This is Ekee, a LaTeX equation editor. It was written by Ronan Le Hy m and may be downloaded from: http://rlehy.free.fr Ekee produces images interactively from LaTeX expressions. Drag and drop in several common formats (PNG, SVG, PDF, EPS) to other applications is supported. Ekee, until version 1.4.0, was called Eqe. Ekee is free software. See the file named 'copyright' for details. INSTALLING ========== You may install Ekee using one of the provided packages. You may also just use the 'ekee' executable from the tarball. It is self-sufficient (it does not need to be installed to function). You will then have to install dependences by hand. DEPENDENCES =========== Ekee requires: - ruby - the Qt4 bindings for Ruby - LaTeX (as provided by the Texlive base for instance) - dvipng - pstoedit - epstopdf (may be provided by Texlive) - xdg-utils (I may have missed items in this list. Please signal them to me at rlehy@free.fr.) THE LATEX TEMPLATE ================== When run for the first time, Ekee will create a directory named ~/.eqe, with a file named 'template.tt.tex' inside. You may customize this file as you wish, for instance by adding \usepackage{} lines. Ekee will use this template to generate all of its equations. ABOUT DRAG AND DROP =================== When the equation image is dragged, Ekee: - creates a permanent (non-temporary) PNG file for your equation in ~/.eqe/library - sends a link (basically, just the file name) to this PNG file to the application where the equation was dropped. You may also drag the buttons above the equation. Some send a link to a file in the equation library (as above), and some send the actual file data. Applications vary in the way they accept a dragged image. In particular: - OpenOffice will mostly only accept a link to a PNG. In OpenOffice Impress, you may want to break the link and let Impress include the image inside the presentation by clicking Edit -> Links..., and then Break link. - Inkscape will accept SVG data correctly. - Nautilus will accept correctly file data and links (and will copy the contents) where you drop them. REOPENING EQUATIONS =================== Ekee can reopen the equations it has created as PNG files: it embeds the information necessary to edit the equation inside the PNG image. You can reopen an equation with the menu Ekee -> Open equation..., or by dropping the PNG image onto Ekee. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH EKEE ============================== Please check that you have installed all listed dependences, and that your LaTeX installation is working OK. Then, send me (rlehy@free.fr) a mail containing the information given by Ekee when you click on Help -> In case of problem (make sure it does not contain information you do not want me to read). IF YOU DO NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH EKEE ===================================== Send me a mail anyway, I love that :).