pdf graphic in lyx file > converting error

[Baris Erkus]

On 28-Nov-19 11:09 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


Am 27.11.19 um 20:04 schrieb Baris Erkus:
On 27-Nov-19 9:39 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

I try to insert a pdf graphic in a float of a book document, but get error converting in a loadable format. What do I have to set in the tools>file handling>converters to make it work, respectively, in which help file and where there do I find infos? Its an older file (2016) which used to work. Has something changed in the meantime?

Wolfgang


Does this problem occur when you open the file and when LyX tries to show the PDF or when you compile the file (e.g with pdflatex)? I am trying to understand if this is a LyX issue or latex issue.

There were questions about PDF is not converted correctly for LyX preview in the list, which is related to PDF to PNG conversion, and I had the following recommendation for such problems. I do not know if this is your problem but worth to remind this:

Default LyX will show the PDFs with lower quality on the screen, when scaled. To solve this problem you need to tell to increase the resolution of the preview image as follows:

  *   Make sure the convert utility of ImageMagick is installed and the utility "convert" is made available to path.
  *   Start LyX and do not open a file.
  *   Go to "Preferences" under the "Tools" menu.
  *   Go to "Converters" under the "File Handling" section.
  *   Select "PDF(graphics)" from "From Format:" and "PNG" from "To Format:"
  *   To "Converter:" write : convert -density *** -trim -quality 100 -sharpen 0x1.0 $$i $$o, where *** can be 200 to start with. You may try other values based on the results.
  *   Click "Add" button.
  *   Click "Apply" button.
  *   Click "Save" button.
  *   Select "Reconfigure" under "Tools" menu.
  *   Restart LyX.

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Thanks, Barris.

I do have Version: ImageMagick 6.9.7-4 with convert.

Did you mean to put this in the extra flag line? >

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  *   To "Converter:" write : convert -density *** -trim -quality 100 -sharpen 0x1.0 $$i $$o, where *** can be 200 to start with. You may try other values based on the results.


  *   Click "Save" button.

There was no save button, I clicked ok

I opened my document. Now instead of

error converting in a loadable format.

I get

error loading file into memory

What I plan to do now is to try it with Debian buster on my notebook. I am currently on Linux Mint Tina using my PC.

Wolfgang


This is the final setting of PDF (graphics) -> PNG converter on my LyX (I may be wrong with the save button):

[cid:part1.8EA7CA67.005E9DAF at hotmail.com]

Some suggestions:

  *   I guess the convert utility works fine on your computer but maybe a double check by running it on the command line.
  *   Clear the PNG cache folder. On Windows, this folder is under the users folder.


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