Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes: > On 22/03/2024 05:55, Michael wrote: >> I have a small patch for `org-preview-latex-process-alist' making >> the default setting for LaTeX source block evaluation be running >> latex three times (instead of the current one). > > I suspect it may make the LaTeX preview feature unacceptably slow for > documents heavily loaded with math snippets. There was a proposal to use > LuaLaTeX instead of PdfLaTeX to provide better Unicode coverage, but it > was discarded due to significant slowdown. > > If it is true then it should not be active by default. It makes sense as > a user option, but I am unsure concerning required efforts.
Then, we may instead use latexmk - it will run latex as many times as necessary. Also, performance will be less problematic after Timothy and Karthik merge their latex preview branch. (they may want to do measurements though). -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
