Re: problem with latex preview

[Scott May <bscottmay@yahoo.com>]

I solved my problem. I had to install the type1 fonts package (type1cm) from MiKTeX. 

On Mar 17, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Scott May wrote:

> I am having trouble viewing the latex fragments in my emacs window (via C-c C-x C-l).
> 
> First, I was getting no output (*Messages* buffer said "Failed to create png file from ..."). I installed AUCTex and that problem went away.
> 
> Now, the latex image overlay shows only a part of the image. If I run dvipng.exe on the temporary file, I get multiple warnings similar to the following:
> 
>     c:\Programs\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\dvipng.exe arning: font cmr7 at 400 dpi not found, characters will be left blank

I am by no means an expert about this, so I don't know why MikTeX would not make the missing
fonts.  Does anyone else know more about this?

- Carsten

> 
> The latex portions appear correctly if I perform a pdf export.
> 
> I am using emacs 23.0 on Windows with MiKTeX 2.8 and org version 6.34trans. Curiously, this was all working fine before I upgraded miktex from 2.5 to 2.8 a few months ago, although that may be a red herring.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Scott
>