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

[Alex Dănilă]

Hi,
[2] is in the line with what I imagined first.  What I didn't notice 
when reporting this is "Scale on screen %" setting in the image dialog. 
I will use this for now.

Thinking more about this, maybe the best would be something like an 
option to limit image depending on the LyX window. I guess the problem 
has no chance to being solve in general way.

If you believe it makes sense to report a bug about preview size 
dependent on the LyX window, you or I could do the report. Otherwise, 
I'm fine enough with "Scale on screen" properties per image.

Thank you for your work.

:) Alex

Sven Hoexter wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:24:56AM +0200, Alex Dănilă wrote:
>
> Hi Alex,
>
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> This is a bit tricky. According to #3674 [1] in the LyX bugtracker you
> should see an instant preview so that you can adjust the scaling while
> having the insert dialog still open. Currently this doesn't work on Linux.
>
> After all this is still not exactly what you've asked for. A bit more in this
> direction is #2151 [2] which asks for an automatic scaling factor setting.
>
> One more in the same direction is #2200 [3]. Still not exactly what you asked
> for but I guess this is very close if you get some automatic scaling that
> adjusts to your current screen size.
>
> I'm unsure which one fits best here or if I should forward this in a new
> report.
> Any recommendations?
>
> Sven
>
> [1] http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/3674
> [2] http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/2151
> [3] http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/2200
>