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.
> >
>

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