[texpoint-users] [texpoint-authors] Windows Vista installation issues ...

[TexPoint]

 you can use TexPoint quite well even in the presence of those errors. Only
a couple of the newest features will not work. See the manual about the
Creating Plots and Import Image (the two features that will not work). 

 George.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike West [mailto:mike at stat.duke.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:37 PM
> To: TexPoint
> Cc: authors at texpoint.necula.org; users at lists.texpoint.necula.org
> Subject: Re: [texpoint-authors] Windows Vista installation issues ...
> 
> George - thanks, yeah, I fixed that but still have the same 
> problem -- see the (slightly different) series of errors 
> below.  Any more thoughts?
> 
> >  I am not sure what the problem is with the installer, but it seems 
> > that the installation has worked.
> > 
> >  The problem you are having with ghostscript is that you 
> have set the 
> > PATH wrong. I see " C:\Program 
> Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gswin32c" in your 
> > PATH. You should leave out the "gswin32c" part, unless you 
> have a very 
> > strange configuration.
> > 
> >  George. 
> > 
> 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: Mike
> Running on: DKhkvZNFuvwxy5M7
> Hosted by Powerpoint
> Licensing:  - Licensed to mw at stat.duke.edu running as AddIn: 
> TexPoint TexPoint path: C:\Program Files\TexPoint\ Document 
> path: C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS\ Document name: 
> mw.graphs.decomp.etc.ppt current path: 
> C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS work directory: 
> C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS\
> 
> PowerPoint  version 11.0 (Office 2003), build 5529, running on Windows
> (32-bit) 6.00 (Vista)
> 
> PATH variable: C:\Program Files\Microsoft 
> Office\OFFICE11\;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 
> 2.6\miktex\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\syste
m32\wbem;c:\program
> files\common files\roxio shared\dllshared\;c:\program 
> files\common files\roxio shared\dllshared\;c:\program 
> files\common files\roxio shared\9.0\dllshared\;C:\Program 
> Files\MATLAB\R2006a\bin\win32;C:\Program Files\SSH 
> Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell; C:\Program 
> Files\gs\gs8.53\bin
> 
> TEXPOINTINI environment variable:
> Configuration File: C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini
> ==== Contents of C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini 
> ==== #TexPoint global settings #Only settings that are 
> different from default values are written wrap=0
> ebheight=358
> toolbarpos=0,150,150,1
> 
> ==== end of C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\TexPoint.ini ====
> 
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 
> ****  >>>> checking external command line tools <<<<
> 
> <<<< checking your LaTeX setup >>>>
> => LaTeX is OK <=
>  > Output of command latex -version is (error code 0)
> 
> 
> C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS>latex -version MiKTeX-pdfTeX 
> 2.6.2659 (1.40.3) (MiKTeX 2.6) Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. 
> Knuth, (C) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh TeX is a trademark of the 
> American Mathematical Society.
> 
> 
> <<<< checking your dvips setup >>>>
> => dvips is OK <=
>  > Output of command dvips -version is (error code 0)
> 
> 
> C:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS>dvips -version This is dvips(k) 
> 5.96 Copyright 2007 Radical Eye Software
> (www.radicaleye.com)
> 
> 
> <<<< checking your ghostscript setup >>>>
> => ghostscript check FAILED!!!
> <error calling: gswin32c>
> 
> <<<< 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:\Users\Mike\Documents\TALKS>"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:\Users\Mike\gsview32.ini
> Latest GS DLL is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
> Latest GS EXE is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gswin32c.exe
> Versions: 1
>   853
>     GS_DLL=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
>     GS_LIB=C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\lib;C:\Program 
> Files\gs\fonts;C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\Resource
> Latest GS DLL is C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
> Value found is:C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll
> first trying registry for common/GS_LIB
> didn't find value in registry, trying gsview32.
> ini
> looking in C:\Users\Mike\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\gs8.53\bin\gsdll32.dll -dDELAYBIND -dWRITESYSTEMDICT 
> -dESTACKPRINT -dNODISPLAY -dNOEPS
> AFPL Ghostscript 8.53 (2005-10-20)
> Copyright (C) 2005 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 check FAILED!!!
> <error calling: convert.exe>
> 
> <<<< checking your gnuplot setup >>>>
> => gnuplot check FAILED!!!
> <error calling: pgnuplot.exe>
> 
> 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.
> 
> T
>