LaTeX service
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This is a very simple service for GNUstep, which returns a LaTeX rendering of a selected
text as a TIFF image. For example, in Ink.app, just write something like : 

This is \LaTeX

Select it, click on the "services" menu item, select "Return the LaTeX rendering". The
selected text should be replaced by an image rendered via LaTeX !

site : http://www.roard.com/latexservice
screenshot : http://www.roard.com/latexservice/images/latexservice1.png

DEPENDANCES
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This service depends of course on a working LaTeX installation, but also on the
presence of dvipng, a small tool able to very quickly renders a dvi file as png.
It also uses "convert" (ImageMagick) to convert the png file as Tiff (it's a bug
in GNUstep's NSImage in fact, we shouldn't _need_ imagemagick... but as a first
release, in order to have something workable, it was easier than debugging NSImage...)

dvipng site : http://www.gnu.org/directory/All_Packages_in_Directory/dvipng.html 

INSTALL
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You need to install GNUstep before (http://www.gnustep.org)

then simply type :

make
make install (as root)

TODO
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I'm not sure I'll improve much this small service, at least for some weeks... so,
feel free to hack on it ! You could also consider EquationService, a similar program
and source of inspiration for this one -- it runs on MacOS X, but it's GPL, and 
shouldn't be too complex to port. The main reason I coded this service was simply
to practice a bit service programming under GNUstep ! :-)

EquationService : http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/EquationService/

Else, what will be good to add for example :  
- a small UI to test LaTeX code, choose the resolution of the rendering, etc
- add configuration files (location of the different programs, use of a template
for the LaTeX code, etc.)
- use of EPS instead of TIFF ! (but hey, the problem isn't here, it's a GNUstep
problem...)

CONTACT
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For any comments, remarks, etc., please send me a mail at nicolas@roard.com
