Re: doc-view.el --- View PDF/PostScript/DVI files in Emacs

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Nevertheless, now doc-view.el can display pages as soon as they're
>> available, so users can start viewing nearly immediately even if the
>> file is not in the cache.
>
> I think this is very much good enough for now.  I don't want to wait
> for integration with preview.el before integrating it into Emacs.

Oh, I was not suggesting integration with preview.el: preview.el is
very much specialized to LaTeX.  I was just suggesting to pick
preview.el for ideas and code fragments.  For example, the Ghostscript
queue management and the display prioritization would seem like good
candidates for stealing: their design and coding took quite a bit of
time.

> I do see integration of (some subpart of) the two as a desirable
> goal, but that can also be done from within the Emacs repository,

It sounds to me like Tassilo addressed some performance/usability
issues already: whether by actually using preview-latex code or by
imitating it or by coopetition: the result is something more useful to
the end user.

But I agree that this can be done from within Emacs CVS as well.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum