The main purpose of the {preview} package is the extraction of selected elements from a LaTeX source, like formulas or graphics, into separate pages of a DVI file.
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Sluggish cursor movement in emacs LaTeX-mode
I'm editing a large (around 50k words) tex file in Emacs using AUCTeX and cursor movement is quite sluggish, especially when jumping by word. This isn't a problem in any other mode.
Edit: I did some ...
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Is there a TeX/LaTeX editor that can show results in real-time? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the fastest way to preview changes as I learn TeX?
This is my first post to TeX. I have taken it upon myself to learn how to type math formulations via LaTeX, ...
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Issues with Kile live preview while running on windows
I recently downloaded Kile 2.1 via the KDEwin installer. The editor runs flawlessly, except for the live preview.
In the log and messages i get an error message saying:
[Kile] Unknown tool ...
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How can I keep browsing my pdf with synctex at the same time as LaTeX is rebuilding it?
As discussed here pdflatex preview problem: white pdf pages with only hyperref-rectangles visible during compile? when working on my dissertation which takes a long time to compile (even when ...
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pdflatex preview problem: white pdf pages with only hyperref-rectangles visible during compile?
I'm having a problem, which breaks my workflow (as I'm working on a very large document, where a full latexmk run may take 10 minutes and even compiling the chapters I'm currently working on with ...
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Problem getting preview to work in Auctex on Windows 7
I'm trying to get preview of math formulas to work in AUCTeX. When running M-x preview-buffer on simple test document I get the following error:
Preview-DviPS finished at Wed Dec 28 00:53:14
DviPS ...
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How can I see what am I writing in a TeX editor? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any way to get real-time compilation for LaTeX?
What's the fastest way to preview changes as I learn TeX?
I am new member on math.stackexchange.com and I ...
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Getting a live preview of TeX (on Windows) - for just a small snippet of code?
I wish to have a quickly updating work area so to be able to learn my LaTeX faster.
From reviewing the answers on tex.stackexchange, and from going through the list of TeX editors on Wikipedia - I ...
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LaTeX editor with live preview for Windows and RTL language support?
Looking for a LaTeX editor for Windows with the following features:
Live preview. (Inherited live preview, not something achievable if you do some tricks.)
RTL language support. (Hebrew for example)
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'Standalone' TikZ pictures
I want to create a TikZ picture in an external PDF file, which then can be included in my main document via \includegraphics.
However, compiling a document with a TikZ picture in it produces a whole ...
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Figure preview wrapper
How do I best preview my figures?
I have one file with this:
\begin{figure}
\begin{tikzpicture} %if tikz
...
\end{tikzpicture}
\includegraphics{...} %if eps
\caption{...}
\label{fig:..}
...
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Emacs + Auctex, Latex environment
I'm writing a document in LaTeX. The document is divided in .tex documents and compiled using a Makefile.
My question is, could I see the dvi/PDF for the section of the document that I'm already ...
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preview-latex does not function
Preview-latex installs, but doesn't actually preview. When I generate the preview from the source, all I see is... the source. For example, the math equations are highlighted, but not rendered.
Some ...
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tikzpicture blank in preview
Using preview-latex to preview the tikzpicture environment shows either a blank rectangle in pdf mode or simply produces no preview file in ps mode.
I am using aquamacs 23.3a, using auctex and gs ...
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preview-latex in emacs auctex: empty boxes?
I originally posted this question directly on the Auctex mailing list but did not receive a response. I'll hopefully get more luck on the TeX Exchange.
I was recently reminded by
this
post regarding ...
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How to autonomously preview result on TeXMaker while I am typing characters?
Now I have to use the key F1 to get the pdf output.
I want to type the code of LaTeX and TeXMaker compile autonomously for me to see the output.
How to do that?
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Package “preview” + parskip?
Using the "preview"-package, I want to put several paragraphs into one preview-environment. This works; however, any parskip-setting seems to be ignored.
\documentclass{minimal}
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AUCTeX region preview in Emacs
I've installed AUCTeX and passed the circ.tex preview, however, when I'm trying to add more elements (enumerate, tabular) to preview with \PreviewEnvironment{..} in the preamble, AUCTeX ignores these ...
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Is it possibile to report the baseline of a dvipng converted image without using preview-latex?
I'm compiling .tex with pdftex and to align some PNG images created with dvipng (I love it's speed), I need to use the --depth value from this utility. But as I can read, correct values are output ...
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What kind of “magic” does preview package do to produce a tight paper size?
Actually the following method, that looks like reinventing the wheel, has been discarded once I have known the existence of preview package.
% WithoutPreview.tex
\documentclass{article}
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How to use preview and animate packages together?
I'm used to prepare tikz graphics with preview or standalone packages to crop them. Now I've started to experiment with animations and wanted to do the same. My first test was with Alexander Grahn's ...
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Ghostscript questions [related: preview package to print standalone PDFs]
Using the preview package to generate individual PDFs of images within your document has been covered, for example, in this thread. However, I am trying to understand how you can use Ghostscript to ...
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Live tex compilation
Tools like firebug allow a developer to immediately view the results of changes they make to the HTML of a webpage. Has anyone taken a similar strategy with LaTeX, so that an entire compile cycle is ...
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vim, PDF -XChange, pdflatex, TeX Live 2010, windows xp, (pdfsync)
Hope I didn't forget any. These are the packages I want to use on my computer for typesetting pdf files. Up to date I'm using vim (without any plugin but integrated syntax highlighting for .tex files) ...
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Transparency in tikz, preview package and xelatex
Is it possible to have transparency in a tikz picture while using the preview package and compiling with xelatex?
The following mwe compiles without warnings/errors under both xelatex and pdflatex ...
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How to preview LaTeX in Emacs?
I want a similar layout as in SO, I use it currently as my editor but I would like to find such tool under my fingers. I am more vi-prone so having hard time to get preview-latex working with emacs. I ...
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Does tikz 2.1 no longer work with the preview package?
I used to be able to create png images of diagrams made with tikz code by using the preview package and printing the dvi output from dvips to a png file using ghostscript. The latest version of tikz ...
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What's the fastest way to preview changes as I learn TeX?
So I am learning LaTeX and I find it slow to test changes. So I'd edit the .tex file, then go to command line, and run pdflatex, wait for it to complete, and then open total commander, and then open ...
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Can pdf thumbnail previews in file explorer be influenced?
Some pdf files have a nice preview thumbnail in Windows (7) Explorer, e.g. those produced by my the software of my scanner:
For my LaTeX files produced with pdfTeX, however, it just shows the ...
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Crop equations with preview package
Is it possible to avoid left space from equations previewed with preview package?
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[active,tightpage,displaymath]{preview}
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