[texpoint-users] Configuring TexPoint

Andreas Glatz glatz at anl.gov
Wed Apr 11 10:33:38 PDT 2007


Hi Rich,

 The problem is ghostscript: It seems that the newest version 8.56 does not work with pstoedit.
Please downgrade to 8.54 for now. We try to fix pstoedit.

Andreas.


On 2007-04-11 10:00, Kolacinski, Richard M. wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> The LaTeX didn't seem to matter.  The case I tried to run most often is:
> 
> \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}
> \begin{document}
> $\dot{x} = f(x,u)$
> \end{document}
> 
> It made the temporary ps file alright but seemed to choke when
> converting it to emf.  Converting the bitmat to monochrome png did work
> however.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Glatz [mailto:glatz at anl.gov] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:11 PM
> To: Kolacinski, Richard M.
> Cc: users at lists.texpoint.necula.org
> Subject: Re: [texpoint-users] Configuring TexPoint
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  Did you try to change the bitmap format to PNG or BMP? (Those formats
> do not use pstoedit).
> I cannot really tell you why ps2edit hangs (exit code 259 only means
> that is was still running, so it looks like there is a bug in pstoedit)
> - could you send me the latex code you want to compile?
> 
> Andreas.
> 
> 
> On 2007-04-10 18:40, Kolacinski, Richard M. wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  
>> I'm trying to try TexPoint out and I cannot get it to work.  The 
>> configuration information is:
>>  
>> TexPoint Configuration Information
>>  
>> Version: 3.0.1 (Win) (February 15, 2007) Built on Sat Feb 17 14:18:25 
>> 2007 for Office 11.0
>> User: rmk4801
>> Running on: 7YghoPNFuvwxy5K9
>> Hosted by Powerpoint
>> Licensing:  - Unlicensed (for 0 days)
>> running as AddIn: TexPoint
>> TexPoint path: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\ Document path: C:\Documents 
>> and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents\ Document name: TeX_test.ppt current
> 
>> path: C:\Program Files\WinBar work directory: C:\Documents and 
>> Settings\rmk4801\My Documents\
>>  
>> PowerPoint  version 11.0 (Office 2003), build 8110, running on Windows
>> (32-bit) 5.01 (XP)
>>  
>> PATH variable: c:\program
>> files\imagemagick-6.3.3-q16;c:\texmf\miktex\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:
>> \WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem;c:\program
>> files\ati technologies\ati control panel;c:\program 
>> files\matlab\r2006a\bin\win32;c:\program files\microsoft sql 
>> server\90\tools\binn\;C:\Program 
>> Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\11.00\Accessories\;c:\program
>> files\quicktime\qtsystem\;C:\Program Files\gnuplot\bin;C:\Program 
>> Files\gs\gs8.56\bin;C:\Program Files\Ghostgum\gsview
>>  
>> TEXPOINTINI environment variable:
>> Configuration File: C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\Application 
>> Data\TexPoint.ini ==== Contents of C:\Documents and 
>> Settings\rmk4801\Application Data\TexPoint.ini ==== #TexPoint global 
>> settings #Only settings that are different from default values are 
>> written wrap=0
>> ebheight=291
>> toolbarpos=0,150,150,0
>> ==== end of C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\Application 
>> Data\TexPoint.ini ====
>>  
>> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
>>>>>> checking external command line tools <<<<
>>  
>> <<<< checking your LaTeX setup >>>>
>> => LaTeX is OK <=
>>> Output of command latex -version is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>latex -version
>>  
>> MiKTeX-e-TeX 2.4.1986 (2.2) (MiKTeX 2.4) TeX is copyright (C) 1982 by 
>> D. E. Knuth; all rights are reserved. e-TeX is copyright (C) 1994,98 
>> by the NTS team;  all rights are reserved.
>> TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society. e-TeX and NTS
> 
>> are trademarks of the NTS group.
>>  
>>
>> <<<< checking your dvips setup >>>>
>> => dvips is OK <=
>>> Output of command dvips -version is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>dvips -version
>>  
>> This is dvips(k) 5.94b Copyright 2004 Radical Eye Software 
>> (www.radicaleye.com <http://www.radicaleye.com>)
>>  
>>
>> <<<< checking your ghostscript setup >>>> => ghostscript is OK <=
>>> Output of command gswin32c -version is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>gswin32c -version
>>  
>> GPL Ghostscript 8.56 (2007-03-14)
>> Copyright (C) 2007 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
>>  
>>
>> <<<< checking your pstoedit setup >>>> => pstoedit is OK <= pstoedit 
>> found here: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe
>>> Output of command "C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe" -v -gstest
>> is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>"C:\Program 
>> Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe" -v -gstest
>>  
>> pstoedit: version 3.44 / DLL interface 108 (build Jul 28 2006 - 
>> release build - MS VC++ 1310) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2006 Wolfgang 
>> Glunz pstoedit : path to myself:C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe
> 
>> 38 C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe Could not open plug-in 
>> directory (C:\Program Files\TexPoint or didn't find any plugin there 
>> didn't find value in registry, trying gsview32.ini looking in 
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\gsview32.ini Latest GS DLL is 
>> C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.56\bin\gsdll32.dll Latest GS EXE is C:\Program
> 
>> Files\gs\gs8.56\bin\gswin32c.exe
>> Versions: 3
>>  800
>>    GS_DLL=c:\program files\gs\gs8.00\bin\gsdll32.dll
>>    GS_LIB=c:\program files\gs\gs8.00\lib;c:\program files\gs\fonts
>>  854
>>    GS_DLL=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\bin\gsdll32.dll
>>    GS_LIB=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\lib;C:\Program 
>> Files\gs\fonts;C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.54\Resource
>>  856
>>    GS_DLL=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.56\bin\gsdll32.dll
>>    GS_LIB=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.56\lib;C:\Program 
>> Files\gs\fonts;C:\Program Files\gs \gs8.56\Resource Latest GS DLL is 
>> C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.56\bin\gsdll32.dll Value found is:C:\Program 
>> Files\gs\gs8.56\bin\gsdll32.dll first trying registry for 
>> common/GS_LIB didn't find value in registry, trying gsview32.ini 
>> looking in C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\gsview32.ini still not 
>> found an entry - now trying GS_LIB nothing found so far, trying 
>> default now calling the interpreter via: C:\Program 
>> Files\gs\gs8.56\bin\gsdll32.dll -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT 
>> -dESTACKPRINT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS GPL Ghostscript 8.56 (2007-03-14) 
>> Copyright (C) 2007 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
>> This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
>> GS>
>>  
>> <<<< checking your ImageMagick setup >>>> => convert is OK <=
>>> Output of command convert.exe -version is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>convert.exe -version
>>  
>> Version: ImageMagick 6.3.3 04/04/07 Q16 
>> file:///usr/local/share/doc/ImageMagick-6.3.3/index.html
>> Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio LLC
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> <<<< checking your gnuplot setup >>>>
>> => gnuplot is OK!
>>> Output of command pgnuplot.exe -V is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>pgnuplot.exe -V gnuplot
> 
>> 4.2 patchlevel 0
>>  
>>
>> If all external commands are OK, TexPoint is fully functional. In case
> 
>> a 'FAILED' is shown, install the indicated software and/or check the 
>> global (on Mac: the bash) path configuration. Please also check the 
>> manual for details.
>>  
>> When I try to embed a LaTeX equation into a PowerPoint slide (TexPoint
>> -> New LaTeX Equation of New LaTeX Display) I get the following error
>> message
>>  
>>> Output of command latex "TP_tmp.tex" is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>latex "TP_tmp.tex"
>> This is e-TeX, Version 3.141592-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) entering extended 
>> mode (TP_tmp.tex LaTeX2e <2005/12/01> Babel <v3.8g> and hyphenation 
>> patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge rman, ngerman, 
>> french, loaded.
>> (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\article.cls
>> Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
>> (C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\size10.clo))
>> No file TP_tmp.aux.
>> [1] (TP_tmp.aux) )
>> Output written on TP_tmp.dvi (1 page, 288 bytes).
>> Transcript written on TP_tmp.log.
>>  
>>> Output of command dvips -D 1200 -E -o "TP_tmp.ps" "TP_tmp.dvi" -G1 is
>> (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>dvips -D 1200 -E -o 
>> "TP_tmp.ps" "TP_tmp.dvi" -G1 This is dvips(k) 5.94b Copyright 2004 
>> Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com <http://www.radicaleye.com>) 
>> ' TeX output 2007.04.10:1933' -> TP_tmp.ps <tex.pro><texps.pro>. 
>> <cmmi10.pfb><cmr10.pfb>[1]
>>  
>>> Output of command gswin32c -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=bbox
>> "TP_tmp.ps" > "TP_tmp.bbx" 2>&1 is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>gswin32c -q -dBATCH 
>> -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=bbox "TP_tmp.ps"  1>"TP_tmp.bbx" 2>&1
>>  
>>> Output of command "C:\Program Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe" -ndt -nfr
>> -pta  -usebb "148 654 197 665" -f "emf: -listfonts " "TP_tmp.ps"
>> "TP_tmp.emf" is (error code 0)
>>  
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\rmk4801\My Documents>"C:\Program 
>> Files\TexPoint\pstoedit.exe" -ndt -nfr -pta  -usebb "148 654 197 665" 
>> -f
>> "emf: -listfonts " "TP_tmp.ps" "TP_tmp.emf"
>> pstoedit: version 3.44 / DLL interface 108 (build Jul 28 2006 - 
>> release build - MS VC++ 1310) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2006 Wolfgang 
>> Glunz
>>  
>> The exit code of command was 259
>>  
>> pstoedit.exe then hangs, taking all available cpu cycles (I have to 
>> kill the process via the windows Task Manager).  What am I missing?
>>  
>> Thank you in advance for your help and attention in this matter.
>>  
>> Best regards,
>>  
>> Rich
>> <blocked::mailto:rkolacinski at draper.com>
>>
>>
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