lyx: fig images clipped incorrectly or pixelised in pdflatex output

[jasen]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.4.3-2ubuntu1
Severity: normal


Producing a PDF with included xfig graphics,

I couldn't get xfig images (included as graphics) to clip the same in the
preview and output, or when they did the output was pixelised at about 72dpi
instead of being nice clean vector images.

what I mean is sometimes the images were vector images but clipped wrongly
and sometimes they were pixmaps clipped correctly, editing the document
and/or fig files would change between these behaviors this but not in a 
predictable way.

I resolved this by converting them to EPS using "fig2eps --nogv"  the 
EPS graphics clipped correctly and rendered as vector images in the 
resulting PDF.

having the LYX and XFIG cordinate systems with the Y axis in the opposite
direction was confusing too.

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Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  groff      1.18.1.1-12                   GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  imagemagic 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14ubuntu0.2 Image manipulation programs
ii  libc6      2.5-0ubuntu14                 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6 4.1.2-0ubuntu4                The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtiff-to 3.8.2-6                       TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-common 1.4.3-2ubuntu1                High Level Word Processor - common
ii  lyx-qt     1.4.3-2ubuntu1                High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mime-suppo 3.39-1                        MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  preview-la 11.83-4                       LaTeX style files for editor embed
ii  tetex-bin  3.0-27ubuntu1                 The teTeX programs
ii  tetex-extr 3.0.dfsg.3-4                  Additional TeX input files of teTe
ii  zlib1g     1:1.2.3-13ubuntu4             compression library - runtime

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  acrore 7.0.9-0.0.ubuntu0.7.04+medibuntu2 Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Doc
ii  cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu8.1                  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  dvipos 1.1-2                             Post processor for dvi files suppo
ii  epipha 2.18.1-0ubuntu1                   Intuitive GNOME web browser
ii  evince 0.8.1-0ubuntu1                    Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  firefo 2.0.0.8+1nobinonly-0ubuntu1       lightweight web browser based on M
ii  galeon 2.0.2-4ubuntu1                    GNOME web browser for advanced use
ii  gnuhtm 0.3-2                             A Perl script that converts html f
ii  gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1            The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii  gv [pd 1:3.6.2-3ubuntu1                  PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii  konque 4:3.5.6-0ubuntu20.7               KDE's advanced file manager, web b
ii  latex2 2002-2-1-20050114-5               LaTeX to HTML translator
ii  links  0.99+1.00pre12-1.1                Character mode WWW browser
ii  linuxd 0.9.21-0.5build1                  SGML converters for the LinuxDoc D
pn  rcs    <none>                            (no description available)
ii  sgmlto 3.0.3.0.cvs.20010909-13           convert DocBook SGML source into H
ii  w3m [w 0.5.1-5.1ubuntu1                  WWW browsable pager with excellent
pn  wv     <none>                            (no description available)
ii  xpdf-r 3.01-9ubuntu3                     Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
ii  xpdf-u 3.01-9ubuntu3                     Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

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