Re: [AUCTeX] Hide preview icons?

[David Sevilla]

2009/12/17 David Sevilla <address@hidden>:
> 2009/12/16 Ralf Angeli <address@hidden>:
>> * David Sevilla (2009-12-16) writes:
>>
>>> I have recently installed emacs-auctex and I have been playing with
>>> the options, in particular to hide the icons that appear when I move
>>> the cursor into something previewed. I have many small inline formulas
>>> and find it distracting to have these icons show up and disappear as I
>>> move through the text. I have tried deleting everything in the
>>> "Preview Icon Specs" in the "Preview Appearance" group, but then
>>> instead of icons I get an "x". Is there a way?
>>
>> The "x" is hardcoded in `preview-make-clickable'.
>>
>> I haven't tried this, but perhaps you could use a 1x1 pixels image
>> instead of the default icon?
>
> I did. It is less distracting but not completely good: the 1x1 image
> has a black border so instead of a (white) pixel I see a small black
> box, remarkably similar to the points that I use at the end of each
> sentence  :)   Well, close enough.

... on the other hand... if instead of a 1x1 gif you use a 1x1
transparent png, it works like a charm.

David