As you can see, some letters, subscripts, math symbols, etc., aren't being displayed in the preview. A minimal example is below:
Things were working perfectly a week ago. I have not changed any configuration files, to the best of my knowledge. I did install Pymacs and Ropemacs, but that's it.
I see an empty box instead of an italicized X.
Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54)
Package: 11.86
Run buffer contents:
Running `Preview-LaTeX' on `writeup' with ``pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode "&prv_writeup" writeup.tex''
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (TeX Live 2011)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./writeup.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ba
sque, danish, dutch, finnish, french, german, ngerman, swissgerman, hungarian,
italian, bokmal, nynorsk, polish, portuguese, spanish, swedish, loaded.
CUSTOMISED FORMAT. Preloaded files:
.
article.cls 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
amsmath.sty 2000/07/18 v2.13 AMS math features
amstext.sty 2000/06/29 v2.01
amsgen.sty 1999/11/30 v2.0
amsbsy.sty 1999/11/29 v1.2d
amsopn.sty 1999/12/14 v2.01 operator names
graphicx.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
keyval.sty 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
graphics.sty 2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
trig.sty 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg 2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
pdftex.def 2011/05/27 v0.06d Graphics/color for pdfTeX
infwarerr.sty 2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
ltxcmds.sty 2011/04/18 v1.20 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
enumerate.sty 1999/03/05 v3.00 enumerate extensions (DPC)
caption.sty 2011/11/10 v3.2e Customizing captions (AR)
caption3.sty 2011/11/01 v1.4a caption3 kernel (AR)
subfig.sty 2005/06/28 ver: 1.3 subfig package
.
(./writeup.aux)
(/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/
latex/preview.sty
(/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/
latex/prtightpage.def)
(/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/
latex/prauctex.def
No auxiliary output files.
(/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/
latex/prauctex.cfg))
(/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/
latex/prfootnotes.def)
Preview: Fontsize 10pt
Preview: PDFoutput 1
) (/usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
) (/usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/pdftexcmds.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty)
(/usr/loca...
[...]
... (x_d, y)$ pairs
! Preview: Snippet 87 ended.(491520+163840x1825961).
<-><->
l.354 ...16}$, due to the fact that all $(x_d, y)$
pairs
[87] )
(see the transcript file for additional information)</usr/local/texlive/2011bas
ic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx10.pfb></usr/local/texlive/201
1basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb></usr/local/texlive
/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx8.pfb></usr/local/texl
ive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx9.pfb></usr/local/t
exlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmex10.pfb></usr/loc
al/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cmextra/cmex7.pfb><
/usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi10.p
fb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi
5.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/c
mmi6.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/c
m/cmmi7.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfont
s/cm/cmmi8.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsf
onts/cm/cmmi9.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/a
msfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/publi
c/amsfonts/cm/cmr7.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/pub
lic/amsfonts/cm/cmr8.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/p
ublic/amsfonts/cm/cmr9.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/type1
/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/fonts/t
ype1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy7.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/font
s/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy8.pfb></usr/local/texlive/2011basic/texmf-dist/f
onts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy9.pfb>
Output written on writeup.pdf (87 pages, 308011 bytes).
Transcript written on writeup.log.
Preview-LaTeX exited as expected with code 1 at Sun Mar 25 15:49:30
Running `Preview-PDF2DSC' with ``pdf2dsc writeup.pdf writeup.prv/tmp1184PnX/preview.dsc''
Preview-PDF2DSC finished at Sun Mar 25 15:49:30
Running `Preview-Ghostscript' with ``gs -dOutputFile\=\(writeup.prv/tmp1184PnX/pr1-\%d.png\) -q -dNOPAUSE -DNOPLATFONTS -dPrinted -dTextAlphaBits\=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits\=4 -sDEVICE\=png16m -r110.557x110.613''
Preview-Ghostscript finished at Sun Mar 25 15:49:34
current state:
==============
(setq
AUCTeX-version "11.86"
LaTeX-command-style '(("" "%(PDF)%(latex) %S%(PDFout)"))
image-types '(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 %s.pdf %m/preview.dsc"
preview-gs-command "gs"
preview-gs-options '("-q" "-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 'preview-scale-from-face
preview-LaTeX-command '("%`%l \"\\nonstopmode\\nofiles\\PassOptionsToPackage{"
("," . preview-required-option-list)
"}{preview}\\AtBeginDocument{\\ifx\\ifPreview\\undefined"
preview-default-preamble "\\fi}\"%' %t")
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")
preview-default-preamble '("\\RequirePackage[" ("," . preview-default-option-list)
"]{preview}[2004/11/05]")
preview-LaTeX-command-replacements nil
preview-dump-replacements '(preview-LaTeX-command-replacements
("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(\\( +-\\([^ \\\\\"]\\|\\\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\\)*\\)*\\)\\(.*\\)\\'" "\\1 -ini -interaction=nonstopmode \"&\\1\" " preview-format-name ".ini \\5")
)
preview-undump-replacements '(("\\`\\([^ ]+\\) .*? \"\\\\input\" \\(.*\\)\\'"
"\\1 -interaction=nonstopmode \"&" preview-format-name
"\" \\2")
)
preview-auto-cache-preamble 'ask
preview-TeX-style-dir "/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/edit-modes/auctex/latex"
)
Output from running `gs -h':
GPL Ghostscript 9.05 (2012-02-08)
Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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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Search path:
/opt/local/share/ghostscript/9.05/Resource/Init :
/opt/local/share/ghostscript/9.05/lib :
/opt/local/share/ghostscript/9.05/Resource/Font :
/opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts :
/opt/local/share/fonts/default/ghostscript :
/opt/local/share/fonts/default/Type1 :
/opt/local/share/fonts/default/TrueType : /usr/lib/DPS/outline/base :
/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 : /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
For more information, see /opt/local/share/ghostscript/9.05/doc/Use.htm.