>>>>> Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> writes:
> Karthik Chikmagalur <[email protected]> writes:
>> For org-latex-preview, one of the other things we tried was to
>> keep all utf-8 font-related settings out of the header that is
>> precompiled. If we manage this precompilation can work (somewhat
>> unreliably) with lualatex, and previews are a bit faster. But
>> doing this via string matching is difficult and fragile. And
>> even with precompilation, lualatex has a slow startup time, and
>> we are some distance away from < 1 sec preview updates.
> I am wondering if the current design with many previews generated
> using the same latex process can be extended. May we somehow add a
> Lua code to preview.sty that will not exit at all and watch for
> new .tex fragments to appear and preview them. The idea is to
> avoid stopping lualatex process most of the time (unless preamble
> has to be changed) and make it work like a server. That may bring
> the preview speed to acceptable levels.
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I have my org-latex-compiler set to xetex. However, I find this push to
change the default bizarre, especially since advanced users can select
their own settings at will. In my opinion a default ought to be the
"simplest" option and unchanged. Those who want something different
should not force others to adopt their view.
