preview-latex: What use is it?
1.1 What use is it?
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WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) sometimes is considered all the
rage, sometimes frowned upon. Do we really want it? Wrong question.
The right question is _what_ we want from it. Except when finetuning
the layout, we don't want to use printer fonts for on-screen text
editing. The low resolution and contrast of a computer screen render
all but the coarsest printer fonts (those for low-quality newsprint)
unappealing, and the margins and pagination of the print are not wanted
on the screen, either. On the other hand, more complex visual
compositions like math formulas and tables can't easily be taken in when
seen only in the source. preview-latex strikes a balance: it only uses
graphic renditions of the output for certain, configurable constructs,
does this only when told, and then right in the source code. Switching
back and forth between the source and preview is easy and natural and
can be done for each image independently. Behind the scenes of
preview-latex, a sophisticated framework of other programs like
'dvipng', Dvips and Ghostscript are employed together with a special
LaTeX style file for extracting the material of interest in the
background and providing fast interactive response.
Info Catalog
preview-latex: Introduction
preview-latex: Introduction
preview-latex: Activating preview-latex