Refactor executable check in plot module

Replaced the use of `find_executable` with `which` for checking the availability of 'dvipng' in the `set_latex` function.
CURENT · Jan 5, 2025 · 183dee1 · 183dee1
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diff --git a/andes/plot.py b/andes/plot.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from andes.core.var import BaseVar
-from andes.shared import find_executable, mpl, plt
+from andes.shared import which, mpl, plt
 from andes.utils.paths import get_dot_andes_path  # NOQA
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def set_latex():
         True for LaTeX on, False for off
     """
 
-    if find_executable('dvipng'):
+    if which('dvipng'):
         mpl.rc('text', usetex=True)
 
         no_warn_file = os.path.join(get_dot_andes_path(), '.no_warn_latex')

diff --git a/andes/shared.py b/andes/shared.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import coloredlogs  # NOQA
 import numpy as np  # NOQA
 import psutil
+from shutil import which  # NOQA
 from kvxopt import printing  # NOQA
 from kvxopt import (div, klu, matrix, mul, sparse, spdiag, spmatrix,  # NOQA
                     umfpack)
@@ -73,7 +74,3 @@
 odeint = LazyImport('from scipy.integrate import odeint')
 
 Oct2PyError = LazyImport('from oct2py import Oct2PyError')
-
-
-# --- Shared functions ---
-find_executable = LazyImport('from distutils.spawn import find_executable')