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Re: equation editor

 

OK there is a work around for this issue: add the "-n" commandline option
for dvisvgm.

Fix for the underlying bug is in newer versions of dvisvgm, but this is not
a pre-requisite when applying "-n".

Regards,

Jaap


On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Paulo van Breugel <p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks Jaap, let's hope they can fix this, would be nice
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Jaap Karssenberg <
> jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Weird, it looks like dvisvgm mixes up unicode characters. Reported the
>> bug upstream here: https://github.com/mgieseki/dvisvgm/issues/52
>>
>> Hope they can fix it, would make equations look prettier if we can use
>> svg instead of png.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jaap
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Paulo van Breugel <
>> p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, the svg file doesn't look correct in my case (see
>>> attached the tex file, the png file originally created and the svg file
>>> after patching). I played around with the dvisgm options, but couldn't find
>>> a solution.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Paulo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07-01-16 15:27, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
>>>
>>> Indeed it works using dvisgm and it looks good, just change 3 lines in
>>> the plugin, see attached diff.
>>>
>>> When I have some time I will try to make it an option in the plugin.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jaap
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Paulo van Breugel <
>>> p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Perhaps replacing the dvipng by dvisgm (http://dvisvgm.bplaced.net/)
>>>> could work?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 26-11-15 10:56, Paulo van Breugel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, I had been looking in equationeditor.py file, but wasn't sure
>>>> how to add the -D option.
>>>>
>>>> The reason I want to be able to change the resolution is to make the
>>>> image suitable to be used in printed documents, which normally requires a
>>>> dpi of 300. But that would result in a very large image in the notebook. A
>>>> solution for me (but perhaps not so much for you) would be an option to
>>>> resize the image display in the notebook (like you can do with a normal
>>>> image). The option to use svg instead of png would be even better, perhaps
>>>> also for your user case?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 26-11-15 10:28, wzhd wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have been thinking about the same thing since I got a HiDPI screen.
>>>> Currently, I have only managed to make the images bigger, by passing the
>>>> option "-D 192" to the "dvipng" command. The modified version is here:
>>>> <https://github.com/wzhd/zim-plugin-equation-editor/commit/c3c42d0668ca8dcf69dc1d25d9450d81514d5524>
>>>> https://github.com/wzhd/zim-plugin-equation-editor/commit/c3c42d0668ca8dcf69dc1d25d9450d81514d5524
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However this is not perfect, when I open the notebook on other
>>>> computers, the equations are too big.
>>>>
>>>> On 26 November 2015 at 00:29, Paulo van Breugel <
>>>> <p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx>p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jaap and other Zim devs,
>>>>>
>>>>> The 'insert equation' function is a great function, producing nice
>>>>> looking equations in Zim. However, the resolution of the image (png file)
>>>>> that is generated by the addon is fairly low. Is there a way to change the
>>>>> resolution of the image? Or even better, would it be possible to add the
>>>>> option to store the on-the-fly generaged image as svg instead of png? This
>>>>> would provide in perfectly scalable solution for any document.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Paulo
>>>>>
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