Re: Low quality instant preview of math

[Carlos Pita]

Both issues reported here: https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/13045

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Low quality instant preview of math

[Carlos Pita]

Hi,

The quality of the rendered instant previews for math is low compared
to the actual output (see attachment). It's too thin and a bit blurry.
I guess a bitmap for a lower resolution device is being rendered
instead of svg, but I don't know how to check that. This is in macOS
Sonoma with 2.4.0 RC3.

Any tips on how to fix this?

Thanks,
Carlos
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Re: Instant preview: different sizes in different situations

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 3/11/21 12:43 PM, Rudi Gaelzer wrote:

I feared that that would happen...
Is there a way I can acquire a traceback of what's happening?


On quinta-feira, 11 de março de 2021 13:43:13 -03 Paul A. Rubin wrote:

I cannot reproduce that here (LyX 2.3.6.1, Linux Mint 20, Qt 5.12.8,
TeXLive 2019).
You can start LyX by runing 'lyx -dbg graphics' in a terminal, then load 
a document with a formula and see if anything in the terminal chatter 
indicates a problem. I'm not sure if that will help, since I can't test 
it here.


Paul

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Re: Instant preview: different sizes in different situations

[Rudi Gaelzer]

I feared that that would happen... 
Is there a way I can acquire a traceback of what's happening?


On quinta-feira, 11 de março de 2021 13:43:13 -03 Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> I cannot reproduce that here (LyX 2.3.6.1, Linux Mint 20, Qt 5.12.8,
> TeXLive 2019).

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
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Re: Instant preview: different sizes in different situations

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 3/11/21 10:29 AM, Rudi Gaelzer wrote:

Using:
LyX v. 2.3.6.1
OS: Fedora Core 33
TeXLive v. 9

I noticed a weird behaviour for some time already with Instant Preview.
In: Preferences -> Look & Feel -> Display -> Instant preview,
if I set Preview size 1.2, then during the edition, when a given formula is
rendered for the first time, the display size is OK.
However, when I restart LyX and resume processing the text, the same formula
is rendered with a much smaller size... very difficult to read.

If I try to circumvent this problem by setting preview size to, say,  1.5,
then on the first time the equation becomes huge, although after restart the
new size is better than with the previous setting.

Has anyone noticed this behaviour as well?  I'd say this is a bug, but, I
don't know...

I cannot reproduce that here (LyX 2.3.6.1, Linux Mint 20, Qt 5.12.8, 
TeXLive 2019).


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Instant preview: different sizes in different situations

[Rudi Gaelzer]

Using:
LyX v. 2.3.6.1
OS: Fedora Core 33
TeXLive v. 9

I noticed a weird behaviour for some time already with Instant Preview.
In: Preferences -> Look & Feel -> Display -> Instant preview, 
if I set Preview size 1.2, then during the edition, when a given formula is 
rendered for the first time, the display size is OK.
However, when I restart LyX and resume processing the text, the same formula 
is rendered with a much smaller size... very difficult to read.

If I try to circumvent this problem by setting preview size to, say,  1.5, 
then on the first time the equation becomes huge, although after restart the 
new size is better than with the previous setting.

Has anyone noticed this behaviour as well?  I'd say this is a bug, but, I 
don't know...

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Instituto de Física
Departamento de Física
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul



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Re: Math Instant Preview Failing due to Fontspec

[Guillaume Munch]

Le 31/01/2016 17:34, Robert Susmilch a écrit :

Are we talking within the instant preview settings section? I have an older
2.2.0 dev version, and did not see it in there (though I switched back to
stable 2.1.4 on Fedora 22.)



We are talking of Document settings > Output > Output format.

Re: Math Instant Preview Failing due to Fontspec

[Robert Susmilch]

Thanks, that did the trick. I assume that the setting of the default rendering 
engine was important, obviously it is always the last setting one doesn’t try 
that fixes things.

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On Sunday, January 31, 2016 09:41:04 AM Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 30.01.2016, 22:50 -0600 schrieb Robert Susmilch:
> > Dear List,
> > 
> > I am attempting to track down lack of instant preview for math
> > equations. It 
> > seemed to be a random event between different files not working. I
> > chalked it 
> > up to random incompatibilities between all the various classes and
> > preambles, 
> > etc. However, even a new document doesn’t seem to work with a basic
> > equation. 
> > I have looked into the tmp directory, and found that the previews are
> > not 
> > generated because:
> > 
> > 
> > !
> > ! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex"
> > ! 
> > ! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function.
> > ! 
> > ! You must change your typesetting engine to, e.g., "xelatex" or
> > "lualatex"
> > ! instead of plain "latex" or "pdflatex".
> > ! 
> > ! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
> > ! 
> > ! For immediate help type H .
> > !...  
> 
> Switch on "Use non-TeX fonts" in Document > Settings > Fonts. This
> should cause LyX to use XeTeX for preview generation.
> 
> Jürgen


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Re: Math Instant Preview Failing due to Fontspec

[Robert Susmilch]

Are we talking within the instant preview settings section? I have an older 
2.2.0 dev version, and did not see it in there (though I switched back to 
stable 2.1.4 on Fedora 22.)

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On Sunday, January 31, 2016 04:25:21 PM Guillaume Munch wrote:
> Le 31/01/2016 08:41, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit :
> > Switch on "Use non-TeX fonts" in Document > Settings > Fonts. This
> > should cause LyX to use XeTeX for preview generation.
> 
> You can also just set "default output format" to XeTeX, though this
> might be a new feature of 2.2.


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Re: Math Instant Preview Failing due to Fontspec

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Samstag, den 30.01.2016, 22:50 -0600 schrieb Robert Susmilch:
> Dear List,
> 
> I am attempting to track down lack of instant preview for math
> equations. It 
> seemed to be a random event between different files not working. I
> chalked it 
> up to random incompatibilities between all the various classes and
> preambles, 
> etc. However, even a new document doesn’t seem to work with a basic
> equation. 
> I have looked into the tmp directory, and found that the previews are
> not 
> generated because:
> 
> 
> !
> ! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex"
> ! 
> ! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function.
> ! 
> ! You must change your typesetting engine to, e.g., "xelatex" or
> "lualatex"
> ! instead of plain "latex" or "pdflatex".
> ! 
> ! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
> ! 
> ! For immediate help type H .
> !...  

Switch on "Use non-TeX fonts" in Document > Settings > Fonts. This
should cause LyX to use XeTeX for preview generation.

Jürgen

Re: Math Instant Preview Failing due to Fontspec

[Guillaume Munch]

Le 31/01/2016 08:41, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit :


Switch on "Use non-TeX fonts" in Document > Settings > Fonts. This
should cause LyX to use XeTeX for preview generation.




You can also just set "default output format" to XeTeX, though this 
might be a new feature of 2.2.

Math Instant Preview Failing due to Fontspec

[Robert Susmilch]

Dear List,

I am attempting to track down lack of instant preview for math equations. It
seemed to be a random event between different files not working. I chalked it
up to random incompatibilities between all the various classes and preambles,
etc. However, even a new document doesn’t seem to work with a basic equation.
I have looked into the tmp directory, and found that the previews are not
generated because:


!
! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex"
!
! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX to function.
!
! You must change your typesetting engine to, e.g., "xelatex" or "lualatex"
! instead of plain "latex" or "pdflatex".
!
! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
!
! For immediate help type H .
!...

I have changed my graphics driver under Document settings to XeTeX, but no
dice. I also changed my default engine to pdflatex, but I wouldn’t be able to
compile my document then.
I am using KOMA-Script and fontspec. All the equations render if I preview the
ENTIRE document, but not the instant preview. Is there a setting I’m missing?
Is this not possible unless everything is vanilla pdflatex? I can manually
load the TeX file into Texmaker, compile under LuaLaTeX, and a nice preview
pdf comes up.

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Instant Preview when opening existing LyX file?

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello!

When I open my existing LyX files with instant preview enabled for
equations, existing equations will only be rendered as instant-preview
after I change something in them.

Many of my equations however contain inconvenient visual clutter, e.g.
empty left sides or large horizontal spaces in AMS align environments.
These would look much better in the editor if consistently rendered as
preview, rather than as the equation editor.

Is it possible to make LyX render a preview for existing equations when
opening a file?

- Klaus

Re: Instant Preview when opening existing LyX file?

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello again!

I tried a minimal example (simple-example.lyx) and there it actually
worked. It also worked after seriously stripping down an actual project
file.

It turns out that the issue arose due to a command defined with
\providecommand in the body of the text and used within \AtEndDocument.
When compiling the preview, the contents of the body of the lyx document
are imported into a single preview block,

\begin{preview}
\input{1E_...}
\end{preview}

Here \providecommand defines the macro locally to this environment, but
\AtEndDocument has a global effect, so when reaching \end{document} the
previously defined macro is used but undefined, preventing compilation. In
such cases, LyX tends to fail quietly, and I mistook it for standard
behaviour since it affected all my recent documents.

So, thanks for the help! Awkwardly enough, yet again do a minimal example
showed the origin of the issue :-/


best regards, Klaus


2015-05-04 13:09 GMT+02:00 edu Gpl mandrivagn...@gmail.com:

 Can you add examle.lyx .
 Regards

 ‏في الاثنين، ٤ مايو، ٢٠١٥, Klaus-Dieter Bauer 
 bauer.klaus.die...@gmail.com كتب:

 Hello!

 When I open my existing LyX files with instant preview enabled for
 equations, existing equations will only be rendered as instant-preview
 after I change something in them.

 Many of my equations however contain inconvenient visual clutter, e.g.
 empty left sides or large horizontal spaces in AMS align environments.
 These would look much better in the editor if consistently rendered as
 preview, rather than as the equation editor.

 Is it possible to make LyX render a preview for existing equations when
 opening a file?

 - Klaus




simple-example.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: Instant Preview when opening existing LyX file?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Klaus-Dieter Bauer
bauer.klaus.die...@gmail.com wrote:

 Here \providecommand defines the macro locally to this environment, but
 \AtEndDocument has a global effect, so when reaching \end{document} the
 previously defined macro is used but undefined, preventing compilation. In
 such cases, LyX tends to fail quietly, and I mistook it for standard
 behaviour since it affected all my recent documents.

You might be experiencing the following issues:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9354
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9510
Both will be fixed at least by LyX 2.2.0.

Scott

Instant Preview when opening existing LyX file?

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello!

When I open my existing LyX files with instant preview enabled for
equations, existing equations will only be rendered as instant-preview
after I change something in them.

Many of my equations however contain inconvenient visual clutter, e.g.
empty left sides or large horizontal spaces in AMS align environments.
These would look much better in the editor if consistently rendered as
preview, rather than as the equation editor.

Is it possible to make LyX render a preview for existing equations when
opening a file?

- Klaus

Re: Instant Preview when opening existing LyX file?

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello again!

I tried a minimal example (simple-example.lyx) and there it actually
worked. It also worked after seriously stripping down an actual project
file.

It turns out that the issue arose due to a command defined with
\providecommand in the body of the text and used within \AtEndDocument.
When compiling the preview, the contents of the body of the lyx document
are imported into a single preview block,

\begin{preview}
\input{1E_...}
\end{preview}

Here \providecommand defines the macro locally to this environment, but
\AtEndDocument has a global effect, so when reaching \end{document} the
previously defined macro is used but undefined, preventing compilation. In
such cases, LyX tends to fail quietly, and I mistook it for standard
behaviour since it affected all my recent documents.

So, thanks for the help! Awkwardly enough, yet again do a minimal example
showed the origin of the issue :-/


best regards, Klaus


2015-05-04 13:09 GMT+02:00 edu Gpl mandrivagn...@gmail.com:

 Can you add examle.lyx .
 Regards

 ‏في الاثنين، ٤ مايو، ٢٠١٥, Klaus-Dieter Bauer 
 bauer.klaus.die...@gmail.com كتب:

 Hello!

 When I open my existing LyX files with instant preview enabled for
 equations, existing equations will only be rendered as instant-preview
 after I change something in them.

 Many of my equations however contain inconvenient visual clutter, e.g.
 empty left sides or large horizontal spaces in AMS align environments.
 These would look much better in the editor if consistently rendered as
 preview, rather than as the equation editor.

 Is it possible to make LyX render a preview for existing equations when
 opening a file?

 - Klaus




simple-example.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: Instant Preview when opening existing LyX file?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Klaus-Dieter Bauer
bauer.klaus.die...@gmail.com wrote:

 Here \providecommand defines the macro locally to this environment, but
 \AtEndDocument has a global effect, so when reaching \end{document} the
 previously defined macro is used but undefined, preventing compilation. In
 such cases, LyX tends to fail quietly, and I mistook it for standard
 behaviour since it affected all my recent documents.

You might be experiencing the following issues:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9354
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9510
Both will be fixed at least by LyX 2.2.0.

Scott

"Instant Preview" when opening existing LyX file?

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello!

When I open my existing LyX files with instant preview enabled for
equations, existing equations will only be rendered as instant-preview
after I change something in them.

Many of my equations however contain inconvenient visual clutter, e.g.
empty left sides or large horizontal spaces in AMS align environments.
These would look much better in the editor if consistently rendered as
preview, rather than as the equation editor.

Is it possible to make LyX render a preview for existing equations when
opening a file?

- Klaus

Re: "Instant Preview" when opening existing LyX file?

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello again!

I tried a minimal example (simple-example.lyx) and there it actually
worked. It also worked after seriously stripping down an actual project
file.

It turns out that the issue arose due to a command defined with
\providecommand in the body of the text and used within \AtEndDocument.
When compiling the preview, the contents of the body of the lyx document
are imported into a single preview block,

\begin{preview}
\input{1E_...}
\end{preview}

Here \providecommand defines the macro locally to this environment, but
\AtEndDocument has a global effect, so when reaching \end{document} the
previously defined macro is used but undefined, preventing compilation. In
such cases, LyX tends to fail quietly, and I mistook it for standard
behaviour since it affected all my recent documents.

So, thanks for the help! Awkwardly enough, yet again "do a minimal example"
showed the origin of the issue :-/


best regards, Klaus


2015-05-04 13:09 GMT+02:00 edu Gpl <mandrivagn...@gmail.com>:

> Can you add examle.lyx .
> Regards
>
> ‏في الاثنين، ٤ مايو، ٢٠١٥, Klaus-Dieter Bauer <
> bauer.klaus.die...@gmail.com> كتب:
>
> Hello!
>>
>> When I open my existing LyX files with instant preview enabled for
>> equations, existing equations will only be rendered as instant-preview
>> after I change something in them.
>>
>> Many of my equations however contain inconvenient visual clutter, e.g.
>> empty left sides or large horizontal spaces in AMS align environments.
>> These would look much better in the editor if consistently rendered as
>> preview, rather than as the equation editor.
>>
>> Is it possible to make LyX render a preview for existing equations when
>> opening a file?
>>
>> - Klaus
>>
>


simple-example.lyx
Description: application/lyx

Re: "Instant Preview" when opening existing LyX file?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Klaus-Dieter Bauer
 wrote:

> Here \providecommand defines the macro locally to this environment, but
> \AtEndDocument has a global effect, so when reaching \end{document} the
> previously defined macro is used but undefined, preventing compilation. In
> such cases, LyX tends to fail quietly, and I mistook it for standard
> behaviour since it affected all my recent documents.

You might be experiencing the following issues:
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9354
http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9510
Both will be fixed at least by LyX 2.2.0.

Scott

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Stephan Witt]

Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.com:

 After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
 Is that a general issue?

Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this list.

Stephan

Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
Is that a general issue?

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:

 
 Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmadsen at 
 yahoo.com:
 
  After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
  Is that a general issue?
 
 Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
 list.
 
 Stephan
 

OK, thanks. Then it might be fixed in some future update. It is not a huge 
issue,
so I can wait.

Sometimes I wonder if these Apple updates are worth it. So little new, but
so many things (LyX, Matlab, Mathematica, BiBTeX, VNC) don't work without a
lot of fiddling.

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Hal Kierstead]

Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from 
LyX fixes the problem.

Hal

On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.coma:
 
 After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
 Is that a general issue?
 
 Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
 list.
 
 Stephan

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Steve Burnham]

On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) wrote:
Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from 
LyX fixes the problem.  

Hal  

On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:  

 Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.coma:  
  
 After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.  
 Is that a general issue?  
  
 Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
 list.  
  
 Stephan  


What kinds of errors are you all getting when preview fails?  I can confirm 
that running LyX from the terminal seems to run just fine.  I’ve run it 5 times 
now each time using the preview function but still when I start up LyX normally 
preview does not function.  I’m attaching a screen shot of the error.

-Steve

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Stephan Witt]

Am 21.10.2014 um 17:29 schrieb Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com:

 On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) 
 wrote:
 Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview 
 from LyX fixes the problem. 
 
 Hal 
 
 On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote: 
 
  Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.coma: 
  
  After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works. 
  Is that a general issue? 
  
  Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
  list. 
  
  Stephan 
 
 
 What kinds of errors are you all getting when preview fails?  I can confirm 
 that running LyX from the terminal seems to run just fine.  I’ve run it 5 
 times now each time using the preview function but still when I start up LyX 
 normally preview does not function.  I’m attaching a screen shot of the error.
 
 -Steve
 Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 09.27.21 AM_1.png

I'm afraid you're talking about different things.

The math preview fails silently if enabled but non-functioning.
The document preview raises an error - your case?

I'd like to help you solving this Yosemite problems.
But I don't have enough machines to try and install all releases.
At the moment I am bound to 10.8 and 10.9. 
I'll see what I can do with an external disk if I find the time.

Stephan

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

 
 I'm afraid you're talking about different things.
 
 The math preview fails silently if enabled but non-functioning.
 The document preview raises an error - your case?
 
 I'd like to help you solving this Yosemite problems.
 But I don't have enough machines to try and install all releases.
 At the moment I am bound to 10.8 and 10.9. 
 I'll see what I can do with an external disk if I find the time.
 
 Stephan
 

Yes, I think we're discussing two different things. I'm talking about 
instantpreview of math inside the LyX document. The view 
command (cmd-R) works finefor me.

I tried to start LyX from the command line to see if that fixed 
the instant previewproblem, but that does not seem to be the case.

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Stephan Witt]

Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.com:

 After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
 Is that a general issue?

Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this list.

Stephan

Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
Is that a general issue?

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:

 
 Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmadsen at 
 yahoo.com:
 
  After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
  Is that a general issue?
 
 Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
 list.
 
 Stephan
 

OK, thanks. Then it might be fixed in some future update. It is not a huge 
issue,
so I can wait.

Sometimes I wonder if these Apple updates are worth it. So little new, but
so many things (LyX, Matlab, Mathematica, BiBTeX, VNC) don't work without a
lot of fiddling.

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Hal Kierstead]

Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from 
LyX fixes the problem.

Hal

On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:

 Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.coma:
 
 After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
 Is that a general issue?
 
 Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
 list.
 
 Stephan

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Steve Burnham]

On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) wrote:
Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from 
LyX fixes the problem.  

Hal  

On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:  

 Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.coma:  
  
 After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.  
 Is that a general issue?  
  
 Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
 list.  
  
 Stephan  


What kinds of errors are you all getting when preview fails?  I can confirm 
that running LyX from the terminal seems to run just fine.  I’ve run it 5 times 
now each time using the preview function but still when I start up LyX normally 
preview does not function.  I’m attaching a screen shot of the error.

-Steve

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Stephan Witt]

Am 21.10.2014 um 17:29 schrieb Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com:

 On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) 
 wrote:
 Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview 
 from LyX fixes the problem. 
 
 Hal 
 
 On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote: 
 
  Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen ahostmad...@yahoo.coma: 
  
  After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works. 
  Is that a general issue? 
  
  Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
  list. 
  
  Stephan 
 
 
 What kinds of errors are you all getting when preview fails?  I can confirm 
 that running LyX from the terminal seems to run just fine.  I’ve run it 5 
 times now each time using the preview function but still when I start up LyX 
 normally preview does not function.  I’m attaching a screen shot of the error.
 
 -Steve
 Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 09.27.21 AM_1.png

I'm afraid you're talking about different things.

The math preview fails silently if enabled but non-functioning.
The document preview raises an error - your case?

I'd like to help you solving this Yosemite problems.
But I don't have enough machines to try and install all releases.
At the moment I am bound to 10.8 and 10.9. 
I'll see what I can do with an external disk if I find the time.

Stephan

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

 
 I'm afraid you're talking about different things.
 
 The math preview fails silently if enabled but non-functioning.
 The document preview raises an error - your case?
 
 I'd like to help you solving this Yosemite problems.
 But I don't have enough machines to try and install all releases.
 At the moment I am bound to 10.8 and 10.9. 
 I'll see what I can do with an external disk if I find the time.
 
 Stephan
 

Yes, I think we're discussing two different things. I'm talking about 
instantpreview of math inside the LyX document. The view 
command (cmd-R) works finefor me.

I tried to start LyX from the command line to see if that fixed 
the instant previewproblem, but that does not seem to be the case.

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Stephan Witt]

Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen <ahostmad...@yahoo.com>:

> After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
> Is that a general issue?

Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this list.

Stephan

Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
Is that a general issue?

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

Stephan Witt  gmx.net> writes:

> 
> Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen  
> yahoo.com>:
> 
> > After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
> > Is that a general issue?
> 
> Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
> list.
> 
> Stephan
> 

OK, thanks. Then it might be fixed in some future update. It is not a huge 
issue,
so I can wait.

Sometimes I wonder if these Apple updates are worth it. So little new, but
so many things (LyX, Matlab, Mathematica, BiBTeX, VNC) don't work without a
lot of fiddling.

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Hal Kierstead]

Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from 
LyX fixes the problem.

Hal

On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote:

> Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen <ahostmad...@yahoo.coma:
> 
>> After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.
>> Is that a general issue?
> 
> Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
> list.
> 
> Stephan

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Steve Burnham]

On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) wrote:
Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview from 
LyX fixes the problem.  

Hal  

On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote:  

> Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen <ahostmad...@yahoo.coma:  
>  
>> After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works.  
>> Is that a general issue?  
>  
> Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
> list.  
>  
> Stephan  


What kinds of errors are you all getting when preview fails?  I can confirm 
that running LyX from the terminal seems to run just fine.  I’ve run it 5 times 
now each time using the preview function but still when I start up LyX normally 
preview does not function.  I’m attaching a screen shot of the error.

-Steve

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Stephan Witt]

Am 21.10.2014 um 17:29 schrieb Steve Burnham <dan...@gmail.com>:

> On October 21, 2014 at 09:13:48 AM, Hal Kierstead (hal.kierst...@me.com) 
> wrote:
>> Starting LyX from the terminal once or twice, and each time using preview 
>> from LyX fixes the problem. 
>> 
>> Hal 
>> 
>> On Oct 21, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: 
>> 
>> > Am 21.10.2014 um 16:41 schrieb Anders Host-Madsen <ahostmad...@yahoo.coma: 
>> > 
>> >> After I upgraded to Yosemite, instant preview of math no longer works. 
>> >> Is that a general issue? 
>> > 
>> > Yes, seems so. At least you aren't the first one who reports this on this 
>> > list. 
>> > 
>> > Stephan 
>> 
> 
> What kinds of errors are you all getting when preview fails?  I can confirm 
> that running LyX from the terminal seems to run just fine.  I’ve run it 5 
> times now each time using the preview function but still when I start up LyX 
> normally preview does not function.  I’m attaching a screen shot of the error.
> 
> -Steve
> 

I'm afraid you're talking about different things.

The math preview fails silently if enabled but non-functioning.
The document preview raises an error - your case?

I'd like to help you solving this Yosemite problems.
But I don't have enough machines to try and install all releases.
At the moment I am bound to 10.8 and 10.9. 
I'll see what I can do with an external disk if I find the time.

Stephan

Re: Instant preview no longer works in OSX Yosemite

[Anders Host-Madsen]

> 
> I'm afraid you're talking about different things.
> 
> The math preview fails silently if enabled but non-functioning.
> The document preview raises an error - your case?
> 
> I'd like to help you solving this Yosemite problems.
> But I don't have enough machines to try and install all releases.
> At the moment I am bound to 10.8 and 10.9. 
> I'll see what I can do with an external disk if I find the time.
> 
> Stephan
> 

Yes, I think we're discussing two different things. I'm talking about 
instantpreview of math inside the LyX document. The view 
command (cmd-R) works finefor me.

I tried to start LyX from the command line to see if that fixed 
the instant previewproblem, but that does not seem to be the case.

On-the-fly preview? (Beyond instant-preview)

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello!

Publications in physics mostly use a two-column format and I am recently
trying to adopt this style for my private (equation-heavy) summaries as
well. However, I found that for my workflow in two-column documents fast
feedback about the layout of equations, especially their width with respect
to column width, is essential.

In TeXStudio there is the preview feature, which on the fly while editing
the equation provides a rendering, as it will appear in the document, but
obviously TeXStudio lacks LyX's convenience in editing the equation.
However, LyX's instant-preview feature (which by default is disabled for
math) requires interrupting editing the equation, moving the cursor
outside. Also, when the equation is too wide for the column, it will be cut
off in the preview rather than showing the full misformatted equation
(though this is actually positive for unnumbered equations).

So I was wondering if I am missing a feature. Is there some on-the-fly
preview of equations possible in LyX, while editing the equation? Currently
my best guess is document preview with Ctrl+R (pdflatex), but this is still
rather slow.

regards, Klaus

On-the-fly preview? (Beyond instant-preview)

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello!

Publications in physics mostly use a two-column format and I am recently
trying to adopt this style for my private (equation-heavy) summaries as
well. However, I found that for my workflow in two-column documents fast
feedback about the layout of equations, especially their width with respect
to column width, is essential.

In TeXStudio there is the preview feature, which on the fly while editing
the equation provides a rendering, as it will appear in the document, but
obviously TeXStudio lacks LyX's convenience in editing the equation.
However, LyX's instant-preview feature (which by default is disabled for
math) requires interrupting editing the equation, moving the cursor
outside. Also, when the equation is too wide for the column, it will be cut
off in the preview rather than showing the full misformatted equation
(though this is actually positive for unnumbered equations).

So I was wondering if I am missing a feature. Is there some on-the-fly
preview of equations possible in LyX, while editing the equation? Currently
my best guess is document preview with Ctrl+R (pdflatex), but this is still
rather slow.

regards, Klaus

On-the-fly preview? (Beyond instant-preview)

[Klaus-Dieter Bauer]

Hello!

Publications in physics mostly use a two-column format and I am recently
trying to adopt this style for my private (equation-heavy) summaries as
well. However, I found that for my workflow in two-column documents fast
feedback about the layout of equations, especially their width with respect
to column width, is essential.

In TeXStudio there is the preview feature, which on the fly while editing
the equation provides a rendering, as it will appear in the document, but
obviously TeXStudio lacks LyX's convenience in editing the equation.
However, LyX's instant-preview feature (which by default is disabled for
math) requires interrupting editing the equation, moving the cursor
outside. Also, when the equation is too wide for the column, it will be cut
off in the preview rather than showing the full misformatted equation
(though this is actually positive for unnumbered equations).

So I was wondering if I am missing a feature. Is there some on-the-fly
preview of equations possible in LyX, while editing the equation? Currently
my best guess is document preview with Ctrl+R (pdflatex), but this is still
rather slow.

regards, Klaus

Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.


Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
Mac.

Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:

 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.


 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.

Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 

I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
Fink - could somebody please approve these?

Thanks,

Rainer


 Jürgen

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UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.


The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
These tools are part of it.

Stephan

 
 Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 
 
 I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
 Fink - could somebody please approve these?
 
 Thanks,

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:

 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.


 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.

Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

Maybe this should be made clearer?

Rainer


 Stephan

 
 Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 
 
 I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
 Fink - could somebody please approve these?
 
 Thanks,


-- 
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, 
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel :   +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell:   +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax :   +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

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Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-29 10:09 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

 Maybe this should be made clearer?


I think it is as clear as it gets. The wiki states that those tools are
included in any common TeX distribution (be it TeXLive, MikTeX or MacTeX),
but might need to be installed via the package manager in some cases. This
applies to all OSes likewise.

Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:

 2014-04-29 10:09 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

 Maybe this should be made clearer?


 I think it is as clear as it gets. The wiki states that those tools are
 included in any common TeX distribution (be it TeXLive, MikTeX or MacTeX),
 but might need to be installed via the package manager in some cases. This
 applies to all OSes likewise.

I just added some extra lines and replaced All other packages with the
names of the packages missing, so it should be clearer now.

Rainer


 Jürgen

-- 
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UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.
 
 
 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.
 
 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
 
 Maybe this should be made clearer?

Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.

When is it needed?

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:

 Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.
 
 
 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.
 
 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
 
 Maybe this should be made clearer?

 Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.

 When is it needed?

Can't help you there...

Rainer


 Stephan

-- 
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UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 11:03 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.
 
 
 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.
 
 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
 
 Maybe this should be made clearer?
 
 Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.
 
 When is it needed?
 
 Can't help you there…

Ok, I've verified it myself.

IMHO, it's not needed anymore.

The preview consists of two scripts: lyxpreview2bitmap.py and 
legacy_lyxpreview2ppm.py.
The first one imports legacy_conversion_step1 (the latex conversion) from the 
second one.
The pnmcrop is part of legacy_conversion_step3 and not used.

If I'm not wrong, the wiki is outdated here.

I'll correct this, if nobody objects.

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.


Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
Mac.

Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:

 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.


 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.

Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 

I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
Fink - could somebody please approve these?

Thanks,

Rainer


 Jürgen

-- 
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, 
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel :   +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell:   +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax :   +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.


The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
These tools are part of it.

Stephan

 
 Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 
 
 I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
 Fink - could somebody please approve these?
 
 Thanks,

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:

 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.


 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.

Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

Maybe this should be made clearer?

Rainer


 Stephan

 
 Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 
 
 I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
 Fink - could somebody please approve these?
 
 Thanks,


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Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-29 10:09 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

 Maybe this should be made clearer?


I think it is as clear as it gets. The wiki states that those tools are
included in any common TeX distribution (be it TeXLive, MikTeX or MacTeX),
but might need to be installed via the package manager in some cases. This
applies to all OSes likewise.

Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:

 2014-04-29 10:09 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

 Maybe this should be made clearer?


 I think it is as clear as it gets. The wiki states that those tools are
 included in any common TeX distribution (be it TeXLive, MikTeX or MacTeX),
 but might need to be installed via the package manager in some cases. This
 applies to all OSes likewise.

I just added some extra lines and replaced All other packages with the
names of the packages missing, so it should be clearer now.

Rainer


 Jürgen

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.
 
 
 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.
 
 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
 
 Maybe this should be made clearer?

Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.

When is it needed?

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:

 Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.
 
 
 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.
 
 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
 
 Maybe this should be made clearer?

 Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.

 When is it needed?

Can't help you there...

Rainer


 Stephan

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 11:03 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:

 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net writes:
 
 Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug rai...@krugs.de:
 
 Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org writes:
 
 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
 
 Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
 Mac.
 
 
 The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
 These tools are part of it.
 
 Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
 edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
 
 Maybe this should be made clearer?
 
 Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.
 
 When is it needed?
 
 Can't help you there…

Ok, I've verified it myself.

IMHO, it's not needed anymore.

The preview consists of two scripts: lyxpreview2bitmap.py and 
legacy_lyxpreview2ppm.py.
The first one imports legacy_conversion_step1 (the latex conversion) from the 
second one.
The pnmcrop is part of legacy_conversion_step3 and not used.

If I'm not wrong, the wiki is outdated here.

I'll correct this, if nobody objects.

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

> ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
>

Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
Mac.

Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Jürgen Spitzmüller  writes:

> 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
>
>> ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
>> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
>>
>
> Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
> Mac.

Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 

I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
Fink - could somebody please approve these?

Thanks,

Rainer

>
> Jürgen

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug :

> Jürgen Spitzmüller  writes:
> 
>> 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
>> 
>>> ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
>>> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
>>> 
>> 
>> Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
>> Mac.


The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
These tools are part of it.

Stephan

> 
> Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 
> 
> I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
> Fink - could somebody please approve these?
> 
> Thanks,

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Stephan Witt  writes:

> Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug :
>
>> Jürgen Spitzmüller  writes:
>> 
>>> 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
>>> 
 ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
 
>>> 
>>> Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
>>> Mac.
>
>
> The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
> These tools are part of it.

Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.

Maybe this should be made clearer?

Rainer

>
> Stephan
>
>> 
>> Didn't realize I was missing netpbm... 
>> 
>> I added installation infos for Mac for netpbm and added links to homebrew and
>> Fink - could somebody please approve these?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>

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Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-29 10:09 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug :

> Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
> edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
>
> Maybe this should be made clearer?
>

I think it is as clear as it gets. The wiki states that those tools are
included in any common TeX distribution (be it TeXLive, MikTeX or MacTeX),
but might need to be installed via the package manager in some cases. This
applies to all OSes likewise.

Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Jürgen Spitzmüller  writes:

> 2014-04-29 10:09 GMT+02:00 Rainer M Krug :
>
>> Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
>> edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
>>
>> Maybe this should be made clearer?
>>
>
> I think it is as clear as it gets. The wiki states that those tools are
> included in any common TeX distribution (be it TeXLive, MikTeX or MacTeX),
> but might need to be installed via the package manager in some cases. This
> applies to all OSes likewise.

I just added some extra lines and replaced "All other packages" with the
names of the packages missing, so it should be clearer now.

Rainer

>
> Jürgen

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:

> Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> writes:
> 
>> Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:
>> 
>>> Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> writes:
>>> 
>>>> 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
>>>> 
>>>>> ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
>>>>> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
>>>> Mac.
>> 
>> 
>> The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
>> These tools are part of it.
> 
> Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
> edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
> 
> Maybe this should be made clearer?

Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.

When is it needed?

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Rainer M Krug]

Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> writes:

> Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:
>
>> Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> writes:
>> 
>>> Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:
>>> 
>>>> Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
>>>>>> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
>>>>> Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
>>> These tools are part of it.
>> 
>> Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
>> edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
>> 
>> Maybe this should be made clearer?
>
> Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.
>
> When is it needed?

Can't help you there...

Rainer

>
> Stephan

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Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 29.04.2014 um 11:03 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:

> Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> writes:
> 
>> Am 29.04.2014 um 10:09 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:
>> 
>>> Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Am 29.04.2014 um 09:43 schrieb Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de>:
>>>> 
>>>>> Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2014-04-29 4:40 GMT+02:00 asllearner:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page (
>>>>>>> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks. I did some editing, since these tools are not only needed on the
>>>>>> Mac.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The recommended package for Mac users is MacTeX.
>>>> These tools are part of it.
>>> 
>>> Not netpbm - I have MacTeX installed but pnmcrop was not there. And my
>>> edit only refers to the netpbm package and not the others.
>>> 
>>> Maybe this should be made clearer?
>> 
>> Ok, but I don't have pnmcrop installed and instant preview works.
>> 
>> When is it needed?
> 
> Can't help you there…

Ok, I've verified it myself.

IMHO, it's not needed anymore.

The preview consists of two scripts: lyxpreview2bitmap.py and 
legacy_lyxpreview2ppm.py.
The first one imports legacy_conversion_step1 (the latex conversion) from the 
second one.
The pnmcrop is part of legacy_conversion_step3 and not used.

If I'm not wrong, the wiki is outdated here.

I'll correct this, if nobody objects.

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.04.2014 um 00:47 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com:

 Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:
 
 
 Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.kyoto at
 spamgourmet.com:
 
 I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
 
 I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
 graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
 Is there something else I should do?
 
 What do you expect? What is not working?
 
 Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.
 
 Stephan
 
 
 Well, I am not sure what I should expect. When I type math or insert a child
 document and so on, it appears as blue text, not as typeset text, even if I
 insert content into a preview. I thought it would let me see nicely output
 math...It doesn't seem to do anything.

This is how it works for me, do you see something different?

1. Inside the math editor - no preview


2. Outside the math editor - with preview


3. Preview of current tex code


Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.04.2014 um 16:56 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com:

 On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:13:57 +0900, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 This is how it works for me, do you see something different?
 
 1. Inside the math editor - no preview
 
 
 2. Outside the math editor - with preview
 
 
 3. Preview of current tex code
 
 
 Stephan
 
 I can do that too:
 
 see attached screenshotsScreen shot 2014-04-28 at 11.14.29 PM.pngScreen 
 shot 2014-04-28 at 10.39.31 PM.png

I see. Please,
1. check your preferences: is preview for math enabled?
2. try something simpler: perhaps it's a problem with your formula?
3. send your lyx file as minimal example to the list?

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-28 18:39 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

 proof preview.sty is installed

 some contents of temp folder:
 -log file
 -dependency .dep file

 anything else?


The following two programs are also needed:
* dvipng
* dv2dt

(both should be available via your TeX distribution)

HTH
Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[asllearner]

The following two programs are also needed:
* dvipng
* dv2dt

(both should be available via your TeX distribution)

HTH
Jürgen


dvipng found. search for dv2dt revealed it is part of dtl package.  
installed.

reconfigured lyx.
ran.
 SUCCESS!!!

Thanks.

ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page  
(http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.



--
:-)

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.04.2014 um 00:47 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com:

 Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:
 
 
 Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.kyoto at
 spamgourmet.com:
 
 I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
 
 I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
 graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
 Is there something else I should do?
 
 What do you expect? What is not working?
 
 Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.
 
 Stephan
 
 
 Well, I am not sure what I should expect. When I type math or insert a child
 document and so on, it appears as blue text, not as typeset text, even if I
 insert content into a preview. I thought it would let me see nicely output
 math...It doesn't seem to do anything.

This is how it works for me, do you see something different?

1. Inside the math editor - no preview


2. Outside the math editor - with preview


3. Preview of current tex code


Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.04.2014 um 16:56 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com:

 On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:13:57 +0900, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 This is how it works for me, do you see something different?
 
 1. Inside the math editor - no preview
 
 
 2. Outside the math editor - with preview
 
 
 3. Preview of current tex code
 
 
 Stephan
 
 I can do that too:
 
 see attached screenshotsScreen shot 2014-04-28 at 11.14.29 PM.pngScreen 
 shot 2014-04-28 at 10.39.31 PM.png

I see. Please,
1. check your preferences: is preview for math enabled?
2. try something simpler: perhaps it's a problem with your formula?
3. send your lyx file as minimal example to the list?

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-28 18:39 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

 proof preview.sty is installed

 some contents of temp folder:
 -log file
 -dependency .dep file

 anything else?


The following two programs are also needed:
* dvipng
* dv2dt

(both should be available via your TeX distribution)

HTH
Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[asllearner]

The following two programs are also needed:
* dvipng
* dv2dt

(both should be available via your TeX distribution)

HTH
Jürgen


dvipng found. search for dv2dt revealed it is part of dtl package.  
installed.

reconfigured lyx.
ran.
 SUCCESS!!!

Thanks.

ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page  
(http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.



--
:-)

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.04.2014 um 00:47 schrieb asllearner <gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com>:

> Stephan Witt  gmx.net> writes:
> 
>> 
>> Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner 
> spamgourmet.com>:
>> 
>>> I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
>>> 
>>> I have installed the "preview" package via the tex live utility, turned
>>> graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
>>> Is there something else I should do?
>> 
>> What do you expect? What is not working?
>> 
>> Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.
>> 
>> Stephan
>> 
> 
> Well, I am not sure what I should expect. When I type math or insert a child
> document and so on, it appears as blue text, not as typeset text, even if I
> insert content into a preview. I thought it would let me see nicely output
> math...It doesn't seem to do anything.

This is how it works for me, do you see something different?

1. Inside the math editor - no preview


2. Outside the math editor - with preview


3. Preview of current tex code


Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 28.04.2014 um 16:56 schrieb asllearner :

> On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:13:57 +0900, Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
>> This is how it works for me, do you see something different?
>> 
>> 1. Inside the math editor - no preview
>> 
>> 
>> 2. Outside the math editor - with preview
>> 
>> 
>> 3. Preview of current tex code
>> 
>> 
>> Stephan
> 
> I can do that too:
> 
> see attached screenshots shot 2014-04-28 at 10.39.31 PM.png>

I see. Please,
1. check your preferences: is preview for math enabled?
2. try something simpler: perhaps it's a problem with your formula?
3. send your lyx file as minimal example to the list?

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-28 18:39 GMT+02:00 asllearner:

> proof preview.sty is installed
>
> some contents of temp folder:
> -log file
> -dependency .dep file
>
> anything else?
>

The following two programs are also needed:
* dvipng
* dv2dt

(both should be available via your TeX distribution)

HTH
Jürgen

Re: Instant Preview

[asllearner]

The following two programs are also needed:
* dvipng
* dv2dt

(both should be available via your TeX distribution)

HTH
Jürgen


dvipng found. search for dv2dt revealed it is part of dtl package.  
installed.

reconfigured lyx.
ran.
 SUCCESS!!!

Thanks.

ps I updated lyx wiki instant update page  
(http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview) to reflect this.



--
:-)

Instant Preview

[asllearner]

I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1

I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
Is there something else I should do?

thx

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com:

 I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
 
 I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
 graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
 Is there something else I should do?

What do you expect? What is not working?

Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[asllearner]

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:

 
 Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.kyoto at
spamgourmet.com:
 
  I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
  
  I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
  graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
  Is there something else I should do?
 
 What do you expect? What is not working?
 
 Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.
 
 Stephan
 

Well, I am not sure what I should expect. When I type math or insert a child
document and so on, it appears as blue text, not as typeset text, even if I
insert content into a preview. I thought it would let me see nicely output
math...It doesn't seem to do anything.

Instant Preview

[asllearner]

I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1

I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
Is there something else I should do?

thx

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com:

 I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
 
 I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
 graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
 Is there something else I should do?

What do you expect? What is not working?

Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[asllearner]

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net writes:

 
 Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner gmane.99.kyoto at
spamgourmet.com:
 
  I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
  
  I have installed the preview package via the tex live utility, turned
  graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
  Is there something else I should do?
 
 What do you expect? What is not working?
 
 Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.
 
 Stephan
 

Well, I am not sure what I should expect. When I type math or insert a child
document and so on, it appears as blue text, not as typeset text, even if I
insert content into a preview. I thought it would let me see nicely output
math...It doesn't seem to do anything.

Instant Preview

[asllearner]

I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1

I have installed the "preview" package via the tex live utility, turned
graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
Is there something else I should do?

thx

Re: Instant Preview

[Stephan Witt]

Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner <gmane.99.ky...@spamgourmet.com>:

> I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
> 
> I have installed the "preview" package via the tex live utility, turned
> graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
> Is there something else I should do?

What do you expect? What is not working?

Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.

Stephan

Re: Instant Preview

[asllearner]

Stephan Witt  gmx.net> writes:

> 
> Am 27.04.2014 um 17:51 schrieb asllearner 
spamgourmet.com>:
> 
> > I can't seem to get instant preview working on a mac 10.6.8 with LyX 2.0.7.1
> > 
> > I have installed the "preview" package via the tex live utility, turned
> > graphics/instant preview on in the preferences pane, and reconfigured LyX.
> > Is there something else I should do?
> 
> What do you expect? What is not working?
> 
> Instant preview is useful for e.g. math formulas or external material.
> 
> Stephan
> 

Well, I am not sure what I should expect. When I type math or insert a child
document and so on, it appears as blue text, not as typeset text, even if I
insert content into a preview. I thought it would let me see nicely output
math...It doesn't seem to do anything.

Instant preview with TeXLive 2012 (final)

[Rudi Gaelzer]

For those of you using Fedora TeXLive 2012, which has been recently
updated  to the final revision:
http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-June/000505.html

Since this last revision, instant preview did not work any longer.  I
guess the reason is that there is no longer a texlive-preview package
available, which provides the style preview.sty.  AFAIK, this style
file is needed to enable instant preview.

I just wanted someone to confirm that this is indeed the case, and if
there is another alternative, apart from waiting for the preview
package to come back to the fedora texlive repository.

Thanks.
-- 
Rudi Gaelzer
Department of Physics
Institute of Physics and Mathematics
Federal University of Pelotas
BRAZIL
Registered linux user # 153741

Re: Instant preview with TeXLive 2012 (final)

[Rudi Gaelzer]

Ok. I've just found out that the tex-preview rpm is being distributed
now by the official
fedora repository.  I installed it and got a partial success, since the
equations are being rendered again, except for the numbered ones.  I don't
know the reason why.


On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Rudi Gaelzer rgael...@gmail.com wrote:
 For those of you using Fedora TeXLive 2012, which has been recently
 updated  to the final revision:
 http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-June/000505.html

 Since this last revision, instant preview did not work any longer.  I
 guess the reason is that there is no longer a texlive-preview package
 available, which provides the style preview.sty.  AFAIK, this style
 file is needed to enable instant preview.

 I just wanted someone to confirm that this is indeed the case, and if
 there is another alternative, apart from waiting for the preview
 package to come back to the fedora texlive repository.

 Thanks.
 --
 Rudi Gaelzer
 Department of Physics
 Institute of Physics and Mathematics
 Federal University of Pelotas
 BRAZIL
 Registered linux user # 153741

Instant preview with TeXLive 2012 (final)

[Rudi Gaelzer]

For those of you using Fedora TeXLive 2012, which has been recently
updated  to the final revision:
http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-June/000505.html

Since this last revision, instant preview did not work any longer.  I
guess the reason is that there is no longer a texlive-preview package
available, which provides the style preview.sty.  AFAIK, this style
file is needed to enable instant preview.

I just wanted someone to confirm that this is indeed the case, and if
there is another alternative, apart from waiting for the preview
package to come back to the fedora texlive repository.

Thanks.
-- 
Rudi Gaelzer
Department of Physics
Institute of Physics and Mathematics
Federal University of Pelotas
BRAZIL
Registered linux user # 153741

Re: Instant preview with TeXLive 2012 (final)

[Rudi Gaelzer]

Ok. I've just found out that the tex-preview rpm is being distributed
now by the official
fedora repository.  I installed it and got a partial success, since the
equations are being rendered again, except for the numbered ones.  I don't
know the reason why.


On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Rudi Gaelzer rgael...@gmail.com wrote:
 For those of you using Fedora TeXLive 2012, which has been recently
 updated  to the final revision:
 http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-June/000505.html

 Since this last revision, instant preview did not work any longer.  I
 guess the reason is that there is no longer a texlive-preview package
 available, which provides the style preview.sty.  AFAIK, this style
 file is needed to enable instant preview.

 I just wanted someone to confirm that this is indeed the case, and if
 there is another alternative, apart from waiting for the preview
 package to come back to the fedora texlive repository.

 Thanks.
 --
 Rudi Gaelzer
 Department of Physics
 Institute of Physics and Mathematics
 Federal University of Pelotas
 BRAZIL
 Registered linux user # 153741

Instant preview with TeXLive 2012 (final)

[Rudi Gaelzer]

For those of you using Fedora TeXLive 2012, which has been recently
updated  to the final revision:
http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-June/000505.html

Since this last revision, instant preview did not work any longer.  I
guess the reason is that there is no longer a texlive-preview package
available, which provides the style preview.sty.  AFAIK, this style
file is needed to enable instant preview.

I just wanted someone to confirm that this is indeed the case, and if
there is another alternative, apart from waiting for the preview
package to come back to the fedora texlive repository.

Thanks.
-- 
Rudi Gaelzer
Department of Physics
Institute of Physics and Mathematics
Federal University of Pelotas
BRAZIL
Registered linux user # 153741

Re: Instant preview with TeXLive 2012 (final)

[Rudi Gaelzer]

Ok. I've just found out that the tex-preview rpm is being distributed
now by the official
fedora repository.  I installed it and got a partial success, since the
equations are being rendered again, except for the numbered ones.  I don't
know the reason why.


On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Rudi Gaelzer <rgael...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For those of you using Fedora TeXLive 2012, which has been recently
> updated  to the final revision:
> http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-June/000505.html
>
> Since this last revision, instant preview did not work any longer.  I
> guess the reason is that there is no longer a texlive-preview package
> available, which provides the style preview.sty.  AFAIK, this style
> file is needed to enable instant preview.
>
> I just wanted someone to confirm that this is indeed the case, and if
> there is another alternative, apart from waiting for the preview
> package to come back to the fedora texlive repository.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Rudi Gaelzer
> Department of Physics
> Institute of Physics and Mathematics
> Federal University of Pelotas
> BRAZIL
> Registered linux user # 153741

Re: PDF handling in Instant Preview

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2012, 21:34:31 schrieb Rudi Gaelzer:
 How does LyX handle pdf files to show them with Instant Preview?
 
 In Preferences - File Handling - File Formats, any PDF option uses
 xdg-open as viewer, which in my case is Okular (using KDE here).
 
 However, when Instant Preview is going to display a pdf image for the
 first time, it apparently uses gs (ghostscript) to convert the PDF to
 EPS first.  On itself, this is no big deal, but the problem is that for
 some reason gs takes a long time converting the image, and when I have
 a text with a lot of figures, it can be quite a PITA.
 
 Is there any alternative for me in this case?

Use draft and run the pdf conversion with figures before a coffee break

Wolfgang