On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 11:53:24AM +1300, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > On 29/11/2024 10:26 pm, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > I've been able to simplify the document to fairly minimal (attached) and > > > can > > > now provide a recipe: > > > > > > 1. Open LyX and the LyX temporary directory (with the list of lyx_tmpbuf0, > > > ...) > > > > > > 2. Load test.lyx in LyX > > > > > > 3. A new lyx_tmpbuf<n> is formed; open it asap. > > > > > > 4. If you are quick enough you should see shrunken previews, rather than > > > at > > > normal screen font size. > > > > > > Opening the temp buffer seems to force or accelerate the generation of the > > > previews before they have learnt of the screen font size. The numbering of > > > the equations in test.lyx (or some other delaying process) seems to be > > > necessary. I use a Default zoom (and slider) of 168% (old eyes) and > > > preview > > > size of 1.0. > > > > > > Andrew > > Thanks, Andrew. Your diagnosis does make sense. I do not notice anything > > from the user perspective, but indeed I haven't checked the temp directory. > > I will try to experiment more. From your description, I see two potential > > bugs: > > > > 1. When the problem occurs, the previews are not updated to the correct > > size until you edit it, right? Or is it like the bad previews show for one > > second and then they are correctly updated? > > > > 2. Inocrrect previews are generated before they are corrected. > > > > In my opinion, (1) is worse and potentially easier to fix than (2). > > > > Scott > > My recipe is somewhat ambiguous at step 4. What I mean is that if you open > the temporary buffer soon enough, the previews that (eventually) form in LyX > will be diminished. The shrunken previews persist throughout the session > unless a preview update of the whole document is forced, most conveniently > by Ctrl+0 (buffer-zoom). For an inidividual shrunken preview, editing it and > then moving the cursor outside should restore it to full size, although you > might get caught by the #13116, #13123 bug where the preview does not > initially show the changed content. (It seems to depend on the size of the > document whether this happens or not.)
Thanks for those details. I've tried a couple of tweaks but still cannot reproduce on my side. Hopefully someone else can reproduce. Scott
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