Hi all,
To reproduce (with emacs -Q, latest AUCTeX), open this document:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{bookmark}
\begin{document}
Let \(x\).
\end{document}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Disable TeX-PDF-mode, then run M-x preview-buffer. The preview fails to
generate; in the output buffer, we see:
dvips: Could not find figure file _region_.out.ps; continuing.
The issue seems to be that bookmark's bkm-dvips.def emits
\special{PSfile=\jobname.out.ps}, but because prauctex.def uses
\nofiles, that file is never created. The attached patch suppresses
that \special{...} while preview is active. Any feedback welcome.
Thanks, best,
Paul
>From cba5f2a35ad29f160ac603fc9bdc3e902b5da11b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Nelson <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 14:15:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix DVI preview with bookmark package
* latex/preview.dtx (auctex): Suppress bookmark's missing
PostScript file reference under preview.
---
latex/preview.dtx | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/latex/preview.dtx b/latex/preview.dtx
index cafb0363..9d639c27 100644
--- a/latex/preview.dtx
+++ b/latex/preview.dtx
@@ -1357,6 +1357,13 @@ Please complain to your document class author}%
% \begin{macrocode}
%<auctex>\ifPreview\else\expandafter\endinput\fi
%<auctex>\nofiles
+% \end{macrocode}
+% The |bkm-dvips.def| file loaded by the |bookmark| package emits
+% |\special{PSfile=\jobname.out.ps}|, but preview's |\nofiles| prevents
+% that file from being written. We suppress the missing file reference:
+% \begin{macrocode}
+%<auctex>\@ifundefined{BKM@PSHeaderFile}{}{%
+%<auctex> \let\BKM@PSHeaderFile\@gobble}
%<auctex>\preview@delay{\nonstopmode}
% \end{macrocode}
% Ok, here comes creative error message formatting. It turns out a
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