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Frequently Asked Questions

General

  1. Why does my text not appear in the LaTeX output?
  2. Why is there this funny fcolorbox command in the Latex text file generated by JaxoDraw?
  3. Latex-EPS export or preview does not work.
  4. Export to eps does not work when using windows+cygwin (instead of miktex)!
  5. When I try to do a Latex-EPS export or preview, I get the following error message: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Jaxo_tmp.tex (Permission denied), and no files are created. What does that mean?

General

Why does my text not appear in the LaTeX output?
Postscript text mode is ignored by the axodraw4j plugin. If you want your text to appear in the LaTeX output, use the TeX icon to enter your text.

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Why is there this funny fcolorbox command in the Latex text file generated by JaxoDraw?
The \fcolorbox command was introduced because otherwise dvips does not recognize the bounding box coordinates correctly for the conversion to EPS. This is a workaround that we used ourselves when working with axodraw.sty, if you cut and paste the LaTeX output into your own documents, or if you don't want an EPS, you may erase the \fcolorbox command.

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Latex-EPS export or preview does not work.
There may be several reasons for that. Internal latex compilation is quite a vulnerable operation since it employs the execution of external commands, which means it dependends on your system and set-up.

The first thing to check is whether you have indicated the correct paths for the latex and dvips executables in the Preferences panel (you may have to give the absolute paths). Then try to do a latex export and run latex manually. Check for any error messages.

Check that latex finds the axodraw.sty file, you may have to install it first. Refer to the appendix of the User Guide for more information. See also Bug #6.

On Unix like systems, make sure that you have write permission to the directory where JaxoDraw creates temporary files (usually the JaxoDraw home directory).

On Mac OS X there is an issue if you are using the z-shell or tcsh as your default shell. Refer to the Mac OS X README for more information.

If you are running cygwin on Windows, see this separate faq.

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Export to eps does not work when using windows+cygwin (instead of miktex)!
Set the LaTeX path in the Preferences to the following (thanks to Anjishnu Sarkar): 
pdfetex -progname=latex

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When I try to do a Latex-EPS export or preview, I get the following error message: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Jaxo_tmp.tex (Permission denied), and no files are created. What does that mean?

Apparently your file permissions are set such that you don't have write access to the JaxoDraw home directory. Jaxo_tmp.tex is a temporary file that is created during the LaTeX compilation process (among others). To check that, go one directory up from the JaxoDraw home directory and type: 

ls -dl JaxoDraw-$VERSION

(replace $VERSION by the version of JaxoDraw that you have installed). This should give you a 'drwx' in the beginning of the line. If this is not the case, type 

chmod u+rwx JaxoDraw-$VERSION

and try again.

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