I think that Mnemosyne is using a different path than you're using on the shell. You have to edit a file to set the more system wide/gui path.
Jason On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:31 PM, G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm completely at a loss: I tried to download the package twice, but > to no avail ("failed to decompress"), but when i did the checks you > recommended, i got the same results > > " > dhcp226017:~ rasul$ which dvipng > /usr/texbin/dvipng > dhcp226017:~ rasul$ which latex > /usr/texbin/latex > " > > & yet i still get the same error with mnemosyne: problem with latex. > are latex and dvipng installed? (from Q: test A: <$> \alpha </$>) > > and quitting & restarting didn't do anything for me. > > any thoughts? I sure can't figure it out. > > thanks for all the help. > > - Abel > > > > On Oct 16, 7:19 pm, Oisín <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
