Comments on: Configuring Texmaker USB With MiKTeX Portable http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/ Web, Graphic, and WordPress Design Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Isaias http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Isaias Thu, 27 May 2010 20:23:46 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-91 How to compile Metapost whit Texmaker?. Thanks How to compile Metapost whit Texmaker?. Thanks

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]]> By: Peter http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Peter Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:01:23 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-39 Problem solved. Careful reading really for the better! ;-) Problem solved. Careful reading really for the better! ;-)

]]> By: Jim Stitzel http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Jim Stitzel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:01:19 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-40 You should have downloaded the executable file. The file structure in the other archives is different. My recent post <a href="http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Reclaimer\/~3\/0NlNkNesdgo\/" target="_blank">240 – Pure</a> You should have downloaded the executable file. The file structure in the other archives is different.
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]]> By: Peter http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Peter Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:48:06 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-38 Hi, when I download and unpack the ghostscript 8.64 .tar-archive there's no directory "gs864w32" and therefore no "gs8.64" and stuff either. Anyone knows what's up with this...? Hi, when I download and unpack the ghostscript 8.64 .tar-archive there's no directory "gs864w32" and therefore no "gs8.64" and stuff either. Anyone knows what's up with this…?

]]> By: Jim Stitzel http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Jim Stitzel Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:06:07 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-25 Thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely take a look into them and see what I can figure out. My recent post <a href="http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Reclaimer\/~3\/UDOW8sy7whU\/" target="_blank">236 – Crux</a> Thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely take a look into them and see what I can figure out.
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]]> By: wt8008 http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-24 wt8008 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:37:36 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-24 I've noticed that ps2pdf does not work because ps2pdf in ghostscript uses bat files for processing, most likely due to PATH not being what it should. I suggest using a bat file to start texmaker which temporarily changes PATH to include miktex-portable/miktex/bin, and restore on exit, such that the ps2pdf utilities do not run into issues. This also simplifies the texmaker path settings. The path variable change will only effect the command line instance that it is changed in, and not system wide. The other suggestion I have is to use sumatrapdf with the -reuse-instance command line option, to reuse the same window for the pdf, instead of opening a new one. I haven't tried doing forward and inverse search with sumatrapdf. I've noticed that ps2pdf does not work because ps2pdf in ghostscript uses bat files for processing, most likely due to PATH not being what it should. I suggest using a bat file to start texmaker which temporarily changes PATH to include miktex-portable/miktex/bin, and restore on exit, such that the ps2pdf utilities do not run into issues. This also simplifies the texmaker path settings. The path variable change will only effect the command line instance that it is changed in, and not system wide.

The other suggestion I have is to use sumatrapdf with the -reuse-instance command line option, to reuse the same window for the pdf, instead of opening a new one. I haven't tried doing forward and inverse search with sumatrapdf.

]]> By: Jim Stitzel http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Jim Stitzel Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:52:13 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-23 Thanks for the heads-up on the formatting issue, Alan. I didn't even think about that. I converted those commands to preformatted text to preserve the format. As for the inverse search, it took me quite a bit of experimenting to figure out as much as I did, and even then it wasn't as smooth as I'd like to see. I had the same problem with the multiple instances that you mentioned and have, as yet, to find a way to correct that. If you come up with something, please let me know. Setting this portable version of LaTeX up has been something of a first for me, so I'm not surprised there's still a few kinks to work out. I'll update this post as I come up with anything new. My recent post <a href="http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Reclaimer\/~3\/X31WM6d3t8I\/" target="_blank">235 – Viral Anarchy</a> Thanks for the heads-up on the formatting issue, Alan. I didn't even think about that. I converted those commands to preformatted text to preserve the format.

As for the inverse search, it took me quite a bit of experimenting to figure out as much as I did, and even then it wasn't as smooth as I'd like to see. I had the same problem with the multiple instances that you mentioned and have, as yet, to find a way to correct that. If you come up with something, please let me know.

Setting this portable version of LaTeX up has been something of a first for me, so I'm not surprised there's still a few kinks to work out. I'll update this post as I come up with anything new.
My recent post 235 – Viral Anarchy

]]> By: Alan http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Alan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:24:16 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-22 Jim, thanks for going to the trouble of making such a detailed explanation. It helped a lot!! I think your web page editor may have automatically converted the upright quotation symbol that is needed in the command line arguments into slanted quotation symbols. Also, the double dash was converted into the long dash. So, copying and pasting doesn't work. I was not able to get the inverse search with Texmaker to work with either my regular hard drive install or with the USB install. I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions. Apparently other people have had that problem too. However, inverse search did work when I modified your instructions for TexmakerX. I spent a few hours experimenting with various configurations. It didn't even occur to me that Yap needed to be run in administrator mode. I discovered through trial and error, that occasionally,Yap can be given a relative path name and then inverse searching will work for a while, until something changes. I think the problem has to do with telling Yap how to set its current directory, but I didn't find an option for that. Also, I hadn't previous installed ghostscript, Ghostview, or a PDF viewer on my USB LaTeX distribution. Using 7-zip to extract the files from the executable files was a good idea! Since both forward and inverse search are really important to me when I'm editing LaTeX files, I also tried out your suggestions with the Sumatra PDF viewer. The forward and inverse searching from Texmaker and TexmakerX to Sumatra seems to work, except I was getting multiple instances of both the text editor and viewer. I'm getting closer to having a full fledged completely functional LaTeX environment on a USB memory stick with functional forward/inverse search for both dvi and pdf files. I have to say your post about USB LaTeX inspired me to do a lot of experimenting this weekend. Jim, thanks for going to the trouble of making such a detailed explanation. It helped a lot!! I think your web page editor may have automatically converted the upright quotation symbol that is needed in the command line arguments into slanted quotation symbols. Also, the double dash was converted into the long dash. So, copying and pasting doesn't work. I was not able to get the inverse search with Texmaker to work with either my regular hard drive install or with the USB install. I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions. Apparently other people have had that problem too. However, inverse search did work when I modified your instructions for TexmakerX. I spent a few hours experimenting with various configurations. It didn't even occur to me that Yap needed to be run in administrator mode. I discovered through trial and error, that occasionally,Yap can be given a relative path name and then inverse searching will work for a while, until something changes. I think the problem has to do with telling Yap how to set its current directory, but I didn't find an option for that. Also, I hadn't previous installed ghostscript, Ghostview, or a PDF viewer on my USB LaTeX distribution. Using 7-zip to extract the files from the executable files was a good idea! Since both forward and inverse search are really important to me when I'm editing LaTeX files, I also tried out your suggestions with the Sumatra PDF viewer. The forward and inverse searching from Texmaker and TexmakerX to Sumatra seems to work, except I was getting multiple instances of both the text editor and viewer. I'm getting closer to having a full fledged completely functional LaTeX environment on a USB memory stick with functional forward/inverse search for both dvi and pdf files. I have to say your post about USB LaTeX inspired me to do a lot of experimenting this weekend.

]]> By: Jim Stitzel http://jimstitzel.com/2010/01/configuring-texmaker-usb-with-miktex-portable/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Jim Stitzel Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:48:21 +0000 http://jimstitzel.com/?p=890#comment-21 Alan, I've updated this post with the information you asked about. Hope it helps. My recent post <a href="http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Reclaimer\/~3\/X31WM6d3t8I\/" target="_blank">235 – Viral Anarchy</a> Alan, I've updated this post with the information you asked about. Hope it helps.
My recent post 235 – Viral Anarchy

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