Am Montag, den 07.12.2009, 09:34 +0100 schrieb Abdelrazak Younes: > > No problem, disabling the changes is simple. How does instant preview > > work? What means 'instant' in this context? Does it use threads > > > > No, instant preview was already using detached process. The only thing > special here is that a full screen redraw is scheduled each time a new > preview is ready. Ben's question is why we don't use the same mechanism > for LateX too and it is a good question. Basically because LateX > compilation is deeply integrated within LyX (we need to keep track of 5 > or 6 compilation) it is difficult to detach it. One "easy solution would > be to clone the to-be-compiled Buffer and starts the LateX export and > the compilation from a new thread.
This would be the best approach. And having such a solution would make it possible to TeXing on each buffer change without triggering it manually (What should I do with all the cores in my processsor?) Peter
