Hi all, I'm attaching a documentation patch concerning interaction between preview and the LaTeX 'autonum' package.
I found that with 'autonum', display math written using \[...\] can confuse preview's delimiter handling, leading to preview overlays that extend too far. The practical workaround is to use explicit display math environments, such as 'equation' or 'equation*'. The patch records this in the preview-latex known problems section. Any thoughts? Thanks, best, Paul
>From cf54cb5de8cc2e56a3569ad45321eb9406419241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Nelson <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 13:47:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Record workaround for autonum previews * doc/preview-problems.texi (autonum and display math shortcuts): New section. --- doc/preview-problems.texi | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/preview-problems.texi b/doc/preview-problems.texi index ab3fe799..a5143f15 100644 --- a/doc/preview-problems.texi +++ b/doc/preview-problems.texi @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ newer versions of the problematic software or by simple patches. @menu * Font problems with Dvips:: * Too small bounding boxes:: +* autonum and display math shortcuts:: * x-symbol interoperation:: * Middle-clicks paste instead of toggling:: * No images are displayed with gs 9.27 and earlier:: @@ -79,6 +80,20 @@ which will tag the corners of the included @TeX{} box. This will mostly be convenient for @emph{pure} PostScript stuff like that created by PSTricks, which Dvips would otherwise reserve no space for. +@node autonum and display math shortcuts +@section @code{autonum} and display math shortcuts +@cindex @code{autonum} package +@cindex display math shortcuts + +The @code{autonum} package redefines the @code{\[@dots{}\]} display math +shortcut as a delimited macro. This prevents @previewlatex{} from seeing +the closing @code{\]} command. As a result, the preview can extend past +the displayed formula, sometimes to the end of the document. + +In documents using @code{autonum}, use an explicit +@code{\begin@{equation@}} @dots{} @code{\end@{equation@}} environment +instead of @code{\[@dots{}\]} for displayed formulas. + @c FIXME: It seems that x-symbol is much outdated. @node x-symbol interoperation @section x-symbol interoperation -- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
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