibedit"...  no
14:59:03.400: +checking for "tkbibtexxemacs"...  no
14:59:03.410: +checking for "gvim"...  no
14:59:03.505: +checking for "kedit"...  no
14:59:03.507: +checking for "kwrite"...  no
14:59:03.542: +checking for "kate"...  no
14:59:03.572: +checking for "jedit"...  no
14:59:03.642: +checking for "TeXnicCenter"...  no
14:59:03.652: +checking for "WinEdt"...  no
14:59:03.722: +checking for "WinShell"...  no

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 12.10.2017 12:37, Kornel Benko wrote:

Am Donnerstag, 12. Oktober 2017 um 12:30:29, schrieb racoon 

On 12.10.2017 11:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

1. Do you have inkscape installed?


Yes.


2. Which converter do you have set in preferences for SVG -> PDFTEX? It


There is no such entry. I have only

SVG -> EPS, SVG -> PDF (graphics), and SVG -> PNG.

SVG -> PDF (graphics), for example, is set to

rsvg-convert -f pdf -o $$o $$i

Do I have to add SVG -> PDFTEX manually? What will I have to set it to?

Daniel


You could check first 'configure.log' for entry like
INFO: checking for a SVG viewer and editor...
INFO: +checking for "inkscape"...  yes
DEBUG: Add to RC:
\Format svg"svg" SVG"" "inkscape" "inkscape""vector"  
  "image/svg+xml"
\Format svgz   "svgz" "SVG (compressed)" "" "inkscape" "inkscape"   
"vector,zipped=native"  ""


INFO: checking for a SVG viewer and editor...
INFO: +checking for "inkscape"...  yes
DEBUG: Add to RC:
\Format svg"svg" SVG"" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\"" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""	"vector"	"image/svg+xml"
\Format svgz   "svgz" "SVG (compressed)" "" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\"" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""	"vector,zipped=native"	""



and lyxrc.defaults for
# egrep inkscape lyxrc.defaults


That's some kind of unix command, right? It searches the file for 
'inkscape', right? Here is what I found:


\Format svg"svg" SVG"" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\"" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""	"vector"	"image/svg+xml"
\Format svgz   "svgz" "SVG (compressed)" "" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\"" "\"C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""	"vector,zipped=native"	""

\editor_alternatives svg "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""
\viewer_alternatives svg "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""
\editor_alternatives svgz "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""
\viewer_alternatives svgz "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Inkscape\inkscape\""

\converter wmfeps"inkscape --file=$$i 
--export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-eps=$$o"	""
\converter emfeps"inkscape --file=$$i 
--export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-eps=$$o"	""
\converter wmfpdf6"inkscape --file=$$i 
--export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-pdf=$$o"	""
\converter emfpdf6"inkscape --file=$$i 
--export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-pdf=$$o"	""


Daniel

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2017-10-12 11:30 GMT+02:00 racoon :

> On 12.10.2017 11:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
>
>> 1. Do you have inkscape installed?
>>
>
> Yes.
>
> 2. Which converter do you have set in preferences for SVG -> PDFTEX? It
>>
>
> There is no such entry. I have only
>
> SVG -> EPS, SVG -> PDF (graphics), and SVG -> PNG.
>
> SVG -> PDF (graphics), for example, is set to
>
> rsvg-convert -f pdf -o $$o $$i
>
> Do I have to add SVG -> PDFTEX manually? What will I have to set it to?
>

Tools > Reconfigure is supposed to set it up. Can you run this and post the
console/message pane output (or the relevant snippets, as suggested by
Kornel)?

Jürgen


>
> Daniel
>
>

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Kornel Benko]

Am Donnerstag, 12. Oktober 2017 um 12:30:29, schrieb racoon 
> On 12.10.2017 11:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> > 1. Do you have inkscape installed?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > 2. Which converter do you have set in preferences for SVG -> PDFTEX? It 
> 
> There is no such entry. I have only
> 
> SVG -> EPS, SVG -> PDF (graphics), and SVG -> PNG.
> 
> SVG -> PDF (graphics), for example, is set to
> 
> rsvg-convert -f pdf -o $$o $$i
> 
> Do I have to add SVG -> PDFTEX manually? What will I have to set it to?
> 
> Daniel

You could check first 'configure.log' for entry like
INFO: checking for a SVG viewer and editor...
INFO: +checking for "inkscape"...  yes
DEBUG: Add to RC:
\Format svg"svg" SVG"" "inkscape" "inkscape"
"vector""image/svg+xml"
\Format svgz   "svgz" "SVG (compressed)" "" "inkscape" "inkscape"   
"vector,zipped=native"  ""

and lyxrc.defaults for
# egrep inkscape lyxrc.defaults
\Format svg"svg" SVG"" "inkscape" "inkscape"
"vector""image/svg+xml"
\Format svgz   "svgz" "SVG (compressed)" "" "inkscape" "inkscape"   
"vector,zipped=native"  ""
\editor_alternatives svg "inkscape"
\viewer_alternatives svg "inkscape"
\editor_alternatives svgz "inkscape"
\viewer_alternatives svgz "inkscape"
\converter svgpdftex "python -tt $$s/scripts/svg2pdftex.py 
inkscape $$p$$i $$p$$o" ""
\converter svgpstex "python -tt $$s/scripts/svg2pstex.py 
inkscape $$p$$i $$p$$o" ""
\converter wmfpdf6"inkscape --file=$$p$$i 
--export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-pdf=$$p$$o"  ""
\converter emfpdf6"inkscape --file=$$p$$i 
--export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-pdf=$$p$$o"  ""

Kornel

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Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 12.10.2017 11:11, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

1. Do you have inkscape installed?


Yes.

2. Which converter do you have set in preferences for SVG -> PDFTEX? It 


There is no such entry. I have only

SVG -> EPS, SVG -> PDF (graphics), and SVG -> PNG.

SVG -> PDF (graphics), for example, is set to

rsvg-convert -f pdf -o $$o $$i

Do I have to add SVG -> PDFTEX manually? What will I have to set it to?

Daniel

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2017-10-12 9:51 GMT+02:00 racoon :

> 10:49:29.287: Previewing ...
> 10:49:29.307: (buffer-view: Ctrl+R)
> 10:49:29.307: (command-alternatives master-buffer-view; buffer-view:
> Ctrl+Alt+R)
> 10:49:29.467: python -tt "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX
> 2.3/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py" svg
> "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/
> lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.svg"
> pdftex_t "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/
> lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.pdf_tex"
> 10:49:32.251: magick: unable to open image 'pdftex_t:C:/Users/Daniel/AppD
> ata/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users
> _Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.pdf_tex': Invalid argument @
> error/
> 10:49:32.255: blob.c/OpenBlob/3109.
> 10:49:32.258: C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX
> 2.3/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py ERROR
> 10:49:32.259: Execution of "magick" failed.
> support/Systemcall.cpp (294): Systemcall: 'python -tt
> "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 2.3/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py"
> svg "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/
> lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.svg"
> pdftex_t "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/
> lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.pdf_tex"'
> finished with exit code 1
> Error: Cannot convert file
>


1. Do you have inkscape installed?
2. Which converter do you have set in preferences for SVG -> PDFTEX? It
looks like this uses convertDeafult, whereas it should use inkscape.

Jürgen

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 11.10.2017 17:24, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

2017-10-11 8:24 GMT+02:00 racoon >:

What more debug information is needed?


For instance the console/message pane output, if any. We need to know 
whether the problem is that Inkscape is not found or whether there are 
other problems in the conversion process.


Thanks. Here it is:

10:49:29.287: Previewing ...
10:49:29.307: (buffer-view: Ctrl+R)
10:49:29.307: (command-alternatives master-buffer-view; buffer-view: 
Ctrl+Alt+R)
10:49:29.467: python -tt "C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 
2.3/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py" svg 
"C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.svg" 
pdftex_t 
"C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.pdf_tex"
10:49:32.251: magick: unable to open image 
'pdftex_t:C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.pdf_tex': 
Invalid argument @ error/

10:49:32.255: blob.c/OpenBlob/3109.
10:49:32.258: C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 
2.3/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py ERROR

10:49:32.259: Execution of "magick" failed.
support/Systemcall.cpp (294): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
"C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/LyX 
2.3/Resources/scripts/convertDefault.py" svg 
"C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.svg" 
pdftex_t 
"C:/Users/Daniel/AppData/Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.ynRZjbTL5428/lyx_tmpbuf2/0C__Users_Daniel_Desktop_LyX_the_aggregation_sequence.pdf_tex"' 
finished with exit code 1

Error: Cannot convert file

No information for converting svg format files to pdftex.
Define a converter in the preferences.
10:49:33.870: pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1 
"SVGomittest.tex"
10:49:35.056: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (MiKTeX 
2.9.6400)

10:49:35.059: entering extended mode
10:49:35.060: (SVGomittest.tex
10:49:35.061: LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>
10:49:35.064: Babel <3.12> and hyphenation patterns for 75 language(s) 
loaded.

10:49:35.065:
10:49:36.420: pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1 
"SVGomittest.tex"support/Systemcall.cpp (294): Systemcall: 'pdflatex 
-interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1  "SVGomittest.tex"' finished with 
exit code 1
10:49:37.217: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (MiKTeX 
2.9.6400)

10:49:37.219: entering extended mode
10:49:37.221: (SVGomittest.tex
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Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2017-10-11 8:24 GMT+02:00 racoon :

> What more debug information is needed?
>

For instance the console/message pane output, if any. We need to know
whether the problem is that Inkscape is not found or whether there are
other problems in the conversion process.

Jürgen


>
> Daniel
>
>
>

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[racoon]

On 10.10.2017 19:45, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:

Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 08:39 +0200 schrieb racoon:

I just tried the new (experimental) Inkscape figure (or should it be
SVG
figure?)


No, Inkscape. It's a particular format that is only featured by that
program.



However, my document failed to compile. On the first run LyX tells
me
that I need to define a converter in the Preferences. Would be good
to
tell me also which and how. I have checked the Embedded Objects
manual
on the feature but couldn't fin help on this. Also, I have Inkscape
installed but apparently LyX did not auto detect it for the
converter.

Maybe someone can give me a hint.


What OS? Inkscape does not yet work on OSX in beta1 (but should work in
2.3.xdev).


I am on win7. So that shouldn't be a problem. I have been using the 
technique of exporting SVG to the Inkscape pdf/LaTeX. That works. I just 
wanted to try the automatic conversion with LyX which does not.


What more debug information is needed?

Daniel

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 16:43 -0400 schrieb Steve Litt:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:45:53 +0200
> Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:
> 
> > Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 08:39 +0200 schrieb racoon:
> > > I just tried the new (experimental) Inkscape figure (or should it
> > > be
> > > SVG 
> > > figure?)  
> > 
> > No, Inkscape. It's a particular format that is only featured by
> > that
> > program.
> 
> Inkscape's internal format is an enhanced SVG that can be read
> directly
> by most browsers.

Sure. The point with the external template is that just the source
format is SVG. The template uses inkscape itself to export an PDF or PS
file without text and a tex file containing the text. Thus, you can use
figures with the respective document font. But inkscape needs to be
installed for that to work (for normal SVGs, you don't need the
template; the graphics inset will do).

Jürgen

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Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Steve Litt]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:45:53 +0200
Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:

> Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 08:39 +0200 schrieb racoon:
> > I just tried the new (experimental) Inkscape figure (or should it be
> > SVG 
> > figure?)  
> 
> No, Inkscape. It's a particular format that is only featured by that
> program.

Inkscape's internal format is an enhanced SVG that can be read directly
by most browsers. Inkscape has the capability of exporting an image to
an SVG without the extra-specification tags.

If the modern PDF standard can directly embed SVG, then probably it
wouldn't be too hard to show the SVG image in the LyX-created PDF,
without using Inkscape as a file converter. But if PDF can't directly
address embedded SVG, then Inkscape will indeed be needed by LyX as a
converter. It's easy to install free software.

By the way, a suggestion. If you're making diagrams with text, you
might find the text becoming too big or too small for the diagram in
your final output. If that happens to you, the solution is to convert
all text to curves before using the SVG. The upside of this is your SVG
looks in a browser just like it looked in Inkscape. The downside is
that the SVG gets much bigger, and it's no longer text-searcheable or
able to copy from.

Here's my shellscript to convert my SVG text to curves:

==
#!/bin/sh
orgname=$1
basename=`echo $orgname | sed -e's/\.[^.]*$//'`
extension=`echo $orgname | sed -e's/.*\.\([^.]*\)$/\1/'`
if test "$extension" != "svg"; then
echo "Must be extension svg, not $extension. Aborting."
exit 1
fi

newname=${basename}_nf.${extension}
echo Converting $orgname to $newname

if ! test -f $orgname; then
echo  "$orgname doesn't exist: Aborting."
exit 1
fi

inkscape --export-background=#ff \
 --export-text-to-path \
 --export-use-hints \ 
 --export-plain-svg=$newname $orgname 
gpicview $newname
==


SteveT

Steve Litt 
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http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21

Re: Cannot get Externam Material: Inkscape figure to work

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Dienstag, den 10.10.2017, 08:39 +0200 schrieb racoon:
> I just tried the new (experimental) Inkscape figure (or should it be
> SVG 
> figure?)

No, Inkscape. It's a particular format that is only featured by that
program.

> 
> However, my document failed to compile. On the first run LyX tells
> me 
> that I need to define a converter in the Preferences. Would be good
> to 
> tell me also which and how. I have checked the Embedded Objects
> manual 
> on the feature but couldn't fin help on this. Also, I have Inkscape 
> installed but apparently LyX did not auto detect it for the
> converter.
> 
> Maybe someone can give me a hint.

What OS? Inkscape does not yet work on OSX in beta1 (but should work in
2.3.xdev).

Jürgen

> 

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