>>>>> Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes: >>> Can we instead store them in memory? Yes, but (1) it will make >>> Emacs RAM consumption grow constantly and more and more previews >>> are generated; (2) it will require significant changes in the >>> Org mode codebase. >> >> I understand all that, but if the user wants it, and insist on >> not caching any data, let them have what they want.
> It is not about letting or not letting them. I would have to > implement it. (I am ok with it, but I am not going to prioritize > my time for nice-to-haves; though I would not mind patches > submitted by interested users). >> ... My surprise was caused by your "it is impossible"; I now >> understand that you meant "not reasonable" or perhaps "users will >> not like that" instead. > I meant: > 1. not reasonable in a sense that it has downsides compared to > what we do now - save latex previews on disk 2. impossible in a > sense that we do not have an existing toggle to store cached > previews in memory. Such functionality would have to be added; and > it is not necessarily trivial to add it. I too was one of those complainers who wanted to be able to disable org-persist completely. The argument about latex preview is really a non-starter in my opinion. I never use latex-preview and I'm sure I'm not alone in this. I also would not class the disabling of org-persist to be a 'nice-to-have'. Best wishes, Colin Baxter.