textfilters)) { error ('Filter not enabled!'); } else { $filters = explode(',', $CFG->textfilters); if (array_search('filter/tex', $filters) === FALSE) { error ('Filter not enabled!'); } } require_once($CFG->libdir.'/filelib.php'); require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/filter/tex/lib.php'); require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/filter/tex/latex.php'); $action = optional_param('action', '', PARAM_ALPHA); $texexp = optional_param('tex', '', PARAM_RAW); require_login(); require_capability('moodle/site:config', get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM), $USER->id); /// Required cap to run this. MDL-18552 $query = urldecode($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']); error_reporting(E_ALL); $output = ''; // look up in cache if required if ($action=='ShowDB' or $action=='DeleteDB') { $md5 = md5($texexp); $texcache = get_record("cache_filters","filter","tex", "md5key", $md5); } // Action: Show DB Entry if ($action=='ShowDB') { if ($texcache) { $output = "DB cache_filters entry for $texexp\n"; $output .= "id = $texcache->id\n"; $output .= "filter = $texcache->filter\n"; $output .= "version = $texcache->version\n"; $output .= "md5key = $texcache->md5key\n"; $output .= "rawtext = $texcache->rawtext\n"; $output .= "timemodified = $texcache->timemodified\n"; } else { $output = "DB cache_filters entry for $texexp not found\n"; } } // Action: Delete DB Entry if ($action=='DeleteDB') { if ($texcache) { $output = "Deleting DB cache_filters entry for $texexp\n"; $result = delete_records("cache_filters","id",$texcache->id); if ($result) { $result = 1; } else { $result = 0; } $output .= "Number of records deleted = $result\n"; } else { $output = "Could not delete DB cache_filters entry for $texexp\nbecause it could not be found.\n"; } } // Action: Show Image if ($action=='ShowImageMimetex') { tex2image($texexp); } // Action: Check Slasharguments if ($action=='SlashArguments') { slasharguments($texexp); } // Action: Show Tex command line output if ($action=='ShowImageTex') { TexOutput($texexp, true); exit; } // Action: Show Tex command line output if ($action=='ShowOutputTex') { if (debugging()) { TexOutput($texexp); } else { echo "Can not output detailed information due to security concerns, please turn on debug mode first."; } exit; } if (!empty($action)) { outputText($output); } // nothing more to do if there was any action if (!empty($action)) { exit; } function outputText($texexp) { header("Content-type: text/html"); echo "
\n";
        if ($texexp) {
            $texexp = str_replace('<', '<', $texexp);
            $texexp = str_replace('>', '>', $texexp);
            $texexp = str_replace('"', '"', $texexp);
            echo "$texexp\n\n";
        } else {
            echo "No text output available\n\n";
        }
        echo "
\n"; } function tex2image($texexp, $return=false) { global $CFG; if (!$texexp) { echo 'No tex expresion specified'; return; } $image = md5($texexp) . ".gif"; $filetype = 'image/gif'; if (!file_exists("$CFG->dataroot/filter/tex")) { make_upload_directory("filter/tex"); } $pathname = "$CFG->dataroot/filter/tex/$image"; if (file_exists($pathname)) { unlink($pathname); } $texexp = '\Large '.$texexp; $commandpath = tex_filter_get_executable(true); $cmd = tex_filter_get_cmd($pathname, $texexp); system($cmd, $status); if ($return) { return $image; } if (file_exists($pathname)) { send_file($pathname, $image); } else if (debugging()) { $ecmd = "$cmd 2>&1"; echo `$ecmd` . "
\n"; echo "The shell command
$cmd
returned status = $status
\n"; if ($status == 4) { echo "Status corresponds to illegal instruction
\n"; } else if ($status == 11) { echo "Status corresponds to bus error
\n"; } else if ($status == 22) { echo "Status corresponds to abnormal termination
\n"; } if (file_exists($commandpath)) { echo "File size of mimetex executable $commandpath is " . filesize($commandpath) . "
"; echo "The file permissions are: " . decoct(fileperms($commandpath)) . "
"; if (function_exists("md5_file")) { echo "The md5 checksum of the file is " . md5_file($commandpath) . "
"; } else { $handle = fopen($commandpath,"rb"); $contents = fread($handle,16384); fclose($handle); echo "The md5 checksum of the first 16384 bytes is " . md5($contents) . "
"; } } else { echo "mimetex executable $commandpath not found!
"; } echo "Image not found!"; } else { echo "Can not output detailed information due to security concerns, please turn on debug mode first."; } } // test Tex/Ghostscript output - command execution only function TexOutput($expression, $graphic=false) { global $CFG; $output = ''; $latex = new latex(); // first check if it is likely to work at all $output .= "

Checking executables

\n"; $executables_exist = true; if (is_file($CFG->filter_tex_pathlatex)) { $output .= "latex executable ($CFG->filter_tex_pathlatex) is readable
\n"; } else { $executables_exist = false; $output .= "Error: latex executable ($CFG->filter_tex_pathlatex) is not readable
\n"; } if (is_file($CFG->filter_tex_pathdvips)) { $output .= "dvips executable ($CFG->filter_tex_pathdvips) is readable
\n"; } else { $executables_exist = false; $output .= "Error: dvips executable ($CFG->filter_tex_pathdvips) is not readable
\n"; } if (is_file($CFG->filter_tex_pathconvert)) { $output .= "convert executable ($CFG->filter_tex_pathconvert) is readable
\n"; } else { $executables_exist = false; $output .= "Error: convert executable ($CFG->filter_tex_pathconvert) is not readable
\n"; } // knowing that it might work.. $md5 = md5($expression); $output .= "

base filename for expression is '$md5'

\n"; // temporary paths $tex = "$latex->temp_dir/$md5.tex"; $dvi = "$latex->temp_dir/$md5.dvi"; $ps = "$latex->temp_dir/$md5.ps"; $gif = "$latex->temp_dir/$md5.gif"; // put the expression as a file into the temp area $expression = stripslashes($expression); $expression = html_entity_decode($expression); $output .= "

Processing TeX expression:

$expression
\n"; $doc = $latex->construct_latex_document($expression); $fh = fopen($tex, 'w'); fputs($fh, $doc); fclose($fh); // cd to temp dir chdir($latex->temp_dir); // step 1: latex command $cmd = "$CFG->filter_tex_pathlatex --interaction=nonstopmode $tex"; $output .= execute($cmd); // step 2: dvips command $cmd = "$CFG->filter_tex_pathdvips -E $dvi -o $ps"; $output .= execute($cmd); // step 3: convert command $cmd = "$CFG->filter_tex_pathconvert -density 240 -trim $ps $gif "; $output .= execute($cmd); if (!$graphic) { echo($output); } else { send_file($gif, "$md5.gif"); } } function execute($cmd) { exec($cmd, $result, $code); $output = "
$ $cmd\n";
        $lines = implode("\n", $result);
        $output .= "OUTPUT: $lines\n";
        $output .= "RETURN CODE: $code\n
\n"; return $output; } function slasharguments($texexp) { global $CFG; $admin = $CFG->wwwroot.'/'.$CFG->admin.'/settings.php?section=http'; $image = tex2image($texexp,true); echo "

If the following image displays correctly, set your "; echo "Administration->Server->HTTP "; echo "setting for slasharguments to file.php/1/pic.jpg: "; echo "wwwroot/filter/tex/pix.php/$image\" align=\"absmiddle\">

\n"; echo "

Otherwise set it to file.php?file=/1/pic.jpg "; echo "It should display correctly as "; echo "wwwroot/filter/tex/pix.php?file=$image\" align=\"absmiddle\">

\n"; echo "

If neither equation image displays correctly, please seek "; echo "further help at moodle.org at the "; echo ""; echo "Mathematics Tools Forum

"; } ?> TeX Filter Debugger

Please enter an algebraic expression without any surrounding $$ into the text box below. (Click here for help.)

The following tests are available:





Debugging Help

First a brief overview of how the TeX filter works. The TeX filter first searches the database cache_filters table to see if this TeX expression had been processed before. If not, it adds a DB entry for that expression. It then replaces the TeX expression by an <img src=".../filter/tex/pix.php..."> tag. The filter/tex/pix.php script then searches the database to find an appropriate gif image file for that expression and to create one if it doesn't exist. It will then use either the LaTex/Ghostscript renderer (using external executables on your system) or the bundled Mimetex executable. The full Latex/Ghostscript renderer produces better results and is tried first. Here are a few common things that can go wrong and some suggestions on how you might try to fix them.

  1. Something had gone wrong on a previous occasion when the filter tried to process this expression. Then the database entry for that expression contains a bad TeX expression in the rawtext field (usually blank). You can fix this by clicking on "Delete DB Entry"
  2. The TeX to gif image conversion process does not work. If paths are specified in the filter configuation screen for the three executables these will be tried first. Note that they still must be correctly installed and have the correct permissions. In particular make sure that you have all the packages installed (e.g., on Debian/Ubuntu you need to install the 'tetex-extra' package). Running the 'show command execution' test should give a big clue. If this fails or is not available, the Mimetex executable is tried. If this fails a likely cause is that the mimetex binary you are using is incompatible with your operating system. You can try compiling it from the C sources downloaded from http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.zip, or looking for an appropriate binary at http://moodle.org/download/mimetex/. You may then also need to edit your moodle/filter/tex/pix.php file to add

    to the list of operating systems in the switch (PHP_OS) statement. Windows users may have a problem properly unzipping mimetex.exe. Make sure that mimetex.exe is is PRECISELY 433152 bytes in size. If not, download a fresh copy from http://moodle.org/download/mimetex/windows/mimetex.exe. Another possible problem which may affect both Unix and Windows servers is that the web server doesn't have execute permission on the mimetex binary. In that case change permissions accordingly