default converter for EPS -> PNG is "convert" on Windows

Yu Jin yu_jin at lyx.org
Sat Nov 28 11:43:15 UTC 2020


Am Sa., 28. Nov. 2020 um 11:19 Uhr schrieb Yu Jin <yu_jin at lyx.org>:

> When I install LyX on Windows, the converter for eps -> png is "convert",
> while for enhanced metafile -> eps and Windows metafile -> eps is "magick".
> I'm only packaging magick in the installers, so "convert" does not exist
> and therefore eps/pdf preview does not work. When I run reconfigure from
> the GUI, then the eps -> png converter is changed to magick and the preview
> works. Is there a reason for "convert" in this converter or can we change
> the default to "magick" too? Or should I be packaging both convert and
> magick (which would be additional 15 MB though because of the portable
> imagemagick), I'd rather not, because magick and convert are the exact same
> files with different names (portable imagemagick release).
>

There might be a bug somewhere, the configure log says:

INFO: checking for an EPS -> PNG converter...
INFO: +checking for "magick"...  no
INFO: +checking for "convert"...  yes
DEBUG: Add to RC:
\converter eps        png        "convert $$i $$o" ""

I will try to find it.
-- 
    Eugene
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