Fernando Perez wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Angus Leeming wrote:
>
>> Fernando Perez wrote:
>> > - How can I turn on the instant-preview feature? I can't seem to find
>> > a toggle for it in any dialog.
>>
>> Edit->Preferences dialog.
>> Look and Feel->Graphics pane
>> Instant preview checkbox
>
> Silly me. I actually had this on but thought there was a different option
> for
> it b/c it didn't work. I hadn't realized I needed the files from the
> sourceforge page first for this to work. It might not hurt (just to avoid
> stupid questions like mine) to put a little note on that checkbox
> indicating that the preview-latex package from Sourceforge is needed for
> the feature to work.
Or deactivate the checkbox. Maybe.
> The funny thing is, now that the 'normal' (blue math) lyx math rendering
> uses anti-aliased fonts, I think I almost prefer to use that to the
> instant-preview mode. While it's nice to see the latex rendering
> there, it just looks a bit clunky next to the smooth fonts of the rest.
> Any chance of activating anti-aliasing for those code snippets (gv
> does it, so I anti-aliasing for those code snippets (gv does it, so
> I figure it must be doable). I know, us users are never satisfied :)
We have to accommodate the lowest common denominator. Old versions of gs
tend to die a nasty death if anti-aliasing is too high. Fortunately for you,
we use a script to control the creation of the preview bitmaps, so you can
tune to your heart's content.
You'll find the script in LYSSHARE/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.sh, where
LYSSHARE is usually /usr/local/share/lyx/.
Look for
ALPHA=4
if [ ${INT_RESOLUTION} -gt 150 ]; then
ALPHA=2
fi
gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER \
-sDEVICE=${GSDEVICE} -sOutputFile=${BASE}%d.${GSSUFFIX} \
-dGraphicsAlphaBit=${ALPHA} -dTextAlphaBits=${ALPHA} \
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Angus
