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List:       klyx
Subject:    Bug#19078: klyx using pdflatex?
From:       Markus Grabner <grabner () icg ! tu-graz ! ac ! at>
Date:       2001-01-25 17:02:28
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Kuba Ober wrote:
> 
> > I love PDFs...
> > It would be so nice if kLyX could directly use pdflatex to output PDF
> > directly. For that kLyX should support image format like JPEG, PNG, etc.
> > and it shouldn't add the line:
> >
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  (...or \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}; I don't
> > remember in this moment, but it's explained in the pdflatex manual)
> > (Acrobat Reader hates it!)
> 
> Huh? This has nothing to do with acrobat... It instructs TeX (via LaTeX
> macro) to use certain font encoding (...{fontenc}), and instructs TeX to use
> certain input encoding (...{inputenc}). I've created tons of TeX documents
> (including a book in progress) which were translated to pdf without any
> problems.
> 
> What do you mean that Acrobat Reader hates it? Errors?
Have a look at it yourself. Looks terrible...

> > Well, a simpler workaround could be the use of ps2pdf embedded in kLyX.
> ps2pdf is (AFAIK) a wrapper script around ghostscript with pdfwrite as output
> device.
> 
> Direct conversion from dvi to pdf gives better results, as you can embed pdf
> hyperlinks.
> 
> And you know, klyx doesn't need to do all that. There's always command line.
> Methinks klyx is meant as nice input method, at least now. All the
> conversions can be easily done via commandline.
Yes, but you would also have to remove the "fontenc" line, convert all
EPS images to PDF images, and so on. It would really be nice to have
this all automated in KLyX.

	Ciao,
		Markus


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