Re: TeX-macro-global/--with-tex-input-dirs

* David Kastrup (2005-01-15) writes:

> Ralf Angeli <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> I like the idea that one does not have to put a
>> "\usepackage{preview}" into the document.
>
> Bing, your wish has been granted.  This is now done via
> preview-default-preamble.
>
>> What would be needed in addition would be a way to specify the
>> different options preview.sty provides.
>
> Bing, your wish has been granted.  preview-default-option-list exists
> now.
>
>> What could make trouble is stuff like \PreviewMacro if the file is
>> compiled outside of Emacs.
>
> Bing, your wish has been granted.  Put stuff like that into
> prauctex.def in the way the documentation recommends.

You better name the chapter where this is described "Convenience
options" instead of "For advanced users".  I've never considered
myself an advanced user of preview-latex. (c;

> Looks like it is high time preview-latex get integrated into AUCTeX so
> that people take a look at it some time or other...
>
> But we'll still have to stuff preview.sty and its friends somewhere.

But with the mechanisms you mentioned it seems to be possible to make
the use of preview-latex totally transparent (with preview.sty inside
an AUCTeX directory).  Once preview-latex gets activated, AUCTeX takes
care of its integration.  And if people need it outside of Emacs, one
could tell them how to alter their TEXINPUTS or where to copy
preview.sty into the texmf tree.  But I guess, I am not telling
anything new here.

-- 
Ralf