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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Error exporting to plain LaTeX when doc includes pdf graphic
From:       Venable <venablito () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-11-28 14:44:50
Message-ID: c38640a90911280644q3e5c8440t70a4c032f0e21eb2 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Paul Rubin <rubin@msu.edu> wrote:
> Venable wrote:
>> Dear LyX users,
>>
>> I have recently started getting a strange error when I try to export a
>> LyX file to plain LaTeX via File - Export - LaTeX (plain).
>>
>> When I attempt to export, an error message appears reading
>> LyX: Cannot convert file
>> No information for converting pdf format files to eps
>> Define a converter in the preferences
>>
>> As one might expect, I have only seen this error occur when the
>> document includes a pdf file as a graphic. However, the error seems
>> strange since I am not trying to convert anything to eps, just create
>> LaTeX code. Despite the error message, the LaTeX file actually is
>> created and seems to be correct. However, it (a) is annoying and (b)
>> leads me to think something else may be wrong, so I would like to fix
>> it.
>>
>> First of all, does anyone have any insight into why LyX would ask for
>> a PDF -> EPS converter when the requested conversion is not to eps?
>
> Exporting to plain LaTeX, as opposed to LaTeX (pdflatex), implies an
> intent to generate a DVI file.  Since LaTeX can only include EPS
> graphics (not PDF) in DVI output, LyX helpfully converts your PDF
> graphics to EPS (or at least tries to).  Bear in mind that LyX must
> insert a path to the image file; the alternative would be for LyX to
> include a path to the PDF file, which would be doomed to failure when
> you ran LaTeX against the document.
>
> Pdflatex, in contrast, wants PDF files and cannot handle EPS files, so
> in your case compiling with pdflatex requires no conversions.
>>

Thanks Paul, compiling with pdflatex (File - Export - LaTeX
(pdflatex)) went through with no error message, and the resulting tex
file looks great.

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