Hi all, I've been using zim for a while now, and have never been able to use the "insert equation" feature. I thought my install of windows was messed up, but recently I reinstalled for other reasons, and it is still not working. For reference, I am running zim 0.68 installed on Windows 10. I have Miktex fully installed (version 2.9), and both the dependencies insert equation relies on (latex and dvipng) are fulfilled.
This bug post (https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/1237909) describes the symptoms exactly. When I try to insert an equation, the following happens: If I click "Preview", an image of a sheet of paper with a red cross on it is created, and the "View Log" button is grayed out. Clicking "OK" after this results in the message "An error occurred while generating the image. Do you want to save the source text anyway?". "Yes" will insert the picture of the red cross, "No" closes the pop-up (the equation editor is still open). If I click "OK" directly after typing in an equation (without clicking preview first), the same message appears. I tried the solution in that bug post, but instead of prompting for me to install fonts, the command > dvipng "-q" "-bg" "Transparent" "-T" "tight" "-o" > "c:\users\jack\appdata\local\temp\zim-Jack\equation.png" "c:\users\jack\appdata\local\temp\zim-Jack\equation.dvi" returns > "c:\users\jack\appdata\local\temp\zim-Jack\equation.dvi: No such file or directory" The folder "c:\users\jack\appdata\local\temp\zim-Jack\" does exist, but it only contains the log file I generated. I tried to do all of this in debug mode, here's a link to the pastebin of the log file: https://pastebin.com/YkB9ac4Z Steps to recreate (at least, this does it for me): - install Miktex - install zim - try to insert any equation (including the ones in the example) One thing I have noticed is that if I try to insert an incorrect equation (say "\frac{1}{"), the same image is generated, but I can click view log - here's a pastebin of that: https://pastebin.com/QAkQN7AN Thanks for your help, Jack _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
