Thank you for your detailed reply! I'll look into it tonight.
Regards, Bagana On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Jaap Karssenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Bagana Khereid <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm new to this mailing list. Found it from Zim homepage following >> "For user questions and development discussion, please join the >> mailing list...", Hope this is the right place for this mail. > > > Feel free to ask here. To report specific issues that need fixes in zim, > please use the bug tracker at https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim > >> I've been using *Zim 0.59* on a *Windows 7 64bit* machine for a while >> now, but only with a few pre-installed plugins enabled. When I wanted >> to draw some block diagrams in my wiki's a couple days ago, I >> downloaded *GraphViz 2.30.1* (with its *bin* directory added in my >> PATH variable) along with *Pango 1.29.4-1* and enabled *Diagram >> Editor* plugin in Zim Preferences view. But the plugin didn't work. >> >> 1. In "Insert Diagram" dialogue, an error icon is displayed in the >> preview area when I click on the "Preview" button. When I click on the >> "OK" button, it says "An error occurred while generating the image. Do >> you want to save the source text anyway?". >> 2. I confirmed that the "dot" command from GraphViz is working as >> expected when I type it in a command line interface (both cmd.exe and >> MSYS shell are tested). >> 3. Following is a piece of GraphViz code I tested with: >> digraph G { >> foo -> bar >> } >> 4. I googled around and got nothing useful. >> >> So I'm wondering, >> >> 1. Did anyone see this problem before? > > > Just tested using source version of zim on windows 7 with Graphviz 2.21 > installed. Works as expected. > > Not tested: > - compiled version of zim > - GraphViz 2.30 > > >> >> 2. I can't find a log file anywhere, is there one? Or is there a >> switch to enable/disable logging? > > > The logging from zim can be found in "%TM%/zim.log", to get detailed debug > output use "zim -D --standalone". The log will include a line where the > "dot" command is executed, but not output from the dot command. Please check > this log for any bugs in zim itself (before calling dot). > >> >> 3. In .../zim-0.59/App/ZimDesktopWiki/zim/plugins/diagrameditor.py, >> line 107, I found: >> # Call GraphViz >> try: >> dot = Application(dotcmd) >> dot.run((self.pngfile, self.dotfile)) >> except ApplicationError: >> return None, None # Sorry, no log >> else: >> return self.pngfile, None >> >> Is that "except" clause the right place to trace down the problem? (I >> don't know Python, sorry!) > > > Well, yes, but you don't have much info at that point since the dot command > does not generate a log. You can add a statement before "return None, None" > like: > > except ApplicationError: > import logging > logger = logging.getLogger('zim.plugins.diagrameditor') > logger.exception('Error running dot:') > return None, None # Sorry, no log > > This will add any information that can be obtained to the log. But might not > be very informative. > > (be aware that python is sensitive to indenting level, so put is at the > proper depth) > >> I found that every ".py" file in that directory has a ".pyo" version, >> they seem to be "compiled" Python modules? > > > Yes, but don't worry, they are regenerated when the source is edited - no > need to compile anything yourself. > >> >> I don't have a Python compiler/runtime. If this is not a known issue >> or there's not a known solution for it, I'm gonna install one and >> start to learn some Python. I really love Zim for its simplicity and >> extensibility and its file system hierarchy for storage. > > > Actually you have :) it is compiled in the zim executable you have .. but > separate version is indeed easier for debugging. > > Regards, > > Jaap _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
