Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 11.82; preview-latex on ms-wxp?

[Ralf Angeli]

* Mirko Luedde (2006-01-25) writes:

> trying out the preview-latex of auctex-11-82 on ms-wxp with a freshly
> built emacs-21-4-1 i get "LaTeX: preview-image-type setting 'png
> unsupported by this Emacs". also pnm images do not work. 
>
> info section "2.7 Installation under MS Windows" is telling me "all
> current Emacs/XEmacs versions capable of running preview-latex by now
> can be compiled to support PNG images."

Yes, and that section of the manual also explains which the "versions
capable of running preview-latex" are:

,----[ (info "(auctex)Installation under MS Windows") ]
|   3. Install a current version of XEmacs from `http://www.xemacs.org'
|      or try getting and compiling a developer version of Emacs 22 from
|      Savannah (http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs).  Compiling
|      Emacs is outside of the scope of this manual.  Precompiled versions
|      currently happen to be available at
|      `http://www.crasseux.com/emacs/' and `http://nqmacs.sf.net/'.
| 
|      If you don't want to use a developer version and Emacs 22 has not
|      yet been released, it is also possible to use an Emacs 21 binary
|      from `http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/windows/emacs/', but then you
|      should disable the installation of preview-latex (it will not
|      work).  Since the developer version has seen quite a few
|      improvements relevant also for other features of AUCTeX, we really
|      recommend you give it a try.
`----

> so 
>
> * is emacs on ms-wxp "capable of running preview-latex"? 
>
> * if so, how "can (emacs) be compiled to support PNG images"? 
>
> * if no png support is available, what would work? 

With Emacs 21.4 under Windows nothing.  You can get a recent
development version of Emacs with AUCTeX and preview-latex
preinstalled from <URL:ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/auctex/>.

-- 
Ralf