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13.1.4; Disappearing content when previewing inline math with LuaTeX

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From: "Braun, Michael" <braunm <at> mail.smu.edu>
To: "bug-auctex <at> gnu.org" <bug-auctex <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 13.1.4; Disappearing content when previewing inline math with LuaTeX
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 18:40:09 +0000

I am experiencing  an issue using preview-latex with LuaTeX.  The problem relates to this part of the documentation for preview-at-point:  "The surroundings don’t extend into unmodified previews or past contiguous previews invalidated by modifications."  I am finding that they actually do.

Here's a MWE:

\documentclass{standalone}
\begin{document}

AA $\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG $\gamma$ DD $\Delta$.

\end{document}

Let's say I open this file and (preview-buffer).    Then, I click on the gamma symbol (which auto-reveals), edit the preview area to $\gamma + 1$, and  run (preview-at-point).  The $\gamma+1$ renders correctly, but everything up to, but not including, AA disappears.  So all I see is "AA <\gamma+1> DD <\Delta>" (where < ... > is the rendered math expression).

The "$\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG" is now hidden under the preview area for <gamma+1>.  I need to (preview-clearout-at-point) to get it all back.  It looks like when preview looks backwards, it is indeed extending through all unmodified previews back to the beginning of the line, but is showing only the rightmost preview that I edited.

It is also extending past contiguous previews invalidated by modifications.  Say I edit both $\gamma$ and $\Delta$, and then preview-at-point.  Both the \gamma and \delta  are rendered, but "$\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG" is now hidden under the preview area for <gamma>.

The  workaround is to  (preview-clearout-at-point)  before editing any inline math.  But it is an extra step, and I would be surprised if this is intended behavior.

I am  using TeX Live 2022 (on Mac OS 12.5.1) and AucTeX 13.1.4, although have noticed this behavior for well over a  year.  I use Aquamacs 3.6  (based on emacs 25.3), but I can replicate it on Emacs 29. I do not have this problem with pdftex or xetex, but since it's behavior using an AucTeX function, this list seems like the right place to go.

Thanks.

Michael




Emacs  : Aquamacs 3.6  GNU Emacs 25.3.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin20.6.0, NS appkit-2022.60 Version 11.6 (Build 20G165))
dated 2021-12-24 rev. 04752ba87a8f3f0677e904e833a1cef8fe38897a
Package: 13.1.4

current state:
==============
(setq
AUCTeX-version "13.1.4"
LaTeX-command-style '(("" "%(PDF)%(latex) %(file-line-error) %(extraopts) %(output-dir) %S%(PDFout)"))
image-types '(svg 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 %(O?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 'mb-preview-scale
preview-LaTeX-command '("%`%l \"\\nonstopmode\\nofiles\\PassOptionsToPackage{" ("," . preview-required-option-list)
			 "}{preview}\\AtBeginDocument{\\ifx\\ifPreview\\undefined" preview-default-preamble
			 "\\fi}\"%' \"\\detokenize{\" %(t-filename-only) \"}\"")
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" "showlabels")
preview-default-preamble '("\\RequirePackage[" ("," . preview-default-option-list) "]{preview}[2004/11/05]")
preview-LaTeX-command-replacements nil
preview-dump-replacements '(preview-LaTeX-command-replacements
			     ("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(?: +\\(?:\\(--?kanji[= ][^ ]+\\)\\|\\(--?output-directory[= ][^ ]+\\)\\|-\\(?:[^ \\\"]\\|\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\\)*\\)\\)*\\(.*\\)\\'" "\\1 -ini \\2 \\3 -interaction=nonstopmode \"&\\1\" " preview-format-name ".ini \\4")
			     )
preview-undump-replacements '(("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(?: +\\(?:\\(--?kanji[= ][^ ]+\\)\\|\\(--?output-directory[= ][^ ]+\\)\\|-\\(?:[^ \\\"]\\|\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\\)*\\)\\)*.* \"\\\\input\" \"\\\\detokenize{\" \\(.*\\) \"}\"\\'" "\\1 \\2 \\3 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error " preview-format-name " \"/AUCTEXINPUT{\" \\4 \"}\"")
			       )
preview-auto-cache-preamble nil
preview-TeX-style-dir "/Users/braunm/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Packages/straight/build/auctex/latex"
)

Output from running `/usr/local/bin/gs -h':
GPL Ghostscript 9.55.0 (2021-09-27)
Copyright (C) 2021 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 #
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   x11rg32x xcf xes xpswrite
Search path:
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/Resource/Init :
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/lib :
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/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/doc/ghostscript/9.55.0/Use.htm.
Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.

Message #8 received at 57566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>
To: "Braun, Michael" <braunm <at> mail.smu.edu>
Cc: 57566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57566: 13.1.4;
 Disappearing content when previewing inline math with LuaTeX
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 15:58:18 +0900

Hi Michael,

>>>>> "Braun, Michael" <braunm <at> mail.smu.edu> writes:
> Here's a MWE:

> \documentclass{standalone}
> \begin{document}

> AA $\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG $\gamma$ DD $\Delta$.

> \end{document}

> Let's say I open this file and (preview-buffer). Then, I click on the
> gamma symbol (which auto-reveals), edit the preview area to $\gamma +
> 1$, and run (preview-at-point). The $\gamma+1$ renders correctly, but
> everything up to, but not including, AA disappears. So all I see is
> "AA <\gamma+1> DD <\Delta>" (where < ... > is the rendered math
> expression).

> The "$\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG" is now hidden under the preview area for
> <gamma+1>. I need to (preview-clearout-at-point) to get it all back.
> It looks like when preview looks backwards, it is indeed extending
> through all unmodified previews back to the beginning of the line, but
> is showing only the rightmost preview that I edited.

Thank you for the report. I can confirm the issue. It seems that the
origin is the same as bug#54200[1]. Lualatex emits log message in
slightly different format from the one of pdflatex.

Unfortunately, the luatex developper isn't eager to fix this issue
as you can read in [1]. I'm afraid that it won't be fixed in the near
future. :-(

You can try ad-hoc work around provided in [1], but note that
1. It isn't sure that the hard-coded value of 2 is valid for other
   cases.
2. It breaks for other engines than lualatex.

[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/54200

Regards,
Ikumi Keita
#StandWithUkraine #StopWarInUkraine

Message #11 received at 57566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp>
Cc: "Braun, Michael" <braunm <at> mail.smu.edu>, 57566 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57566: 13.1.4; Disappearing content when previewing inline
 math with LuaTeX
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:22:43 +0100

Ikumi Keita <ikumi <at> ikumi.que.jp> writes:

> Hi Michael,
>
>>>>>> "Braun, Michael" <braunm <at> mail.smu.edu> writes:
>> Here's a MWE:
>
>> \documentclass{standalone}
>> \begin{document}
>
>> AA $\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG $\gamma$ DD $\Delta$.
>
>> \end{document}
>
>> Let's say I open this file and (preview-buffer). Then, I click on the
>> gamma symbol (which auto-reveals), edit the preview area to $\gamma +
>> 1$, and run (preview-at-point). The $\gamma+1$ renders correctly, but
>> everything up to, but not including, AA disappears. So all I see is
>> "AA <\gamma+1> DD <\Delta>" (where < ... > is the rendered math
>> expression).
>
>> The "$\alpha$ BB $\beta$ GG" is now hidden under the preview area for
>> <gamma+1>. I need to (preview-clearout-at-point) to get it all back.
>> It looks like when preview looks backwards, it is indeed extending
>> through all unmodified previews back to the beginning of the line, but
>> is showing only the rightmost preview that I edited.
>
> Thank you for the report. I can confirm the issue. It seems that the
> origin is the same as bug#54200[1]. Lualatex emits log message in
> slightly different format from the one of pdflatex.
>
> Unfortunately, the luatex developper isn't eager to fix this issue
> as you can read in [1]. I'm afraid that it won't be fixed in the near
> future. :-(
>
> You can try ad-hoc work around provided in [1], but note that
> 1. It isn't sure that the hard-coded value of 2 is valid for other
>    cases.
> 2. It breaks for other engines than lualatex.
>
> [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/54200

In this case, AUCTeX relies on LuaTeX, so we can't fix this issue.  We
closed #54200 for the same reason, so I close this one as well.

Best, Arash

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