Re: Suggestion: add org-latex-preview to org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>]

Akira Kyle <akira@akirakyle.com> writes:

> I recently thought to add ~org-latex-preview~ to 
> ~org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c~ and it has been quite the productivity 
> booster! Two arguments as to why this should be done:
> - ~org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c~ currently does nothing when inside 
>   latex-fragment or latex-environment so why not make it 
>   ~org-latex-preview~?
> - This intuitively matches my muscle memory from using 
>   babel. LaTeX is code after all, and I'm often making mistakes, 
>   so I want the fastest "edit-compile-edit" loop possible.

Yes, it is indeed a good idea.
Alternatively, we may also use <TAB> for this.
Also, there is https://github.com/awth13/org-appear/

> Here's what I currently have to achieve this in case anyone wants 
> to give it a try right now :)
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun my-org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-latex-preview-hook ()
>   (let ((element (car (org-element-context))))

It will be more reliable to use `org-element-type' instead of `car'. The
latter is relying on internal implementation detail.

>     (if (or (eq element 'latex-fragment) (eq element 
>     'latex-environment))

Can simply use (memq element-type '(latex-fragment latex-environment))

Would you be interested to submit a patch?

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