Re: [AUCTeX] Preview problems when using a certain document class

[David Kastrup]

Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:

> Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> I just changed document class to lipics (class files at
>>> http://drops.dagstuhl.de/styles/lipics/lipics-authors.tgz) which is
>>> used for various conference proceedings, i.e.
>>>
>>> \documentclass[a4paper,UKenglish]{lipics}
>>
>> Do you have a small sample file for testing?
>
> No need, I made one myself.  So with this minimal doc
>
> \documentclass[a4paper,UKenglish]{lipics}
> \begin{document}
>
> \section{Intro}
>
> $$ \alpha + \beta $$
> \(\beta + \alpha = \rho\)
> \[\alpha * \beta = \theta\]
>
> \end{document}

Please avoid using $$ in LaTeX documents.  It is not a supported
construct.

> I get the preview shown in the attached screenshot.  That looks like
> its supposed to look.
>
> What auctex version are you using?  I'm running the current git
> version, but there haven't been any changes to preview recently, so
> 11.87 should be as good.

My guess is that probably the arms race with Ghostscript might be
involved again as Ghostscript makes it a habit of breaking image
generation every few versions.

That's why it is a good idea to use

M-x preview-report-bug RET

in a LaTeX buffer with failed previews: relevant error messages and
Ghostscript versions might get reported.

-- 
David Kastrup