Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Rich Shepard wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in DVI file with

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, Rich. Xfig is also able to produce eps pictures. I am using insert--external material because I would like to have things like $\delta$ (LaTeX code) displayed over the picture, in the dvi file, as LaTeX would output it, i.e., showing the Greek letter and not the LaTeX

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Helge Hafting
Re-sending as the previous one got lost? Paul Smith wrote: Mark Carroll wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Helge Hafting wrote: In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an -m scaling option - for instance, -m 0.5 to halve its size. Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in DVI file with the original

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Angus Leeming wrote: Thanks, Rich. Xfig is also able to produce eps pictures. I am using insert--external material because I would like to have things like $\delta$ (LaTeX code) displayed over the picture, in the dvi file, as LaTeX would output it, i.e., showing the Greek letter and not the LaTeX

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Georg Baum
Helge Hafting wrote: So, the magnification parameter works fine, when you know how to work around its quirks. If you change figures a lot, consider having a cleanup script that removes .eps+.pstex_t files, it is useful untilthe problem gets fixed in lyx. These problems are fixed in lyx

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an -m scaling option - for instance, -m 0.5 to halve its size. Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Rich Shepard wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in DVI file with

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, Rich. Xfig is also able to produce eps pictures. I am using insert--external material because I would like to have things like $\delta$ (LaTeX code) displayed over the picture, in the dvi file, as LaTeX would output it, i.e., showing the Greek letter and not the LaTeX

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Helge Hafting
Re-sending as the previous one got lost? Paul Smith wrote: Mark Carroll wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Helge Hafting wrote: In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an -m scaling option - for instance, -m 0.5 to halve its size. Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in DVI file with the original

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Angus Leeming wrote: Thanks, Rich. Xfig is also able to produce eps pictures. I am using insert--external material because I would like to have things like $\delta$ (LaTeX code) displayed over the picture, in the dvi file, as LaTeX would output it, i.e., showing the Greek letter and not the LaTeX

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Georg Baum
Helge Hafting wrote: So, the magnification parameter works fine, when you know how to work around its quirks. If you change figures a lot, consider having a cleanup script that removes .eps+.pstex_t files, it is useful untilthe problem gets fixed in lyx. These problems are fixed in lyx

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an -m scaling option - for instance, -m 0.5 to halve its size. Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Rich Shepard wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in DVI file

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: > Thanks, Rich. Xfig is also able to produce eps pictures. I am using > "insert-->external material" because I would like to have things like > $\delta$ (LaTeX code) displayed over the picture, in the dvi file, as > LaTeX would output it, i.e., showing the Greek letter and not

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Helge Hafting
Re-sending as the previous one got lost? Paul Smith wrote: Mark Carroll wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the "parameters" field (for fig2dev)

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Helge Hafting wrote: In the "parameters" field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an "-m" scaling option - for instance, "-m 0.5" to halve its size. Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture appears in DVI file with the

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Paul Smith
Angus Leeming wrote: Thanks, Rich. Xfig is also able to produce eps pictures. I am using "insert-->external material" because I would like to have things like $\delta$ (LaTeX code) displayed over the picture, in the dvi file, as LaTeX would output it, i.e., showing the Greek letter and not the

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Georg Baum
Helge Hafting wrote: > So, the magnification parameter works fine, when you know how to work > around its quirks. > If you change figures a lot, consider having a cleanup script that > removes .eps+.pstex_t files, > it is useful untilthe problem gets fixed in lyx. These problems are fixed in lyx

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-23 Thread Angus Leeming
Paul Smith wrote: > Helge Hafting wrote: In the "parameters" field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an "-m" scaling option - for instance, "-m 0.5" to halve its size. >>> >>> Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e.,

Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Mark Carroll
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
Mark Carroll wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an -m

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture

Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Mark Carroll
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
Mark Carroll wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the parameters field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an -m

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via insert--external material. Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the picture

Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Mark Carroll
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: > I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there > some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture > will appear in the DVI file? In the "parameters" field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
Mark Carroll wrote: I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture will appear in the DVI file? In the "parameters" field (for fig2dev) of the dialog box where you set the filename you can set an

Re: Xfig, external material and scale

2004-08-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: > >>I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there > >>some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture > >>will appear in the DVI file? > Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e.,