From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Uwe Brauer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Overlay mechanic improvements Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:12:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87oatuxxfe.fsf@mat.ucm.es> References: <871tr6qup8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87ppepne6d.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87mw9smxaz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87sijii1cd.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87vbo7j7yy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87a95hx5re.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8761g5jy6e.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87iok5cs6b.fsf@gmx.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412266425 27811 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2014 16:13:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 16:13:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 18:13:36 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XZj0Y-0007Yb-2N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:13:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35092 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZj0X-0003fZ-LJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:13:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33294) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZj0E-0003dc-J9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:13:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZj07-0001j0-JN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:45315) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZj07-0001ik-DD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XZj06-0007N6-KS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:13:06 +0200 Original-Received: from gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es ([147.96.12.99]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:13:06 +0200 Original-Received: from oub by gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:13:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es Mail-Copies-To: never X-Hashcash: 1:20:141002:gmane.emacs.devel::D5pTIO1rtKI8QlNg:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009Hr User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) XEmacs/21.5-b33 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gOuZRqb714cA/ZDw5duF9IMnGoM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174940 Archived-At: >> "rasmus" == rasmus writes: > Hi, > This is a bit OT, sorry. > David Kastrup writes: >> [...] >> >> The main shortcoming of preview-latex in my book is that it stands out. >> It should be one of possibly many thin applications on top of rendering >> frameworks provided by Emacs proper. > I agree wholeheartedly. Org has a similar mechanism as well, but it > *sucks* compared to preview-latex. I tried to get do you mean? org-preview-latex-fragment and friends? Yes it is inferior to preview-latex, but can be used in non latex buffers, such as matlab, and even more useful, can be used in emails and together with org-mime-htmlize allows to have mathematical equations presented as png, sent over email, which comes in handy in email discussions about math.