Re: 2022-05-30; previews not using face color with xetex engine

[jfbu]

Le 13/06/2022 à 22:14, jfbu a écrit :
> Le 13/06/2022 à 11:05, jfbu a écrit :
> > Hi, in trying this
> >
> > ----
> > \documentclass{article}
> > \begin{document}
> >
> > test $\alpha + \beta$.  %% preview should appear here.
> >
> > \end{document}
> >
> > % Local Variables:
> > % TeX-engine: xetex
> > % End:
> > ----
> >
> > and on generating previews the color for the preview
> > is black which shows badly on a dark theme
> >
> > With the default TeX engine, the color of the preview
> > obeys it seems the main face color
> >
> > as shown in attached screenshots
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Jean-François
>
> Strangely (to me) whether with TeX-engine set to xetex, luatex, or default, the 
> same command is invoked
> (apart from name of tmp repertory)


well, I am simply dumb.  Obviously what differs is the input file. For the 
default (pdflatex) it must be some dvi, for xetex I don't know if xdv or 
perhaps pdf, for luatex I don't know if dvi or pdf.  Sorry for noise but I 
simply register this, as I don't have the time to investigate the issue.

> Running `Preview-Ghostscript' with ``/Library/TeX/texbin/rungs 
> -sOutputFile\=aucxetex.prv/tmpAAVPBX/pr1-\%d.png -q -dDELAYSAFER -dNOPAUSE 
> -DNOPLATFONTS -dPrinted -dTextAlphaBits\=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits\=4 
> -sDEVICE\=png16m -r240.615x252.2 -dDELAYBIND''
>
> My gs version is 9.54
>
> $ gs --version
> 9.54.0
>
> xetex/luatex display the problem I mentioned but not default (which has "compile 
> directly to PDF")
>
> which I also get from M-! then gs --version
>
> Best,
>
> Jean-François