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Re: equation editor

 

Try "-n -o" instead of "-o -n" ..

-- Jaap

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Paulo van Breugel <p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Jaap,
>
> I had already tried that like below (not sure that is the correct way)
>
> dvipngcmd = ('dvisvgm', '-o', '-n')
>
> But this results in an error "An error occurred while generating the
> image. Do you want to save the source text anyway?"
>
> I'll see if I can install/compile the new version
>
> Regards
>
> Paulo
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Jaap Karssenberg <
> jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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