Re: [Pre-PATCH] Overhaul of the LaTeX preview system

[Ruijie Yu]

Timothy <orgmode@tec.tecosaur.net> writes:

> Hi Ihor,
>
>>> As a result of this issue (plus other issues with xelatex), I’m
>>> considering adding an option to specify different LaTeX compilers for
>>> previews and exports, with the default option continuing to be
>>> the value of `org-latex-compiler’.
>>
>> I am not sure if it is a good idea.
>> I can easily see Lualatex-specific preamble simply failing to work on
>> Latex. Or things being rendered wrongly.
>>
>> One option could be trying pdflatex first and falling back to the
>> default compiler on failure. But only as non-default option.
>
> To be clear, the default will be “use the same preview compiler as document
> compiler”, but the hassles we’re currently experiencing with XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX
> make us think it could be worth adding an override option.

Since we had been talking only about LuaLaTeX being slow, can we also
establish whether XeLaTeX is slow?  I don't think we have confirmed this
yet.  Thanks.

> All the best,
> Timothy


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Best,


RY