WhizzyTeX Frequently Asked Questions
Didier Rémy
Last Modified: August 7, 2003
Table of Contents
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.
- uses hard links and does not on file systems that do not
support them, such as VFAT.
- 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)
- 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
.
- 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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