bug#40778: 12.2.0; Previewing floats with H option with float and caption package

[Arash Esbati]

Ikumi Keita <ikumi@ikumi.que.jp> writes:

> Hi Anatole,
>
>>>>>> Anatole Dahan via bug-auctex via Bug reporting list for AUCTeX 
>>>>>> <bug-auctex@gnu.org> writes:
>> Hello,
>> I have been experiencing issues with preview, together with caption.sty and 
>> float.sty.
>
> I can only state an observation, not a resolution. Sorry for that.
>
> There are a pair of
>> ./bug_minimal.tex:13: Preview: Snippet 1 started.
> and
>> ./bug_minimal.tex:15: Preview: Snippet 1 ended.(582542+0x22609920).
> whereas Snippet 2 has only
>> ./bug_minimal.tex:19: Preview: Snippet 2 ended.(582542+0x22609920).
> in the given log.
>
> It seems that the mechanism of preview-latex conflicts with caption.sty
> and float.sty. Although preview-latex has some work arounds for
> conflicts with other packages, I guess they simply don't work when both
> caption.sty and float.sty are present.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

I don't think we will be able to fix this issue, unfortunately.
Therefore I'm closing this report as "wontfix".  We can reopen it if a
solution is available.

Best, Arash