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Build LaTeX2AI from source

Requirements

The additional requirements to build LaTeX2AI from source are:

  • A C++ compiler has to be available on the system. This repository includes a Visual Studio 2022 solution for Windows and a Xcode project for macOS.
  • python3 and git have to be available on the system.

Getting started

  1. Download and unpack the Adobe Illustrator SDK

  2. Go to the sample code folder <Adobe Illustrator SDK>/sample code and run

    git clone https://github.com/isteinbrecher/latex2ai.git

  3. Go to <Adobe Illustrator SDK>/sample code/LaTeX2AI and run

    git submodule update --init

Windows

  1. Environment variables:

    • PYTHON_EXE has to point to a valid python3 executable on the system.
    • ILLUSTRATOR_EXE has to point to the illustrator executable on the system (this path is used for debugging).

  2. Open <Adobe Illustrator SDK>/sample code/latex2ai/LaTeX2AI.sln with Visual Studio, select the build type (Release or Debug) and compile the solution. It might be necessary to change the Windows SDK version for LaTeX2AI to match the one available on your system.

  3. The compiled binary is located at <Adobe Illustrator SDK>/sample code/output/win/x64/<Debug/Release>. This directory has to be set as the Plugin directory in Illustrator.

  4. You have to set a link to the UI folder so Illustrator can find the user interface:

    mklink /D "C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CEP\extensions\com.isteinbrecher.latex2ai" "<Adobe Illustrator SDK>\samplecode\latex2ai\ui"

  5. Debugging of unsigned extensions has to be turned on (see the Adobe CEP cookbook):

    • Open regedit
    • Go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Adobe/CSXS.11
    • Add a new entry PlayerDebugMode of type string with the value of 1

macOS

  1. Open <Adobe Illustrator SDK>/sample code/latex2ai/LaTeX2AI.xcodeproj with Xcode and compile the solution.
  2. The compiled binary is located at <Adobe Illustrator SDK>/sample code/output/. This directory has to be set as the Plugin directory in Illustrator.
  3. You have to set a link to the UI folder so Illustrator can find the user interface: 
    ln -s "<Adobe Illustrator SDK>\samplecode\latex2ai\ui" "~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.isteinbrecher.latex2ai"
  4. Debugging of unsigned extensions has to be turned on (see the Adobe CEP cookbook): 
    defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.11 PlayerDebugMode 1