WhizzyTeX Frequently Asked Questions

Didier Rémy

Last Modified: August 7, 2003

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1  Where to find it

The URL is http://pauillac.inria.fr/whizzytex

The last major release is 1.1 and the stable version is 1.1.2

The last version of the FAQ can be found at http://pauillac.inria.fr/whizzytex/FAQ.html

2  Known problems

Fixed refers to last stable version.
  1. uses hard links and does not on file systems that do not support them, such as VFAT.

  2. Its has been reported with versions that sometimes the cursor jumps to the end of the buffer while typing fast, and the mark is left a few characters before where the point was when the cursor jumped.

    The problem should be Fixed in versions >= 1.1.2.

    Otherwise, an (imperfect) workaround is to reduce the slicing speed e.g. by the follow setting (you may need to adjust the value):
            (setq whizzy-load-factor 0.1)
    


  3. Its does not work with the x-symbol package.

    The x-symbol package may now work together with , provided you have a version of x-symbol greater than v4.3.3. However, the option Page-to-point may still not work (under x-symbol, the cursor would be inserted at the end of the buffer instead of at the current-position). Then, you may use the following alternative.

    Alternatively, with (X)Emacs version 21 and above, you may set whizzy-write-annotate to nil to tell not to use write-region-annotation-functions. The slice will be write slower, but in a way so that the x-symbol package should always be compatible with .

    You may also wish to set 'x-symbol-auto-conversion-method to 'fast.

  4. How can a click in the advi window reposition the point in the emacs window?

    First, you should be using the advi previewer. Then, check the documentation of advi, since bindings may depend on versions. This is likely to be shift-left-mouse or left-mouse.

    There might also be a short-cut that temporarily rebinds shift-xxx-mouse to xxx-mouse. This can be toggled by typing e in the advi or by calling advi with the option -edit. Note that shift-midddle-click and shift-right-click (or their shortcut versions) are used for move and resize commands when WhizzyEditting.

3  Using with platex

has been designed to work with standard LaTeX. However, it should also work with other implementations of LaTeX, as long as they allow the creation of new formats.

As an example, to make it work with platex you can edit the script whizzytex and change some findings as follows (in the experimental version):
INITEX=iniptex
LATEX=platex
FORMAT=platex

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