Re: doc-view.el --- View PDF/PostScript/DVI files in Emacs

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> Nevertheless, now doc-view.el can display pages as soon as they're
>>> available, so users can start viewing nearly immediately even if the
>>> file is not in the cache.
>> 
>> I think this is very much good enough for now.  I don't want to wait
>> for integration with preview.el before integrating it into Emacs.

> Oh, I was not suggesting integration with preview.el: preview.el is
> very much specialized to LaTeX.  I was just suggesting to pick
> preview.el for ideas and code fragments.  For example, the Ghostscript
> queue management and the display prioritization would seem like good
> candidates for stealing: their design and coding took quite a bit of
> time.

>> I do see integration of (some subpart of) the two as a desirable
>> goal, but that can also be done from within the Emacs repository,

> It sounds to me like Tassilo addressed some performance/usability
> issues already: whether by actually using preview-latex code or by
> imitating it or by coopetition: the result is something more useful to
> the end user.

> But I agree that this can be done from within Emacs CVS as well.

Yup, we agree 100%,


        Stefan