Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. I know it it is not that straight forwards but it works at the end.Using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format you can manipulate shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Out = exec_command( + latex_opts)ĭo not forget to install other dependencies mentioned in the readme of the mentioned repository.

copy the contents of extension folder from the download into this folder.

go to this repository and download the latest stable version and unzip.

textext extension has been around for a while, and now other people have taken over the development. But even if it was there, there is other solution which IMHO is better. Many features present on Windows and Linux, including the LaTeX equation import, is missing. Sad to see Inkscape on mac OS is lagging behind and we yet to see a stable native implementation. On one of my machines, this works when opening inkscape from app launcher, but on the other one this only works when you open the app from terminal by typing /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape and pressing enter. This worked for me on two different 15' MacPro Retina, mid 2015, El Capitan.ġ. Now at the end of this file, right above the last line exec '$CWD/bin/inkscape' add the paths that you extracted from step 1 and 2.įor example I should add the line: PATH=$PATH:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/local/binĪfter all these steps, you should be able to open 1 inkscape and type latex formulas by going to Extension->Render->LaTex.

With your desired editor, open (with sudo) the following file: /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/script.

Now similarly find the PATH for pstoedit. I used macports here to to install this, and it worked for me. However, I tried installing it from a tar ball and it didn't work (probably cause I didn't have all the dependencies).

pstoedit does not exists by default in the MacTex, so you have to install it.

These two apps are usually installed with the MacTex installation, so there shouldn't be any need for installation here.įor example here I get for both of them: /Library/TeX/texbin.

Find the PATH to latex and dvips by typing the following in a terminal: which, and the write down the paths.

The general solution is that you have to add the PATH for latex, dvips, and pstoedit to the paths in the app. This is what I did (finding every piece from different sources) to fix this problem. I encountered this problem coming from linux, where you could just easily go to Extension->Render->LaTex and type your latex formula.

Install inkscape on mac