Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-18 Thread Jan Warnking
Image conversion succeeded. Loading image. xforms image loader. Status : Converting PS ... xforms image loader. Status : Loading PostScript xforms image loader. Error : LoadPS: no page written! Image loading failed. xforms image loader. Status : Error Reading the ps-support of

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-18 Thread Herbert Voss
Jan Warnking wrote: My original message was a somewhat academic question about lyx converting png-xpm-eps-ps, even though xpm can be loaded directly. Why the detour? This is not _really_ relevant, since I think the xpm-eps converter was not there by default, and I don't remember why I put

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-18 Thread Jan Warnking
Image conversion succeeded. Loading image. xforms image loader. Status : Converting PS ... xforms image loader. Status : Loading PostScript xforms image loader. Error : LoadPS: no page written! Image loading failed. xforms image loader. Status : Error Reading the ps-support of

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-18 Thread Herbert Voss
Jan Warnking wrote: My original message was a somewhat academic question about lyx converting png-xpm-eps-ps, even though xpm can be loaded directly. Why the detour? This is not _really_ relevant, since I think the xpm-eps converter was not there by default, and I don't remember why I put

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-18 Thread Jan Warnking
> > Image conversion succeeded. > > Loading image. > > xforms image loader. Status : Converting PS ... > > xforms image loader. Status : Loading PostScript > > xforms image loader. Error : LoadPS: no page written! > > Image loading failed. > > xforms image loader. Status : Error Reading > > the

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-18 Thread Herbert Voss
Jan Warnking wrote: > My original message was a somewhat academic question about lyx converting > png->xpm->eps->ps, even though xpm can be loaded directly. Why the detour? > This is not _really_ relevant, since I think the xpm->eps converter was > not there by default, and I don't remember why

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-17 Thread Jan Warnking
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Levon wrote: By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used. However, the images

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Jan Warnking wrote: On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Levon wrote: By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used.

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-17 Thread Jan Warnking
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Levon wrote: By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used. However, the images

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Jan Warnking wrote: On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Levon wrote: By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used.

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-17 Thread Jan Warnking
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Levon wrote: > > By default a converter PNG->EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS->PS > > converter, Lyx then converted PNG->EPS->PS and failed to load the image > > (see previous message). So I removed the PNG->EPS converter, so that the > > PNG->XPM get used.

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-17 Thread Herbert Voss
Jan Warnking wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, John Levon wrote: > >>>By default a converter PNG->EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS->PS >>>converter, Lyx then converted PNG->EPS->PS and failed to load the image >>>(see previous message). So I removed the PNG->EPS converter, so that the

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:51:20AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: I guess the more power the developers give to the user, the more they need to hold the hands of those who are not interested in power, but in ease of use. Not at all. It is just a matter of teething troubles with the new system,

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Minor display error

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:57:13AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: When inserting a graphics (or when converting old files without extension for the graphics file names), an empty box shows up representing the image to be loaded, along with some message. When inserting the correct file name, the

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Displaying png and ps files

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:58:39AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: I think I heard once on the list that png files can be displayed directly. Is this only true for the internal image loader or with the xforms loader, too? I have quite a few of them and not having to convert them each time I open

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 12:01:55PM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used.

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:51:20AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: I guess the more power the developers give to the user, the more they need to hold the hands of those who are not interested in power, but in ease of use. Not at all. It is just a matter of teething troubles with the new system,

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Minor display error

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:57:13AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: When inserting a graphics (or when converting old files without extension for the graphics file names), an empty box shows up representing the image to be loaded, along with some message. When inserting the correct file name, the

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Displaying png and ps files

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:58:39AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: I think I heard once on the list that png files can be displayed directly. Is this only true for the internal image loader or with the xforms loader, too? I have quite a few of them and not having to convert them each time I open

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 12:01:55PM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used.

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:51:20AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: > I guess the more power the developers give to the user, the more they need > to hold the hands of those who are not interested in power, but in ease of > use. Not at all. It is just a matter of teething troubles with the new

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Minor display error

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:57:13AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: > When inserting a graphics (or when converting old files without extension > for the graphics file names), an empty box shows up representing the image > to be loaded, along with some message. When inserting the correct file > name,

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Displaying png and ps files

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:58:39AM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: > I think I heard once on the list that png files can be displayed directly. > Is this only true for the internal image loader or with the xforms loader, > too? I have quite a few of them and not having to convert them each time I >

Re: Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-07-10 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 12:01:55PM +0100, Jan Warnking wrote: > By default a converter PNG->EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS->PS > converter, Lyx then converted PNG->EPS->PS and failed to load the image > (see previous message). So I removed the PNG->EPS converter, so that the > PNG->XPM

Viewing images in lyx-1.2

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
I am about to send a couple of gripes about viewing images in lyx-1.2. Rather than putting all in one large email, I preferred splitting things up, so they can be discussed separately. Let me state here that (despite my criticism) I greatly appreciate the effort the lyx team puts into giving us

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Minor display error

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
When inserting a graphics (or when converting old files without extension for the graphics file names), an empty box shows up representing the image to be loaded, along with some message. When inserting the correct file name, the image gets loaded, and is shown correctly outside the original box

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Displaying png and ps files

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
This may have been discussed on the list before, but I didn't find it in the archives. Displaying png files I think I heard once on the list that png files can be displayed directly. Is this only true for the internal image loader or with the xforms loader, too? I have

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used. However, the images still didn't get loaded. lyx -dbg graphics

Viewing images in lyx-1.2

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
I am about to send a couple of gripes about viewing images in lyx-1.2. Rather than putting all in one large email, I preferred splitting things up, so they can be discussed separately. Let me state here that (despite my criticism) I greatly appreciate the effort the lyx team puts into giving us

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Minor display error

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
When inserting a graphics (or when converting old files without extension for the graphics file names), an empty box shows up representing the image to be loaded, along with some message. When inserting the correct file name, the image gets loaded, and is shown correctly outside the original box

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Displaying png and ps files

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
This may have been discussed on the list before, but I didn't find it in the archives. Displaying png files I think I heard once on the list that png files can be displayed directly. Is this only true for the internal image loader or with the xforms loader, too? I have

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
By default a converter PNG-EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS-PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG-EPS-PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG-EPS converter, so that the PNG-XPM get used. However, the images still didn't get loaded. lyx -dbg graphics

Viewing images in lyx-1.2

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
I am about to send a couple of gripes about viewing images in lyx-1.2. Rather than putting all in one large email, I preferred splitting things up, so they can be discussed separately. Let me state here that (despite my criticism) I greatly appreciate the effort the lyx team puts into giving us

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Minor display error

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
When inserting a graphics (or when converting old files without extension for the graphics file names), an empty box shows up representing the image to be loaded, along with some message. When inserting the correct file name, the image gets loaded, and is shown correctly outside the original box

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Displaying png and ps files

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
This may have been discussed on the list before, but I didn't find it in the archives. Displaying png files I think I heard once on the list that png files can be displayed directly. Is this only true for the internal image loader or with the xforms loader, too? I have

Viewing images in lyx-1.2: Choice of the converter to use

2002-06-26 Thread Jan Warnking
By default a converter PNG->EPS is defined. Since I defined an EPS->PS converter, Lyx then converted PNG->EPS->PS and failed to load the image (see previous message). So I removed the PNG->EPS converter, so that the PNG->XPM get used. However, the images still didn't get loaded. "lyx -dbg