I am trying to use ImageMagick to add some text to an image. But I found it always said that my specified font doesn't exist. After reading the manual carefully I noticed that I can use convert -list font to output all the available fonts, but after trying I figured out that the list of available font is empty.
This is what I get:
shell$ convert -list font
shell$
Thanks for any kind of tips.
I just managed to tell ImageMagick about the fonts on my OSX system like this:
# Make a new directory for ImageMagick local settings and cd into it
mkdir ~/.magick
cd ~/.magick
# Grab script to find all fonts on system and store them in a config file
curl -L http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/scripts/imagick_type_gen > type_gen
# Run script, telling it where my fonts are and create "type.xml" file with list
find /System/Library/Fonts /Library/Fonts ~/Library/Fonts -name "*.[to]tf" | perl type_gen -f - > type.xml
# Go to ImageMagick config folder - see note at end to find correct folder
cd /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.8.9-1/etc/ImageMagick-6
# Edit system config file called "type.xml" and add line near end to tell IM to look at local file we made in earlier step
<typemap>
<include file="type-ghostscript.xml" />
<include file="~/.magick/type.xml" /> ### THIS LINE ADDED ###
</typemap>
How to find the correct folder for your type.xml file
The folder where type.xml is stored can vary enormously between systems and versions. Most recently the user configuration folder seems to be ~/.config/ImageMagick, but the best way I know of finding it is to run the following command to see where ImageMagick is looking:
convert -debug configure -list font 2>&1 | grep -E "Searching|Loading"
Searching for configure file: "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.11-6/share/ImageMagick-7/type.xml"
Searching for configure file: "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.11-6/lib/ImageMagick//config-Q16HDRI/type.xml"
Searching for configure file: "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.11-6/etc/ImageMagick-7/type.xml"
Searching for configure file: "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.11-6/share/doc/ImageMagick-7/type.xml"
Searching for configure file: "/Users/username/.config/ImageMagick/type.xml"
Loading type configure file "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.11-6/etc/ImageMagick-7/type.xml" ...
Loading type configure file "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.11-6/etc/ImageMagick-7/type-ghostscript.xml" ...
Loading type configure file "/Users/username/.config/ImageMagick/type.xml" ...
So there are lots of places you could insert the fonts. In general, if you choose a folder starting with /etc or /usr/local the fonts will be available for all users and for scripts in your web server to use - if you want that. On the other hand, if you are just a single user, you may prefer to keep the font config file in your login directory, e.g. ~/.config/ImageMagick/type.xml.
With ImageMagic 7.0.10 on MacOs Catalina I have done the following which did the trick.
Edited /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.10-7/etc/ImageMagick-7/type.xml and replaced type-ghostscript with type-apple
Edited /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.10-7/etc/ImageMagick-7/type-apple.xml and added "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental" in front of all glyph paths
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I was trying to use ImageMagick to convert a PDF to images, but I got this error:
convert-im6.q16: attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `PDF' # error/constitute.c/IsCoderAuthorized/408.
convert-im6.q16: no images defined `tmp/%03d.png' # error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3258.
I found a bunch of answers (like this and this) that suggests to modify the policy.xml file; my problem is, I have no idea where to find that file on WSL: I tried looking for it in /etc/, with find and searching in Windows, to no avail. Any idea how to solve this issue on WLS?
You can find it like this:
identify -list configure | grep CONFIGURE_PATH
Failing that, use this search.
Failing that, use find in your WSL environment like this:
find / -name policy.xml 2> /dev/null
Failing that, just use Windows' Search to find a file calledpolicy.xml
When I run Sphinx using 'latexpdf' I get an error, even though I have a complete working TeX installation on my machine:
Sphinx error: Builder name latexpdf not registered
What do I need to do to "register" latexpdf?
latexpdf is not a Sphinx builder; it is the name of a target in the Makefile created by sphinx-quickstart. This target uses the latex builder.
Executing sphinx-build -b latexpdf . _build produces the error in the question (as expected).
If you run make latexpdf, it works.
PyCharm was mentioned in a comment and the problem seems to stem from that program. The following is run when latexpdf is configured as a "Command" (Sphinx task):
sphinx_runner.py -b latexpdf <indir> <outdir>
The sphinx_runner.py script is very similar to sphinx_build (a wrapper for sphinx.cmdline.main()). Since the -b option is supposed provide the name of an actual builder, there is an error.
Use -M instead of -b. This invokes sphinx-build similarly to make latexpdf, e.g.:
sphinx-build -M latexpdf . _build
See #mzjn's answer for details.
Now have Pycharm 2016.3 generating a pdf form me based on information here: https://www.quora.com/How-to-create-a-PDF-out-of-Sphinx-documentation-tool
Install rst2pdf:
pip install rst2pdf
Edit a new Python Docs sphinx configuration and choose pdf as the command. Set input directory and directory to hold .pdf as output.
Edit the conf.py file and add the two lines that mention pdf:
extensions = [
'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
'sphinx.ext.todo',
'sphinx.ext.coverage',
'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
'rst2pdf.pdfbuilder'
]
pdf_documents = [('index', u'documentation', My Docs', u'Me'), ]
Now run the configuration and you should get a file called documentation.pdf in the output directory.
If you are interested in a pure Python solution, the following works for me:
import sphinx.cmd.make_mode as sphinx_build
OUT_DIR = "docs" # here you have your conf.py etc
build_output = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, "_build")
# build HTML (same as `make html`)
build_html_args = ["html", OUT_DIR, build_output]
sphinx_build.run_make_mode(args=build_html_args)
# build PDF latex (same as `make latexpdf`)
build_pdf_args = ["latexpdf", OUT_DIR, build_output]
sphinx_build.run_make_mode(args=build_pdf_args)
In fact, I've made a complete Python3 script that given a few convenient arguments generates the whole package documentation as HTML and PDF from scratch, with the RTD theme. It can be pretty handy if you want it to run it on different OS or Python interpreters (in my case i wanted to run it within Blender), or adapt it to your needs. It still has some dirty spots, due to some variables being hardcoded into conf.py. Let me know if you see any issues with it!
This is how it looks like:
HTML
PDF
Cheers,
Andres
I've moved my vimrc file out of the home directory to pathogenize the setup, but it looks like my vim is still picking up a redundant vimrc file that I made somewhere. Is there some variable in vim that I can echo that'll show what files were used during startup?
:scriptnames lists all sourced script names, in the order they were first sourced.
Look for the $MYVIMRC variable:
:echo $MYVIMRC
After starting vim, you can type
:set runtimepath
See the docs here: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#'runtimepath'
I don't think #skinp's answer is necessarily sufficient. the runtimepath variable is the very definition of all places vim looks
Additionaly, you can launch Vim with
$ vim --startuptime filename
which should write a list of loaded scripts (including vimrc) and their respective processing time to file filename.
I searched everywhere to find the .gemrc file specification but I haven't succeed.
Does anyone know where I can find it?
gem looks for a configuration file .gemrc in your home directory, although you can specify another file on the command-line if you wish (with the --config-file modifier).
There are three things you can specify in the configuration file:
command-line arguments to be used every time gem runs
command-line options for ’’RDoc’’ (used when generating documentation)
GEM_PATH settings
More at gem environment command doc.
'Home' is a Linux/Mac term. What is refers to is the folder where a user's settings appear. You can find out where your settings directory is by doing the following:
on Unix/Linux, open a terminal and type the following command:
echo $HOME
on Windows, open a command-prompt and type the following command:
echo %USERPROFILE%
For me (in Windows 7), this is C:\Users[name]. However, looks like Ruby doesn't set up your .gemrc in that folder by default. Instead, you have to create the file. Open a text editor, copy the YAML style code you need (documentation), and save the file as .gemrc in your home directory (make sure you select all files, not '.txt').
These settings will only affect that individual user. If it's your personal computer, however, you probably don't need to change the settings for all users.
An updated gemrc specification is available at RubyGems Guides (under 'gem environment'). Note that /etc/gemrc applies to all users, while ~/.gemrc applies to an individual.
If the key is a gem command (for example, install:), it specifies arguments to be used with that command.
Here are the other keys that can be specified:
:sources: A YAML array of remote gem repositories to install gems from
:verbose: Verbosity of the gem command. false, true, and :really are the levels
:update_sources: Enable/disable automatic updating of repository metadata
:backtrace: Print backtrace when RubyGems encounters an error
:gempath: The paths in which to look for gems
All of the answers here at time of writing are wrong because the obnoxious website keeps changing. It is at this moment here:
https://guides.rubygems.org/command-reference/#gem-environment
Obviously you should expect it to change constantly at this point.
I would like to be able to access the current working directory in my vimrc.
For example, I can access the current file by using %.
Specifically,
I have the following line in my vimrc:
map ,l :!latex %
When it runs everything works fine, except the resulting dvi and other files are stored in my home directory instead of my current working directory.
Any suggestions?
See :help autochdir. Vim can automatically change the current working directory to the directory where the file you are editing lives.
Otherwise, if you want to do this manually, see :help cd and :help lcd.
see :he filename-modifiers
:!latex % -output-directory %:h
Most likely, you're running vim from your home directory, so it is the current for him. The latex command, being invoked from vim, also therefore has the home directory as current.
You probably know this, and want just to extract path from the filename and supply it as an argument to -o option of the latex command. Just use the shell capabilities:
:!latex % -output-directory `dirname "%"`
I am not sure that it's -output-directory option, but you get what you asked for--a directory name of the file you're editing.