Re: [Matplotlib-users] LaTeX, eps, ghostscript, and the like

[Robert H. <he...@ta...>]

On Feb 9, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Darren Dale wrote:

> I don't know how to proceed on this. Do I check the platform and  
> apply the
> hack for darwin? Would that break usetex for any other mac users  
> out there?

This is a good question..

My suspicion is that this is a problem specific to the dvipng in the  
I-Installer teTeX distribution.  We could simply suggest to mac users  
to upgrade to 1.7, but dvipng is actually a pain to compile.  I tried  
to update, but the configure script was never able to find my  
freetype (I only have freetype2 installed -- does dvipng require  
freetype 1?), and I gave up.  It also wants other graphic libraries,  
which makes me think that this is something that people will hate  
more than the Ghostscript requirement.

My only suggestion is to poll Mac users about dvipng versions and  
problems (or lack of problems).  Perhaps a short term solution would  
be to create an rc option that users could toggle if they were having  
problems.  This would at least allow us to investigate the problem  
further, without too much hacking on the part of the user.

-Rob.

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