Hi Bastien,
> Mhh, yes, I'm for moving it to the previewing section.
>
> Do you want to get commit access so that you can fix this directly?
> Otherwise, just send a patch and I'll apply it.
>
> Thanks!
Here's a patch. I can commit it if you like, but I don't want to do so
without some review (it's not as trivial a change as moving the
corresponding footnote to the other section).
>From 4b431a0fc2a4df7cecd8b6649227415ed86e7f7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevill...@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:13:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Keep documentation on "Previewing LaTeX" in its own section
* doc/org.texi: Keep documentation on "Previewing LaTeX" in its own
section
---
doc/org.texi | 39 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index c442f83..447cde9 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -10140,19 +10140,13 @@ format sub- and superscripts in a WYSIWYM way.
Going beyond symbols and sub- and superscripts, a full formula language is
needed. Org mode can contain @LaTeX{} math fragments, and it supports ways
to process these for several export back-ends. When exporting to @LaTeX{},
-the code is obviously left as it is. When exporting to HTML, Org invokes the
-@uref{http://www.mathjax.org, MathJax library} (@pxref{Math formatting in
+the code is obviously left as it is. When exporting to HTML, Org can invoke
+the @uref{http://www.mathjax.org, MathJax library} (@pxref{Math formatting in
HTML export}) to process and display the math@footnote{If you plan to use
this regularly or on pages with significant page views, you should install
@file{MathJax} on your own server in order to limit the load of our server.}.
-Finally, it can also process the mathematical expressions into
-images@footnote{For this to work you need to be on a system with a working
-@LaTeX{} installation. You also need the @file{dvipng} program or the
-@file{convert}, respectively available at
-@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvipng/} and from the @file{imagemagick}
-suite. The @LaTeX{} header that will be used when processing a fragment can
-be configured with the variable @code{org-format-latex-header}.} that can be
-displayed in a browser.
+It can also process the mathematical expressions into images that can be
+displayed in a browser (see @pxref{Previewing @LaTeX{} fragments}).
@LaTeX{} fragments don't need any special marking at all. The following
snippets will be identified as @LaTeX{} source code:
@@ -10210,11 +10204,21 @@ lines:
@cindex @LaTeX{} fragments, preview
@vindex org-latex-create-formula-image-program
-If you have @file{dvipng} or @file{imagemagick} installed@footnote{Choose the
-converter by setting the variable
+If you have a working @LaTeX{} installation and either @file{dvipng} or
+@file{convert} installed@footnote{These are respectively available at
+@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvipng/} and from the @file{imagemagick}
+suite. Choose the converter by setting the variable
@code{org-latex-create-formula-image-program} accordingly.}, @LaTeX{}
-fragments can be processed to produce preview images of the typeset
-expressions:
+fragments can be processed to produce images of the typeset expressions to be
+used for inclusion while exporting to HTML (see @pxref{@LaTeX{} fragments}),
+or for inline previewing within Org mode.
+
+@vindex org-format-latex-options
+@vindex org-format-latex-header
+You can customize the variables @code{org-format-latex-options} and
+@code{org-format-latex-header} to influence some aspects of the preview. In
+particular, the @code{:scale} (and for HTML export, @code{:html-scale})
+property of the former can be used to adjust the size of the preview images.
@table @kbd
@kindex C-c C-x C-l
@@ -10230,13 +10234,6 @@ process the entire buffer.
Remove the overlay preview images.
@end table
-@vindex org-format-latex-options
-@vindex org-format-latex-header
-You can customize the variables @code{org-format-latex-options} and
-@code{org-format-latex-header} to influence some aspects of the preview. In
-particular, the @code{:scale} (and for HTML export, @code{:html-scale})
-property of the former can be used to adjust the size of the preview images.
-
@vindex org-startup-with-latex-preview
You can turn on the previewing of all @LaTeX{} fragments in a file with
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