The patch replaces the bool dryrun() in mathed's write stream by a triple enum output() that has wsDefault, wsDryrun and wsPreview. Thus, we know whether a write stream is used for instant preview, and we can catch and handle encoding exceptions gracefully (currently, it does just skip problematic strings, issue a warning on the console and produce empty previews, but we can change that, if someone has a better idea).
The patch is against branch. Comments, objections? Jürgen
Index: src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ InsetMathGrid::metricsT(mi, dim); } else { odocstringstream os; - WriteStream wi(os, false, true, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault); write(wi); dim.wid = os.str().size(); dim.asc = 1; @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ InsetMathGrid::drawT(pain, x, y); } else { odocstringstream os; - WriteStream wi(os, false, true, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault); write(wi); pain.draw(x, y, os.str().c_str()); } @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static Encoding const * encoding = 0; if (inset.isBufferValid()) encoding = &(inset.buffer().params().encoding()); - WriteStream wi(ls, false, true, false, encoding); + WriteStream wi(ls, false, true, WriteStream::wsPreview, encoding); inset.write(wi); return ls.str(); } @@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ void InsetMathHull::write(ostream & os) const { odocstringstream oss; - WriteStream wi(oss, false, false, false); + WriteStream wi(oss, false, false, WriteStream::wsDefault); oss << "Formula "; write(wi); os << to_utf8(oss.str()); @@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ return tpain.textheight(); } else { odocstringstream oss; - WriteStream wi(oss, false, true, false, runparams.encoding); + WriteStream wi(oss, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault, runparams.encoding); wi << cell(0); docstring const str = oss.str(); @@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ // Workaround for db2latex: db2latex always includes equations with // \ensuremath{} or \begin{display}\end{display} // so we strip LyX' math environment - WriteStream wi(ls, false, false, false, runparams.encoding); + WriteStream wi(ls, false, false, WriteStream::wsDefault, runparams.encoding); InsetMathGrid::write(wi); ms << from_utf8(subst(subst(to_utf8(ls.str()), "&", "&"), "<", "<")); ms << ETag("alt"); Index: src/mathed/InsetMathString.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/InsetMathString.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/InsetMathString.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ #include "Encoding.h" +#include "support/debug.h" #include "support/gettext.h" #include "support/lstrings.h" #include "support/textutils.h" @@ -159,14 +160,22 @@ && isAlphaASCII(command[command.size() - 1])) os.pendingSpace(true); } catch (EncodingException & e) { - if (os.dryrun()) { - // FIXME: this is OK for View->Source - // but math preview will likely fail. + switch (os.output()) { + case WriteStream::wsDryrun: { os << "<" << _("LyX Warning: ") << _("uncodable character") << " '"; os << docstring(1, e.failed_char); os << "'>"; - } else { + break; + } + case WriteStream::wsPreview: { + LYXERR0("Uncodable character" << " '" + << docstring(1, e.failed_char) + << "'. Preview skipped."); + break; + } + case WriteStream::wsDefault: + default: // throw again throw(e); } Index: src/mathed/InsetFormulaMacro.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/InsetFormulaMacro.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/InsetFormulaMacro.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void InsetFormulaMacro::write(ostream & os) const { os << "FormulaMacro\n"; - WriteStream wi(os, false, false, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, false, WriteStream::wsDefault); tmpl()->write(wi); } @@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ OutputParams const & runparams) const { //lyxerr << "InsetFormulaMacro::latex" << endl; - WriteStream wi(os, runparams.moving_arg, true, runparams.dryrun, - runparams.encoding); + WriteStream wi(os, runparams.moving_arg, true, + runparams.dryrun ? WriteStream::wsDryrun: WriteStream::wsDefault, + runparams.encoding); tmpl()->write(wi); return 2; } @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ int InsetFormulaMacro::plaintext(odocstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams) const { odocstringstream oss; - WriteStream wi(oss, false, true, false, runparams.encoding); + WriteStream wi(oss, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault, runparams.encoding); tmpl()->write(wi); docstring const str = oss.str(); Index: src/mathed/MathStream.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/MathStream.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/MathStream.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -107,17 +107,17 @@ } -WriteStream::WriteStream(odocstream & os, bool fragile, bool latex, bool dryrun, +WriteStream::WriteStream(odocstream & os, bool fragile, bool latex, OutputType output, Encoding const * encoding) : os_(os), fragile_(fragile), firstitem_(false), latex_(latex), - dryrun_(dryrun), pendingspace_(false), pendingbrace_(false), + output_(output), pendingspace_(false), pendingbrace_(false), textmode_(false), locked_(0), line_(0), encoding_(encoding) {} WriteStream::WriteStream(odocstream & os) : os_(os), fragile_(false), firstitem_(false), latex_(false), - dryrun_(false), pendingspace_(false), pendingbrace_(false), + output_(wsDefault), pendingspace_(false), pendingbrace_(false), textmode_(false), locked_(0), line_(0), encoding_(0) {} Index: src/mathed/MathMacroTemplate.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/MathMacroTemplate.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/MathMacroTemplate.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ void MathMacroTemplate::write(ostream & os) const { odocstringstream oss; - WriteStream wi(oss, false, false, false); + WriteStream wi(oss, false, false, WriteStream::wsDefault); oss << "FormulaMacro\n"; write(wi); os << to_utf8(oss.str()); Index: src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/InsetMathNest.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -364,8 +364,9 @@ int InsetMathNest::latex(odocstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams) const { - WriteStream wi(os, runparams.moving_arg, true, runparams.dryrun, - runparams.encoding); + WriteStream wi(os, runparams.moving_arg, true, + runparams.dryrun ? WriteStream::wsDryrun : WriteStream::wsDefault, + runparams.encoding); write(wi); return wi.line(); } Index: src/mathed/InsetMath.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/InsetMath.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/InsetMath.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ { lyxerr << "---------------------------------------------" << endl; odocstringstream os; - WriteStream wi(os, false, true, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault); write(wi); lyxerr << to_utf8(os.str()); lyxerr << "\n---------------------------------------------" << endl; @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, MathAtom const & at) { odocstringstream oss; - WriteStream wi(oss, false, false, false); + WriteStream wi(oss, false, false, WriteStream::wsDefault); at->write(wi); return os << to_utf8(oss.str()); } @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ odocstream & operator<<(odocstream & os, MathAtom const & at) { - WriteStream wi(os, false, false, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, false, WriteStream::wsDefault); at->write(wi); return os; } Index: src/mathed/MacroTable.cpp =================================================================== --- src/mathed/MacroTable.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/MacroTable.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ // output template MathMacroTemplate const & tmpl = static_cast<MathMacroTemplate const &>(*inset); - WriteStream wi(os, false, true, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault); tmpl.write(wi, overwriteRedefinition); } Index: src/mathed/MathStream.h =================================================================== --- src/mathed/MathStream.h (Revision 30866) +++ src/mathed/MathStream.h (Arbeitskopie) @@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ class WriteStream { public: /// - WriteStream(odocstream & os, bool fragile, bool latex, bool dryrun, + enum OutputType { + wsDefault, + wsDryrun, + wsPreview + }; + /// + WriteStream(odocstream & os, bool fragile, bool latex, OutputType output, Encoding const * encoding = 0); /// explicit WriteStream(odocstream & os); @@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ /// bool latex() const { return latex_; } /// - bool dryrun() const { return dryrun_; } + OutputType output() const { return output_; } /// odocstream & os() { return os_; } /// @@ -80,8 +86,8 @@ bool firstitem_; /// are we writing to .tex? int latex_; - /// is it for preview? - bool dryrun_; + /// is it for source preview? + OutputType output_; /// do we have a space pending? bool pendingspace_; /// do we have a brace pending? Index: src/Cursor.cpp =================================================================== --- src/Cursor.cpp (Revision 30866) +++ src/Cursor.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ << pos() << ' ' << lastpos() << " in idx: " << idx() << " in atom: '"; odocstringstream os; - WriteStream wi(os, false, true, false); + WriteStream wi(os, false, true, WriteStream::wsDefault); inset().asInsetMath()->write(wi); lyxerr << to_utf8(os.str()) << endl; pos() = lastpos();