#88 TexMaths icons not appearing with LibreOffice 5.4.5.1 on Ubuntu

[Henry Greenside]

On my Ubuntu 16.04 system, I recently updated LibreOffice to the latest stable version 5.4.5.1, and then also updated TexMaths from 0.43 to 0.44 but then have the problem that the TexMaths icons never appear on the LibreOffice window (say in Impress) so I cannot use this program. To try to fix this, I deleted completely LibreOffice from my computer (using apt and purge), and deleted the LibreOffice directory in ~/.config, reinstalled 5.4.5.1, reinstalled 0.44 but still have the problem that the TexMaths icons do not appear.

I have not had this problem when installing previous versions of TexMaths with LibreOffice in Ubuntu so this looks like a bug.

[Henry Greenside]

I forgot to mention another sign of trouble: when I try to delete TexMaths from 5.4.5.1 using the LibreOffice Extension Manager, the deletion fails and generates the error message that I have attached as a screen shot.

[Roland Baudin]

It sounds like the TexMaths extension file is corrupted. You should try to download it again and reinstall it (within a fresh LibreOffice profile).
If it doesn't work, please tell me.

[Henry Greenside]

It sounds like the TexMaths extension file is corrupted. You should
try to download it again and reinstall it (within a fresh
LibreOffice profile). If it doesn't work, please tell me.

I thought I had tried exactly this but without success.

Perhaps I am failing to delete some LibreOffice profile files. Would
you know if, on Linux (Ubuntu) systems, all LibreOffice profile files
are kept in ~/.config/libreoffice? I have been deleting that entire
directory ("rm -rf ~/.config/libreoffice") before reinstalling
LibreOffice and then texmaths.

Thanks,

Henry

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[bugs:#88] TexMaths icons not appearing with LibreOffice 5.4.5.1 on
Ubuntu

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Created: Sat Mar 10, 2018 06:57 PM UTC by Henry Greenside
Last Updated: Sat Mar 10, 2018 07:01 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

On my Ubuntu 16.04 system, I recently updated LibreOffice to the
latest stable version 5.4.5.1, and then also updated TexMaths from
0.43 to 0.44 but then have the problem that the TexMaths icons never
appear on the LibreOffice window (say in Impress) so I cannot use this
program. To try to fix this, I deleted completely LibreOffice from my
computer (using apt and purge), and deleted the LibreOffice directory
in ~/.config, reinstalled 5.4.5.1, reinstalled 0.44 but still have the
problem that the TexMaths icons do not appear.

I have not had this problem when installing previous versions of
TexMaths with LibreOffice in Ubuntu so this looks like a bug.

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[Roland Baudin]

Yes, the user profile is in ~/.config/libreoffice and deleting (or renaming) this folder gives you a fresh profile.

From what source did you get LibreOffice 5.4.5.1? I use the ppa http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-5-4 in Ubuntu 16.04 and I have no problem with TexMaths 0.44.

Perhaps, you could try to install LibreOffice 5.x from the official website (www.libreoffice.org) to see if you have the same problem?

Anyway, on Ubuntu 16.04, the following could help:

1)If you use LibreOffice 5.x in Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, you have to do the following to make TexMaths happy:

1a) Use GTK2 toolkit in LibreOffice instead of GTK3:

sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-gtk3
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk2

1b)And avoid loading GTK modules gail and atk-bridge:

sudo mv /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor /etc/X11/Xession.d/90atk-adaptor.bak

Then restart the system.

[Henry Greenside]

From what source did you get LibreOffice 5.4.5.1? I use the ppa
http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/libreoffice-5-4 in Ubuntu
16.04 and I have no problem with TexMaths 0.44.

I used the same source and repeatedly had trouble getting texmaths to
work, it never showed an icon and I could not delete the extension.

I did try installing LibreOffice 6.02 to see if that would fix the
problem and it did, so I will try using 6.02 for now.

Perhaps, you could try to install LibreOffice 5.x from the official
website (www.libreoffice.org) to see if you have the same problem?

I was going to try this as a next step, but found that 6.02 is
working.

Anyway, on Ubuntu 16.04, the following could help:

1)If you use LibreOffice 5.x in Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, you
have to do the following to make TexMaths happy:

1a) Use GTK2 toolkit in LibreOffice instead of GTK3:

sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-gtk3
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk2

1b)And avoid loading GTK modules gail and atk-bridge:

sudo mv /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90atk-adaptor
/etc/X11/Xession.d/90atk-adaptor.bak

Then restart the system.

Thanks for this information. For now, I will try using LibreOffice
6.02 and hope that version is stable enough for my needs.

Thanks again for creating texmaths, which I and others find quite
useful.

By the way, are you making any further changes to texmaths? If so, I
wanted to ask if you could add the option to change the fontsize of
the text used inside the texmaths window to typeset the latex, for
some screens this default size is too small (at least for my eyes) and
it would be nice to be able to make the text larger.

Henry

[Roland Baudin]

Ok, strange... I don't know what happens with your version 5.4.5.1, since I use the same without issue...

Anyway, I have good news for you: I have already implemented the feature you asks and it will be included in the upcoming release in a few days (plus the ability to resize the window without buttons). The requested option will be in the TexMaths Sysconfig dialog, in the Option tab.

[Roland Baudin]

I leave this open, but I can't reproduce the issue.

[Henry Greenside]

I leave this open, but I can't reproduce the issue.

Might as well close this since the problem does not exist with
LibreOffice 6.x (which I am currently using) and I assume most people
will switch to 6.x in the near future.

Henry

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[bugs:#88] TexMaths icons not appearing with LibreOffice 5.4.5.1 on Ubuntu

Status: open
Group: v1.0_(example)
Created: Sat Mar 10, 2018 06:57 PM UTC by Henry Greenside
Last Updated: Wed Mar 14, 2018 05:07 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

On my Ubuntu 16.04 system, I recently updated LibreOffice to the latest stable version 5.4.5.1, and
then also updated TexMaths from 0.43 to 0.44 but then have the problem that the TexMaths icons
never appear on the LibreOffice window (say in Impress) so I cannot use this program. To try to fix
this, I deleted completely LibreOffice from my computer (using apt and purge), and deleted the
LibreOffice directory in ~/.config, reinstalled 5.4.5.1, reinstalled 0.44 but still have the problem that
the TexMaths icons do not appear.

I have not had this problem when installing previous versions of TexMaths with LibreOffice in Ubuntu
so this looks like a bug.

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[Roland Baudin]

OK, thanks. So I close this bug too.