Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Jean-Marc" == Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jean-Marc> I think we are trying to do things that are too > Jean-Marc> complicated, and this indicates that we have not found yet > Jean-Marc> the 'right' solution... > > What about the following? > > 1/ generate your tex file > 2/ run the normal latex->dvi converter > 3/ have a converter dvipreview->png that does all lyxpreview2bitmap > does, except latex > > Would that work? It seems to me that running latex is the first > (useful) thing the script does, anyway.
May I suggest you take a look at "dvipng", available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex/ About: This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Its benefits include speed; it is the fastest bitmap-rendering code for DVI files known to the author. On a fairly low-end laptop, it takes less than a second to generate 150 one-formula images. Furthermore, it does not read the postamble, so it can be started before TeX finishes. There is a -follow switch that makes dvipng wait at EOF for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that indicates the end of the DVI. It supports PK and VF fonts, color specials, and more. Jan-Åke
