> From: Gavin Smith <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:55:19 +0000 > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 09:30:52AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > According to the preview-latex manual(*), AUCTeX does use png files, > > > but generates these from dvi files, so presumably gets some more > > > information > > > about the geometry of the formatted text than would just be present in a > > > png file. > > > > The significant downside of this is that the user who wants to read > > such a manual will need to have LaTeX installed. For the same reason > > we distribute the PNG image files of figures with the Info manuals, we > > should distribute the image files of @math with the manual, so that > > end users could display them without any additional packages (and > > LaTeX is quite a large package, what with all the fonts and macros it > > needs to do its job). > > > > So I think we need to generate the images when the Info manual is > > being produced, because that requires LaTeX etc. to be installed only > > on the system of the person who prepares the Info manual. > > In that case we will need to embed some of the geometry information > in the Info file. It might be enough to add an extra attribute setting > the depth below baseline. > > In any case, this feature should be documented as experimental until there > is support for it in Emacs Info. Before that happens, we can never really > be sure if we are putting the exact information into the Info file that > is necessary for correct rendering.
Agreed.
