Re: [Sheflug] LaTeX

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 12:23:20PM +0000, Richard wrote:
> I notice that if I use Lyx it will generate the appropriate code for
> me.  After producing the document I'd like to turn it into a PDF
> document with PDFLATEX.

	In newer versions of lyx, a pdf is autmatically produced if you
want. Click on File->Export->PDF (or pdflatex). Another option is to
export it as a ps file (if your lyx version is old), and use ps2pdf.

	A couple of points: PDF files have only a number of fonts they
love and work with (times, helvetica). Generally, LaTeX uses Computer
Modern by default. So the PDF file will have bitmapped fonts, unless you
tell latex to use Times, Helvetica or such (in Lyx, add to the Latex
Preamble 
\usepackage{times}

	If you use adobe fonts, the file size is reduced considerably in
the PDF.

> I've looked into man pdflatex and all I can see is a few vague
> comments that don't make any sense to me or anyone else I've talked
> to.

	pdflatex is just a version of latex that produces a pdf instead
of a dvi. you need a latex file, let's say test.tex, and you just do
pdflatex test.tex
[...]
and you shall now have some test.pdf around.

	Hope this helps,
	José

> If I want to put "testfile.lyx" through pdflatex what command do I use
> ?  Is it something like 'testfile.lyx > pdflatex' or is it something
> else ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
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