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Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs

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Package: auctex;

Reported by: Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>

Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>

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From: Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>
To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:45:45 +0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Dear Mr./Mrs.,

Here is my proble while installing auctex+emacs. I installed auctex 
11.89 and emacs 25.1 on MacOS-Sierra as well as several other plugins of 
latex. They both work well. I can also produce pdf files normally. But I 
just cannot do preview in emacs. The .emacs file are in the attachment.

The bug report in emacs are as follows:

To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: 11.89; Display geometry unavailable: Wrong type argument: 
number-or-maker-p, nil
From: Steve 
<Steve <at> Steve's-MacBook-Pro.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
--text follows this line--

Remember to cover the basics.  Including a minimal LaTeX example
file exhibiting the problem might help.



Emacs  : GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS appkit-1265.21 
Version 10.9.5 (Build 13F1911))
 of 2016-09-21
Package: 11.89

current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-version "11.89"
 LaTeX-command-style '((""
                        "%(PDF)%(latex) %(file-line-error) %(extraopts) 
%S%(PDFout)")
                       )
 image-types '(png gif tiff jpeg xpm xbm pbm)
 preview-image-type 'png
 preview-image-creators '((dvipng
                           (open preview-gs-open 
preview-dvipng-process-setup)
                           (place preview-gs-place)
                           (close preview-dvipng-close))
                          (png (open preview-gs-open) (place 
preview-gs-place)
                           (close preview-gs-close))
                          (jpeg (open preview-gs-open)
                           (place preview-gs-place) (close 
preview-gs-close))
                          (pnm (open preview-gs-open) (place 
preview-gs-place)
                           (close preview-gs-close))
                          (tiff (open preview-gs-open)
                           (place preview-gs-place) (close 
preview-gs-close))
                          )
 preview-dvipng-image-type 'png
 preview-dvipng-command "dvipng -picky -noghostscript %d -o 
\"%m/prev%%03d.png\""
 preview-pdf2dsc-command "pdf2dsc %s.pdf %m/preview.dsc"
 preview-gs-command "/usr/local/bin/gs"
 preview-gs-options '("-q" "-dDELAYSAFER" "-dNOPAUSE" "-DNOPLATFONTS"
                      "-dPrinted" "-dTextAlphaBits=4" 
"-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4")
 preview-gs-image-type-alist '((png png "-sDEVICE=png16m")
                               (dvipng png "-sDEVICE=png16m")
                               (jpeg jpeg "-sDEVICE=jpeg")
                               (pnm pbm "-sDEVICE=pnmraw")
                               (tiff tiff "-sDEVICE=tiff12nc"))
 preview-fast-conversion t
 preview-prefer-TeX-bb nil
 preview-dvips-command "dvips -Pwww -i -E %d -o %m/preview.000"
 preview-fast-dvips-command "dvips -Pwww %d -o %m/preview.ps"
 preview-scale-function 'preview-scale-from-face
 preview-LaTeX-command '("%`%l 
\"\\nonstopmode\\nofiles\\PassOptionsToPackage{"
                         ("," . preview-required-option-list)
"}{preview}\\AtBeginDocument{\\ifx\\ifPreview\\undefined" 
preview-default-preamble "\\fi}\"%' %t")
 preview-required-option-list '("active" "tightpage" "auctex"
                                (preview-preserve-counters "counters"))
 preview-preserve-counters nil
 preview-default-option-list '("displaymath" "floats" "graphics" "textmath"
                               "sections" "footnotes")
 preview-default-preamble '("\\RequirePackage["
                            ("," . preview-default-option-list)
                            "]{preview}[2004/11/05]")
 preview-LaTeX-command-replacements nil
 preview-dump-replacements '(preview-LaTeX-command-replacements
                             ("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(\\( +-\\([^ 
\\\\\"]\\|\\\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\\)*\\)*\\)\\(.*\\)\\'" "\\1 -ini 
-interaction=nonstopmode \"&\\1\" " preview-format-name ".ini \\5")
                             )
 preview-undump-replacements '(("\\`\\([^ ]+\\) .*? \"\\\\input\" 
\\(.*\\)\\'"
                                "\\1 -interaction=nonstopmode \"&"
                                preview-format-name "\" \\2")
                               )
 preview-auto-cache-preamble 'ask
 preview-TeX-style-dir nil
 )

Output from running `/usr/local/bin/gs -h':
GPL Ghostscript 9.19 (2016-03-23)
Copyright (C) 2016 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer 
messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch 
resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 
PostScriptLevel3 PDF
Default output device: bbox
Available devices:
   alc1900 alc2000 alc4000 alc4100 alc8500 alc8600 alc9100 ap3250 appledmp
   atx23 atx24 atx38 bbox bit bitcmyk bitrgb bitrgbtags bj10e bj10v bj10vh
   bj200 bjc600 bjc800 bjc880j bjccmyk bjccolor bjcgray bjcmono bmp16 
bmp16m
   bmp256 bmp32b bmpgray bmpmono bmpsep1 bmpsep8 ccr cdeskjet cdj1600 
cdj500
   cdj550 cdj670 cdj850 cdj880 cdj890 cdj970 cdjcolor cdjmono cdnj500 cfax
   chp2200 cif cljet5 cljet5c cljet5pr coslw2p coslwxl cp50 cups declj250
   deskjet devicen dfaxhigh dfaxlow dj505j djet500 djet500c dl2100 dnj650c
   epl2050 epl2050p epl2120 epl2500 epl2750 epl5800 epl5900 epl6100 epl6200
   eplcolor eplmono eps2write eps9high eps9mid epson epsonc escp escpage
   faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 fmlbp fmpr fpng fs600 gdi gprf hl1240 hl1250 hl7x0
   hpdj1120c hpdj310 hpdj320 hpdj340 hpdj400 hpdj500 hpdj500c hpdj510
   hpdj520 hpdj540 hpdj550c hpdj560c hpdj600 hpdj660c hpdj670c hpdj680c
   hpdj690c hpdj850c hpdj855c hpdj870c hpdj890c hpdjplus hpdjportable 
ibmpro
   ijs imagen inferno ink_cov inkcov itk24i itk38 iwhi iwlo iwlq jetp3852
   jj100 jpeg jpegcmyk jpeggray la50 la70 la75 la75plus laserjet lbp310
   lbp320 lbp8 lex2050 lex3200 lex5700 lex7000 lips2p lips3 lips4 lips4v
   lj250 lj3100sw lj4dith lj4dithp lj5gray lj5mono ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d 
ljet4
   ljet4d ljet4pjl ljetplus ln03 lp1800 lp1900 lp2000 lp2200 lp2400 lp2500
   lp2563 lp3000c lp7500 lp7700 lp7900 lp8000 lp8000c lp8100 lp8200c 
lp8300c
   lp8300f lp8400f lp8500c lp8600 lp8600f lp8700 lp8800c lp8900 lp9000b
   lp9000c lp9100 lp9200b lp9200c lp9300 lp9400 lp9500c lp9600 lp9600s
   lp9800c lps4500 lps6500 lq850 lxm3200 lxm5700m m8510 mag16 mag256
   md1xMono md2k md50Eco md50Mono md5k mgr4 mgr8 mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8
   mgrmono miff24 mj500c mj6000c mj700v2c mj8000c ml600 necp6 npdl nullpage
   oce9050 oki182 oki4w okiibm oprp opvp paintjet pam pamcmyk32 
pamcmyk4 pbm
   pbmraw pcl3 pcx16 pcx24b pcx256 pcxcmyk pcxgray pcxmono pdfwrite pgm
   pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw photoex picty180 pj pjetxl pjxl pjxl300 pkm pkmraw
   pksm pksmraw plan plan9bm planc plang plank planm plib plibc plibg plibk
   plibm png16 png16m png256 png48 pngalpha pnggray pngmono pngmonod pnm
   pnmraw ppm ppmraw pr1000 pr1000_4 pr150 pr201 ps2write psdcmyk psdcmykog
   psdrgb pwgraster pxlcolor pxlmono r4081 rinkj rpdl samsunggdi sgirgb 
sj48
   spotcmyk st800 stcolor sunhmono t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 tiff12nc
   tiff24nc tiff32nc tiff48nc tiff64nc tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4
   tiffgray tifflzw tiffpack tiffscaled tiffscaled24 tiffscaled32
   tiffscaled4 tiffscaled8 tiffsep tiffsep1 txtwrite uniprint xcf xes
   xpswrite
Search path:
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.19/Resource/Init :
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.19/lib :
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.19/Resource/Font :
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts :
   /usr/local/share/fonts/default/ghostscript :
   /usr/local/share/fonts/default/Type1 :
   /usr/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType : /usr/lib/DPS/outline/base :
   /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 : /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType :
   /usr/share/cups/fonts
For more information, see /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.19/doc/Use.htm.
Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.


So could you please help me solve the problem?
Thanks!

--
Ruoquan Wang,
Department of Physics, Fudan University
P.R.of China
Tel：+86 15221926825


[".emacs 1".png (image/png, attachment)]
[".emacs 2".png (image/png, attachment)]
Information forwarded to bug-auctex <at> gnu.org:
bug#25002; Package auctex. (Thu, 23 Nov 2017 01:40:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>
Cc: 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25002: Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 02:39:12 +0100

Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn> writes:

> Here is my proble while installing auctex+emacs. I installed auctex
> 11.89 and emacs 25.1 on MacOS-Sierra as well as several other plugins
> of latex. They both work well. I can also produce pdf files
> normally. But I just cannot do preview in emacs.

I also have this problem.

Internet searching revealed that there is a correlating bug in some
ghostscript versions.  For example, see

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/543266

On my Debian, I downgraded the "ghostscript" package to stable, and then
it suddenly worked without changing anything on the Emacs side.


Michael.
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bug#25002; Package auctex. (Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:47:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: bug#25002: Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:46:25 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn> writes:
>
>> Here is my proble while installing auctex+emacs. I installed auctex
>> 11.89 and emacs 25.1 on MacOS-Sierra as well as several other plugins
>> of latex. They both work well. I can also produce pdf files
>> normally. But I just cannot do preview in emacs.
>
> I also have this problem.
>
> Internet searching revealed that there is a correlating bug in some
> ghostscript versions.  For example, see
>
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/543266
>
> On my Debian, I downgraded the "ghostscript" package to stable, and then
> it suddenly worked without changing anything on the Emacs side.

That's a different bug (actually several different bugs).  Ghostscript
has a history of changing its security-related behavior around, and
every time preview-latex stops working until another patch is committed
to AUCTeX.  Ghostscript 9.22 finally removed a security related feature
(the .runandhide operator) without working secure replacement.  A fix
has already been committed to upstream AUCTeX: this was comparatively
straightforward to do since preview-latex had in a previous iteration
already removed security-relevant reliance on this operator in order to
stop this game, but it had still relied on its use elsewhere.

-- 
David Kastrup
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Message #14 received at 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: bug#25002: Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:10:01 +0100

David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:

> That's a different bug (actually several different bugs).  Ghostscript
> has a history of changing its security-related behavior around, and
> every time preview-latex stops working until another patch is committed
> to AUCTeX.  Ghostscript 9.22 finally removed a security related feature
> (the .runandhide operator) without working secure replacement.  A fix
> has already been committed to upstream AUCTeX: this was comparatively
> straightforward to do since preview-latex had in a previous iteration
> already removed security-relevant reliance on this operator in order to
> stop this game, but it had still relied on its use elsewhere.

Ok, it was just a shot in the dark.  Thanks for explaining.


Michael.
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bug#25002; Package auctex. (Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:25:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #17 received at 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>, 25002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: bug#25002: Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:23:52 +0100

Hi Michael,

adding to what David said, we'll hopefully release a new stable
version of AUCTeX, which will include the fix, by next week.

Bye,
Mosè


2017-11-23 9:10 GMT+01:00 Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>:
> David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> That's a different bug (actually several different bugs).  Ghostscript
>> has a history of changing its security-related behavior around, and
>> every time preview-latex stops working until another patch is committed
>> to AUCTeX.  Ghostscript 9.22 finally removed a security related feature
>> (the .runandhide operator) without working secure replacement.  A fix
>> has already been committed to upstream AUCTeX: this was comparatively
>> straightforward to do since preview-latex had in a previous iteration
>> already removed security-relevant reliance on this operator in order to
>> stop this game, but it had still relied on its use elsewhere.
>
> Ok, it was just a shot in the dark.  Thanks for explaining.
>
>
> Michael.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> bug-auctex mailing list
> bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-auctex
>
Reply sent to Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:37:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:37:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #22 received at 25002-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn>
Cc: 25002-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25002: Fail to preview latex in macOS emacs
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:36:37 +0100

Ruoquan Wang <13307110260 <at> fudan.edu.cn> writes:

Hi Wang,

> Here is my proble while installing auctex+emacs. I installed auctex
> 11.89 and emacs 25.1 on MacOS-Sierra as well as several other plugins
> of latex. They both work well. I can also produce pdf files
> normally. But I just cannot do preview in emacs. The .emacs file are
> in the attachment.

Since we've never heard anything back, I'm closing this report.

Thanks,
Tassilo
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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