Re: [PATCH v3] Inline image display as part of a new org-link-preview system

[Karthik Chikmagalur]

> Hmm... Not sure. I feel that we are going too far.
> Maybe we should use org-pending
> <https://list.orgmode.org/65df0895.df0a0220.a68c8.0966@mx.google.com/>
> after it is finalized.

Interesting, I didn't know about org-pending.  At first I thought this
would overlap with the org-async, the process executor used for LaTeX
previews, but it looks like this is for locking buffer regions and
orthogonal to the source of the async changes.

This is an aside, but do you think it makes sense to merge org-async
before LaTeX previews (i.e. now), so that we can get feedback on its
design?

> For now, my idea is to generalize the asynchronous handling - instead of
> doing it within individual preview functions, assume that preview
> functions are synchronous, but run them in chunks.
>
> If a preview function is not synchronous, it should take care about
> managing the passed overlay by itself.

Yes, this is what I suggested.  Even chunking and running the
preview-funcs on an idle-timer seems like overengineering to me, but I
defer to your experience here.  I'll update the patch soon.

Karthik