Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached Btw. Your file is not conform to the svg standard. It seems that Sodipodi has a bug, see an answer from the Firefox people:

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached Btw. Your file is not conform to the svg standard. It seems that Sodipodi has a bug, see an answer from the Firefox people:

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached Btw. Your file is not conform to the svg standard. It seems that Sodipodi has a bug, see an answer from the Firefox people:

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. This was a bug in Imagemagick that is fixed in the today released version 6.2.7-2. You can update your Imagemagick installation or reinstall LyX with the next LyXWinInstaller version that will be

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. This was a bug in Imagemagick that is fixed in the today released version 6.2.7-2. You can update your Imagemagick installation or reinstall LyX with the next LyXWinInstaller version that will be

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. This was a bug in Imagemagick that is fixed in the today released version 6.2.7-2. You can update your Imagemagick installation or reinstall LyX with the next LyXWinInstaller version that will be

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
(or call it ./svg2png, but this does not make it once it's inside the converter section of LyX.) I'm not sure what you meant by that last statement. Perhaps it only works with Windows, but I thought that using the absolute path to inkscape under file formats-Viewer would invoke it as a

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
(or call it ./svg2png, but this does not make it once it's inside the converter section of LyX.) I'm not sure what you meant by that last statement. Perhaps it only works with Windows, but I thought that using the absolute path to inkscape under file formats-Viewer would invoke it as a

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>> (or call it ./svg2png, but this does not make it once it's >>> inside the converter section of LyX.) >>> >> >>I'm not sure what you meant by that last statement. Perhaps it >>only works with Windows, but I thought that using the absolute >>path to inkscape under file formats->Viewer would

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: You can define your own converter, but only when you a have a converter program that can handle svg. This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Georg

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Mael Hilléreau
inkscape opened in GUI mode offers also PDF export (same limitation, full page). However, PDF cropping may be performed using a shell script such as the one available from this discussion: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25341 Mael. -- Mael Hilléreau

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Within Inkscape you can use

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:47:38 +0200 From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Martin A. Hansen
Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
I wrote: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Within Inkscape you can use the menu

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Sure it has, as I mentioned in a previous message inkscape -e foo.png foo.svg or inkscape --export-png=foo.png foo.svg Thanks, this works but how can I define a

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Thanks, this works but how can I define a converter for this in LyX? Adding the line \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$i $$o That is wrong. Correct would be \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$o $$i to LyX's preferences file

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Georg Baum schrieb: \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$i $$o That is wrong. Correct would be \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$o $$i Ähm yes, sorry. But this also don't work. I get this debug info: --- filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:28:29 +0200 From: Martin A. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean-Pierre Chretien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a word of caution! inkscape does a poor job

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Georg Baum schrieb: Because svg is not defined as a format yet. Do that, and then it will also be available for converters. How could I do this? If this needs a change in LyX's source code I would ask you if you could do this please (and also apply this to the 1.4.x

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
I think the old ui was more intuitive. But I think this works. Sure, you just have to modify any existing format and Add. Converters work alike. I agree that selecting a format or a converter to make the Add button active is not very intuitive. -- Jean-Pierre

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Georg Baum schrieb: Because svg is not defined as a format yet. Do that, and then it will also be available for converters. How could I do this? Tools-Preferences-File Formats. The procedure is not intuitive, there is a bug in bugzilla about that. If this needs a change

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Robert Orr
I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment variable too. Sure it has, as I

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment variable too. Sure it has, as I

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: You can define your own converter, but only when you a have a converter program that can handle svg. This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Georg

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Mael Hilléreau
inkscape opened in GUI mode offers also PDF export (same limitation, full page). However, PDF cropping may be performed using a shell script such as the one available from this discussion: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25341 Mael. -- Mael Hilléreau

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Within Inkscape you can use

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:47:38 +0200 From: Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Martin A. Hansen
Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
I wrote: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Within Inkscape you can use the menu

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Sure it has, as I mentioned in a previous message inkscape -e foo.png foo.svg or inkscape --export-png=foo.png foo.svg Thanks, this works but how can I define a

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Thanks, this works but how can I define a converter for this in LyX? Adding the line \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$i $$o That is wrong. Correct would be \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$o $$i to LyX's preferences file

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Georg Baum schrieb: \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$i $$o That is wrong. Correct would be \converter svgpnginkscape --export-png=$$o $$i Ähm yes, sorry. But this also don't work. I get this debug info: --- filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:28:29 +0200 From: Martin A. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean-Pierre Chretien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a word of caution! inkscape does a poor job

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Georg Baum schrieb: Because svg is not defined as a format yet. Do that, and then it will also be available for converters. How could I do this? If this needs a change in LyX's source code I would ask you if you could do this please (and also apply this to the 1.4.x

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
I think the old ui was more intuitive. But I think this works. Sure, you just have to modify any existing format and Add. Converters work alike. I agree that selecting a format or a converter to make the Add button active is not very intuitive. -- Jean-Pierre

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Georg Baum schrieb: Because svg is not defined as a format yet. Do that, and then it will also be available for converters. How could I do this? Tools-Preferences-File Formats. The procedure is not intuitive, there is a bug in bugzilla about that. If this needs a change

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Robert Orr
I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment variable too. Sure it has, as I

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment variable too. Sure it has, as I

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > You can define your own converter, but only when you a have a converter > program that can handle svg. This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Georg

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Mael Hilléreau
inkscape opened in GUI mode offers also PDF export (same limitation, full page). However, PDF cropping may be performed using a shell script such as the one available from this discussion: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25341 Mael. -- Mael Hilléreau

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Georg Baum schrieb: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Within Inkscape you can use

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:47:38 +0200 >>From: Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg >> >>Georg Baum schrieb: >>

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Martin A. Hansen
Apr 2006 13:47:38 +0200 > >>From: Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg > >> > >>Georg Baum schrieb: > >>

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
I wrote: This is the problem. I don't know any converter that can convert SVG to good quality EPS or PDF. If anybody knows such a beast, please tell. Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Within Inkscape you can use the menu

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: Inkscape produces a good quality PNG image but has unfortunately no command line option to do this. Sure it has, as I mentioned in a previous message inkscape -e foo.png foo.svg or inkscape --export-png=foo.png foo.svg Thanks, this works but how can I define a

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Thanks, this works but how can I define a converter for this in LyX? > Adding the line > > \converter svgpng"inkscape --export-png=$$i $$o" That is wrong. Correct would be \converter svgpng"inkscape --export-png=$$o $$i" > to LyX's

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Georg Baum schrieb: \converter svgpng"inkscape --export-png=$$i $$o" That is wrong. Correct would be \converter svgpng"inkscape --export-png=$$o $$i" Ähm yes, sorry. But this also don't work. I get this debug info: --- filetools(getFormatFromContents)

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:28:29 +0200 >>From: "Martin A. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Jean-Pierre Chretien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: poor resolution for svg >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], lyx-us

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Uwe Stöhr wrote: Georg Baum schrieb: Because svg is not defined as a format yet. Do that, and then it will also be available for converters. How could I do this? If this needs a change in LyX's source code I would ask you if you could do this please (and also apply this to the 1.4.x

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>> >>I think the old ui was more intuitive. But I think this works. Sure, you just have to modify any existing format and Add. Converters work alike. I agree that selecting a format or a converter to make the Add button active is not very intuitive. -- Jean-Pierre

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Georg Baum
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Georg Baum schrieb: >> Because svg is not defined as a format yet. Do that, and then it will >> also be available for converters. > > How could I do this? Tools->Preferences->File Formats. The procedure is not intuitive, there is a bug in bugzilla about that. > If this needs

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Robert Orr
I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment variable too. > > Sure it has, as

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>> >>I would like to add something that isn't obvious. >> >>When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH >>variable is updated so that the executable is >>recognized from the command line. >> >>So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your >>PATH environment variable too. >>

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-27 Thread Stephen Harris
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: I would like to add something that isn't obvious. When you add this converter, it only works if the PATH variable is updated so that the executable is recognized from the command line. So, if you add a converter, make sure to update your PATH environment

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached The svg file is correct, this is a problem of imagemagick: http://redux.imagemagick.org/discussion-server/viewtopic.php?t=6458 Then the

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached The svg file is correct, this is a problem of imagemagick: http://redux.imagemagick.org/discussion-server/viewtopic.php?t=6458 Then the

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-26 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie wrote: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached The svg file is correct, this is a problem of imagemagick: http://redux.imagemagick.org/discussion-server/viewtopic.php?t=6458 Then the

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie schrieb: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. I've looked for the converter and can't find it in the ToolsPreferencesConverter Then the default converter Imagemagick is used. regards Uwe

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-24 Thread Russell Davie
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:43 +0200 Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russell Davie schrieb: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached its a graph generated from gnumeric, then edited in sodipodi.

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie schrieb: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. I've looked for the converter and can't find it in the ToolsPreferencesConverter Then the default converter Imagemagick is used. regards Uwe

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-24 Thread Russell Davie
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:43 +0200 Uwe Stöhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russell Davie schrieb: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached its a graph generated from gnumeric, then edited in sodipodi.

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-24 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Russell Davie schrieb: When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. Could you please send an example svg file. > I've looked for the converter and can't find it in the Tools>Preferences>Converter Then the default converter "Imagemagick is used. regards Uwe

Re: poor resolution for svg

2006-04-24 Thread Russell Davie
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:43 +0200 Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Davie schrieb: > > > When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. > > Could you please send an example svg file. Ok, its attached its a graph generated from gnumeric, then edited in

poor resolution for svg

2006-04-23 Thread Russell Davie
Hi When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. I've looked for the converter and can't find it in the ToolsPreferencesConverter Were can this be tweaked so the svg can be used reliability? TIA Russell

poor resolution for svg

2006-04-23 Thread Russell Davie
Hi When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. I've looked for the converter and can't find it in the ToolsPreferencesConverter Were can this be tweaked so the svg can be used reliability? TIA Russell

poor resolution for svg

2006-04-23 Thread Russell Davie
Hi When Lyx (1.4.1) makes ps or pdf, the svg graphic is really scratchy. I've looked for the converter and can't find it in the Tools>Preferences>Converter Were can this be tweaked so the svg can be used reliability? TIA Russell