Vladimir Nikishkin writes: > Why is it that org-goto enforces the regeneration of previews in a buffer?
It looks like an oversight to me. I think org-startup-with-latex-preview should be let-bound to nil around org-goto-location's call to org-mode. Likewise, I'd say that org-startup-with-inline-images and org-startup-shrink-all-tables should be let-bound to nil. Assuming nobody chimes in to explain why that's a bad idea, I'll plan to make those changes tomorrow night.