2009/10/16 G. <[email protected]>: > > Strange . . . that is the site from which I originally downloaded my > copy of TeXshop (& so I assume the rest of MacTex . . . ) and yet > mnemosyne does not render for me. could it have to do with where the > application is stored on the computer? I'm re-installing MacTex in > hopes that that will be the path of least resistance, just trying to > understand what may be wrong. > > are libpng & libgd required for TexShop? > > & just out of curiosity, do you use TexShop or another (La)Tex > compiler? I don't know any other mac users who use latex (or that I > didn't introduce to TexShop!) so am very curious to know if there are > better compilers - the process of test-driving them seemed a little > daunting and I was concerned about filling up my hd with millions of > libraries . . . !
Oh, apologies - you probably installed the same package I did then. TexShop was installed on my Macbook by the MacTeX package, but I never use it since I don't usually work with latex directly; I use the LyX WYSIWYM interface. Strange that you should have problems with it... The only problem I had was the first time I tried using latex in Mnemosyne (making a card with question/answer like <$>\alpha</$> and previewing it), it told me dvipng and latex couldn't be found. I quit Mnemosyne and opened it again, and everything worked then. > okay, last question: do you know any good sites for learning how to > work with (La)Tex 'under the hood' as it were? I'm interested in > understanding what's happening / how to change what happens on a lower > level . . . > > Will let you know if MacTex does the trick. I've done very little under the hood other with this install, since Chinese fonts worked out of the box this time (last time was a real headache which ultimately failed). I'd suspect that MacTeX didn't install completely if dvipng and/or latex aren't available. When you complete the installation again, open Terminal and double-check the output of 'which dvipng' and 'which latex': ;;;; Jehannum:MacOS oisin$ which dvipng /usr/texbin/dvipng Jehannum:MacOS oisin$ which latex /usr/texbin/latex ;;;; And don't forget to quit and restart Mnemosyne just in case. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
