EqualX Files

README for EqualX Equation Editor

This is the README for EqualX-0.6.0-beta

It wasn't tested on Windows

=== About EqualX ===
EqualX is just a graphical interface to latex and a bunch of
conversion programs for aiding you write equations faster in
latex and export them to other applications.

=== Requirements for EqualX ===
EqualX use a TeXLive distribution system. 
The recommended TeX distribution for for Windows is MiKTeX. You can download it for free from http://miktex.org/
On GNU/Linux use a TeX live distribution provided with your distribution.

If you want to compile EqualX from source, you need these:
Required libraries for compilation:
- Qt4 (or Qt5)
- exempi (or Adobe XMP for Windows)

Also, you need to make sure the following programs are installed and EqualX can find them.
Required external programs:
- pdflatex
- gs
- pdftocairo (from poppler-utils)

You may need to install the Linux packages:  texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended

=== Installation ===

1. Install MiKTeX distribution
2. Install EqualX

=== Troubleshooting ===

 - If you don't install MiKTeX in the default directory, you should tell 
 EqualX where MiKTeX is installed:
 	 - Run EqualX
 	 - Edit->Preferences
         - Converters Tab
         - Browse for external programs