Version: 1.9 (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux Since I'm a happy dual processor user now and compilation of my normal TeX documents takes only about 10-15 seconds, I think some kind of background compilation mode and a live-preview should be possible now. I was thinking of something in the lines of: At regular intervals or after a certain amount of changed text: - create a backup copy of the current document - run latex/pdftex in the background - if compiling without error, update quick-preview window... Has anybody thought of this before or is even working on that already?
Particularly useful would be the rendering of math equations while typing. Suggested algorithm (if someone give's me some hands on help to get started, I could code it myself): - in the editor mode, while typing, test if user is inside a math environment, for starters only the default environments $ $, $$ $$, \begin{equation} \end{equation}, ... etc. need to be supported, if user has custom environments, maybe those could be configured somewhere - extract all text inside the environment into separate string buffer - in scheduled intervals (suggest 2 sec. intervals) write temporary file with mini-latex-header - run latex and create dvi/pdf etc. - if successful, load dvi/pdf into math preview window, otherwise display some error message in window Later, some sanity checking could be done while typing, to allow easier checking of faulty equations.
Fixed with the live-preview feature both incremental and on save. See, e.g., Bug 297516.