[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#534632: Feature: scale big graphics in the editor

[Alex Dănilă]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.6.2-1
Severity: wishlist

When inserting big graphics into LyX the editor will show them at 
original size. The graphics may be set to show at some scaling down 
percent, but LyX will show them at the same size.

The problem with this is that it it makes document editing harder by 
taking up a lot of screen space and having to scroll too much and loose 
overview.

I would like LyX to scale the shown graphics in a smart way (I don't 
know which is that) or maybe show them at the scale chosen by the user 
in the graphics dialog. Any other method of easing work with these big 
graphics is welcome.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (650, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'), 
(200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a  1.2.1+dev-0.12-6  an English-language 
thesaurus (dev
ii  libaspell15            0.60.6-1          GNU Aspell spell-checker 
runtime l
ii  libboost-regex1.34.1   1.34.1-16         regular expression library 
for C++
ii  libboost-signals1.34.1 1.34.1-16         managed signals and slots 
library
ii  libc6                  2.9-13            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.0-7         GCC support library
ii  libqtcore4             4.5.1-2           Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4.5.1-2           Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.0-7           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.1-1         X11 client-side library
ii  lyx-common             1.6.2-1           Architecture-independent 
files for
ii  mime-support           3.46-1            MIME files 'mime.types' & 
'mailcap
ii  xdg-utils              1.0.2-6.1         desktop integration 
utilities from
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-14 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  acroread [pdf-viewer]     9.1.2-0.0      Adobe Acrobat Reader: 
Portable Doc
ii  dvipng                    1.11-1         convert DVI files to PNG 
graphics
ii  ghostscript               8.64~dfsg-12   The GPL Ghostscript 
PostScript/PDF
ii  imagemagick               7:6.5.1.0-1.1  image manipulation programs
ii  kghostview [pdf-viewer]   4:3.5.9-3      PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  latex-xft-fonts           0.1-8          Xft-compatible versions of 
some La
ii  okular [pdf-viewer]       4:4.2.4-1      document viewer for KDE 4
ii  poppler-utils             0.10.6-1       PDF utilitites (based on 
libpopple
ii  preview-latex-style       11.83-7.3      extraction of elements from 
LaTeX
ii  psutils                   1.17-26        A collection of PostScript 
documen
ii  texlive-fonts-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4  TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii  texlive-latex-extra       2007.dfsg.17-2 TeX Live: LaTeX 
supplementary pack
ii  texlive-latex-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4  TeX Live: LaTeX recommended 
packag

Versions of packages lyx suggests:
pn  chktex         <none>                    (no description available)
ii  cups-bsd [lpr] 1.3.10-5                  Common UNIX Printing 
System(tm) -
ii  cups-client    1.3.10-5                  Common UNIX Printing 
System(tm) -
ii  dillo [www-bro 0.8.6-3                   Small and fast web browser
pn  dvipost        <none>                    (no description available)
pn  gnuhtml2latex  <none>                    (no description available)
ii  groff          1.18.1.1-22               GNU troff text-formatting 
system
ii  iceweasel [www 3.0.11-1                  lightweight web browser 
based on M
ii  konqueror [www 4:4.2.4-1                 KDE 4's advanced file 
manager, web
ii  latex2html     2002-2-1-20050114-6       LaTeX to HTML translator
pn  latex2rtf      <none>                    (no description available)
pn  libtiff-tools  <none>                    (no description available)
pn  linuxdoc-tools <none>                    (no description available)
ii  menu           2.1.41                    generates programs menu for 
all me
pn  noweb          <none>                    (no description available)
ii  opera [www-bro 10.00.4402.gcc4.qt3       The Opera Web Browser
ii  rcs            5.7-25                    The GNU Revision Control System
ii  sgmltools-lite 3.0.3.0.cvs.20010909-15.1 convert DocBook SGML source 
into H
ii  tex4ht         20090521-1                LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext 
(HTML)
ii  w3m [www-brows 0.5.2-2+b1                WWW browsable pager with 
excellent
pn  writer2latex   <none>                    (no description available)
ii  wv             1.2.4-2                   Programs for accessing 
Microsoft W

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