[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#329331: Really???

[Marco Herrn]

Hi,

On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 05:31:10PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote:
> Since LyX 1.4.0 it is not possible anymore to omit the extension in LyX, so 
> this bug is no longer applicable and should have been closed with the 
> first 1.4.x release in debian. LyX will omit the extension for LaTeX 
> export if that is possible.

Uhm, maybe you misunderstood the bugreport. It is _not_ related to LyX
exporting LaTeX files, but only to the image preview inside LyX.
Since LaTeX doesn't need the extension, I would prefer that LyX also
doesn't need it.

Sven Hoexter wrote:
> Sounds like the behaviour upstream prefers is the contradiction of what
> Marco would like to have.
>
> Is there a way we can agree to close this bug? Like a technical reason why
> it's not a good idea to implement the wished behaviour?

Well, if this is the case, then this bug can be closed. But I am not yet
sure that we are talking about the same problem.

Georg Baum wrote:
> I ask another question: Is there any reason why you would _not_ want to
> specify exactly which file you want to include? 

The reason I want it, is that I need to output my document as PDF and PS,
therefore are having the images in EPS and PDF format. Since LaTeX and
pdfLaTeX cannot use the image format of the other, I need a way to specify
both (by omitting the extension).

> LyX does not have the
> limitations of LaTeX. It works out of the box with many image formats, and
> you can make it work with any image format you like by specifying
> additional converters. 

I did not know that. What means "LyX works with many image formats"? Am I
able to create only an EPS file and LyX handles the conversion to PDF if
necessary? 

> Since there is always exactly one "original" image
> the recommended practice is to use that and let LyX take care of the
> conversion to the needed format.

That would be fine. It would be the preferred way for me. But how does that
work together with LaTeX? Does LyX create all the necessary formats by
converting and these files can also be used after an export of the document
to LaTeX?

Regards
Marco
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