Am Sonntag, 26. April 2015 um 23:17:24, schrieb Enrico Forestieri <for...@lyx.org> > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 08:07:47PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 26. April 2015 um 16:21:51, schrieb Enrico Forestieri > > <for...@lyx.org> > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 02:50:51PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > > > > The reason for 0bb378ba/lyxgit was non-working preview of some tex > > > > macros > > > > not known by lyx, although the file compiles with e.g. lualatex. > > > > > > Sorry, this is very vague and doesn't tell me anything. The issue raised > > > on the bug tracker would have been solved by the one-liner patch I posted > > > there. Maybe other similar issues can be solved similarly. > > > > Attached a trivial example. > > (Yes, I know how to insert graphics) > > Are you kidding? This is the same issue raised at #9371. > Please, apply to branch the patch I posted there: > http://www.lyx.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/9371/9371-21x.diff > and you will see that there is no problem in previewing.
Sorry, my fault. The patch is working in case of lualatex (and non-tex-fonts),
but not for pdflatex.
> > > In this way, all previews were generated in the same way for all users.
> > > But now, if the document doesn't set a default output, the overall
> > > default output set in the preferences is used. This means that we may get
> > > different results for different users, leading to seemingly mysterious
> > > behaviours (see, for example, the discussions in #7850 and #8258).
> >
> > IMHO it should use the same latex engine as used for the desired pdf output.
>
> In principle, I would agree if there is a problem that cannot be (easily)
> solved otherwise, but still I have to see this problem. I prefer having
> good quality previews in a short time. They are previews, so the way
> they are obtained is irrelevant. You want bad previews produced in a much
> longer time for ... what? To follow the principle that the previews should
> be obtained by running the same default latex engine set in the preferences?
>
> > > Still, I would see this as a palliative and think that reverting the
> > > offending commit is better. Let's see what others think.
> >
> > Maybe a preference option? Something like
> > Latex engine used for preview creation
> > standard (means use the same engine as the document)
> > latex
> > pdflatex
> > etc.
> > ?
>
> No, please. There are already too much options. An acceptable compromise
> would be using the old way for selecting the latex engine if the document
> does not specify a default output format (disregarding the default output
> format set in the preferences).
>
I agree.
Kornel
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