Re: [AUCTeX] preview \cite

[emacs user]

thanks for the response.  I get a question mark with this example too.
 here is the latex version, I am using mac os X snow leopard.  problem
occurs with gnu emacs 23.2 as well.  it does not go away when I turn
off pdf mode.  anything else I can do to help diagnose this?  best, E

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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> wrote:
> * emacs user (2011-01-13) writes:
>
>> Hi all, I am trying to have \cite commands be previewed, so I can see
>> the actual reference.  I put in the preamble of the latex file
>>
>> \usepackage[sections,displaymath,textmath,graphics,floats]{preview}
>> \PreviewMacro[!]{\cite}
>>
>> and then I have ... \cite{myauthor}
>>
>> previewing this in gnu emacs (24.0.50), I get a question mark instead
>> of the reference.  c-c c-l shows that latex complains about the
>> reference being undefined.  I tried to run bibtex before doing the
>> preview, doesn't help.   The reference comes out fine in the pdf file
>> produced by latex.
>>
>> any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong?
>
> FWIW, the following example is running fine with a development Emacs on
> GNU/Linux with TeX Live 2009:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \begin{filecontents}{test.bib}
> @Book{jones:99,
>  author       = {Jones, Steve},
>  title        = {My Life So Far},
>  publisher    = {ACME, Inc.},
>  year         = 1999
> }
> \end{filecontents}
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[sections,displaymath,textmath,graphics,floats]{preview}
> \PreviewMacro[!]{\cite}
> \begin{document}
> foo\cite{jones:99} bar
> \bibliographystyle{plain}
> \bibliography{test}
> \end{document}
>
> %%% Local Variables:
> %%% mode: latex
> %%% TeX-master: t
> %%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
> %%% End:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The only problem I encountered was that the source for the preview is
> not opened when point is moved over it.  This could be a regression in
> Emacs.
>
> With respect to your problem, does it work if you disable TeX PDF mode?
> Or asked another way: What's your Ghostscript version?
>
> --
> Ralf
>