preview-latex-mode: crop corrupts images

preview-latex-mode: crop corrupts images

[Felix E. Klee]

Hi,

if I have
     \usepackage[a4,frame,center]{crop}
in the preamble of a LaTeX document, then the images generated by
preview-latex-mode become corrupted (probably because crop centers the
documents page on an a4 page). What can I do in order to avoid this
problem (other than commenting out the above command)?

BTW, I'm using preview-latex-mode 0.7.8 and, aside from the problem with
crop, I love it.

Felix

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Re: preview-latex-mode: crop corrupts images

[David Kastrup]

"Felix E. Klee" <felix.klee.news@gmx.net> writes:

> if I have
>      \usepackage[a4,frame,center]{crop}
> in the preamble of a LaTeX document, then the images generated by
> preview-latex-mode become corrupted (probably because crop centers the
> documents page on an a4 page). What can I do in order to avoid this
> problem (other than commenting out the above command)?
> 
> BTW, I'm using preview-latex-mode 0.7.8 and, aside from the problem
> with crop, I love it.

Bug reporting instructions are liberally scattered all over the
documentation and there is even a bug report menu.  Why you would
want to report a problem of an add-on package to gnu.emacs.help
probably remains your secret.

crop.sty is not supposed to confuse preview.sty, so you might
consider filing a proper bug report according to the instructions
giving a small complete example.

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Re: preview-latex-mode: crop corrupts images

[Felix E. Klee]

On 12 Jan 2004 22:31:36 +0100 David Kastrup wrote:
> Bug reporting instructions are liberally scattered all over the
> documentation and there is even a bug report menu.  Why you would
> want to report a problem of an add-on package to gnu.emacs.help
> probably remains your secret.

Because,
1. I wasn't sure that it is a bug and I was hoping for an easy
   workaround (e.g. a possibility to tell preview-latex to ignore the
   crop package).
2. I wanted to avoid the hassle of subscribing to preview-latex-devel
   which, I guess, is the most appropriate group.
3. I know that you read this group. ;)

> crop.sty is not supposed to confuse preview.sty, so you might
> consider filing a proper bug report according to the instructions
> giving a small complete example.

I will, unless the problem goes away e.g after installing a new version
of preview-latex.

Felix

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Re: preview-latex-mode: crop corrupts images

[David Kastrup]

"Felix E. Klee" <felix.klee.news@gmx.net> writes:

> On 12 Jan 2004 22:31:36 +0100 David Kastrup wrote:
> > Bug reporting instructions are liberally scattered all over the
> > documentation and there is even a bug report menu.  Why you would
> > want to report a problem of an add-on package to gnu.emacs.help
> > probably remains your secret.
> 
> Because,
> 1. I wasn't sure that it is a bug and I was hoping for an easy
>    workaround (e.g. a possibility to tell preview-latex to ignore the
>    crop package).

And the preview-latex-devel list would be much more appropriate for
asking than a generic Emacs list.

> 2. I wanted to avoid the hassle of subscribing to preview-latex-devel
>    which, I guess, is the most appropriate group.

Replies to a mail to the list are also sent back to the original
sender.

> 3. I know that you read this group. ;)

There is a reason for the bug reporting instructions and commands,
and that is to save developers time, hassles, and guesswork, and also
make sure that other developers not reading here might give an answer
when it is their field of exercise.

You are effectively saying that you are purposefully posting to the
wrong place because you are confident that I should help you even
though you choose to waste my time unnecessarily, and that of other
readers on this list, that have nothing to do with preview-latex, as
well.

Again, the problem reporting instructions in the distribution are not
intended as a joke, but as a means to make helping people more
efficient, thus saving time for further development and helping
others.

> > crop.sty is not supposed to confuse preview.sty, so you might
> > consider filing a proper bug report according to the instructions
> > giving a small complete example.
> 
> I will, unless the problem goes away e.g after installing a new
> version of preview-latex.

0.7.8 is the newest.  0.8 will probably take another month, and I
don't remember any changes that would be relevant to your problem
between 0.7.8 and now.

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