On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 01:11:34AM +0200, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 01:00:57AM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > Am Montag, 27. April 2015 um 10:13:47, schrieb aparsloe > > <[email protected]> > > > On 27/04/2015 9:17 a.m., Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > > > In principle, I would agree if there is a problem that cannot be > > > > (easily) solved otherwise, but still I have to see this problem. I > > > > prefer having good quality previews in a short time. They are > > > > previews, so the way they are obtained is irrelevant. You want bad > > > > previews produced in a much longer time for ... what? To follow the > > > > principle that the previews should be obtained by running the same > > > > default latex engine set in the preferences? > > > Another consideration is that many documents never get compiled to pdf > > > or ps or whatever. I use LyX not only for producing printed output via > > > pdf, but also as a text editor and for simple 'domestic' spreadsheet & > > > database functions. These documents are never intended to be read except > > > on the computer -- the final format is *.lyx. Specifying a latex engine > > > seems irrelevant in these cases whereas producing good quality previews > > > as fast as possible is desirable. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > The default does not change in this cases. > > You are wrong. The default set in the preferences is used in this case. > And if you have pdflatex as a default, you get bad previews generated > in a longer time.
BTW, this is now fixed at b82e0d6d. -- Enrico
