Re: [AUCTeX] preview \cite

[emacs user]

I hope you dont mind me trying to revive this.  my gs version is 9.01.
 the problem occurs with and without pdf mode.  I am attaching the log
file, perhaps this helps?  thanks in any case, cheers, Eli

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010)
(format=latex 2010.7.21)  19 MAR 2011 19:58
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l.16 foo\cite
             {jones:99} bar
Not a real error.


LaTeX Warning: Citation `jones:99' on page 1 undefined on input line 16.

Preview: Tightpage -32891 -32891 32891 32891
! Preview: Snippet 1 ended.(491520+163840x719985).
<-><->

l.16 foo\cite{jones:99}
                        bar
Not a real error.

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No file _region_.bbl.

LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.

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Output written on _region_.dvi (1 page, 1644 bytes).


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> wrote:
> * emacs user (2011-01-13) writes:
>
>> Hi all, I am trying to have \cite commands be previewed, so I can see
>> the actual reference.  I put in the preamble of the latex file
>>
>> \usepackage[sections,displaymath,textmath,graphics,floats]{preview}
>> \PreviewMacro[!]{\cite}
>>
>> and then I have ... \cite{myauthor}
>>
>> previewing this in gnu emacs (24.0.50), I get a question mark instead
>> of the reference.  c-c c-l shows that latex complains about the
>> reference being undefined.  I tried to run bibtex before doing the
>> preview, doesn't help.   The reference comes out fine in the pdf file
>> produced by latex.
>>
>> any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong?
>
> FWIW, the following example is running fine with a development Emacs on
> GNU/Linux with TeX Live 2009:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \begin{filecontents}{test.bib}
> @Book{jones:99,
>  author       = {Jones, Steve},
>  title        = {My Life So Far},
>  publisher    = {ACME, Inc.},
>  year         = 1999
> }
> \end{filecontents}
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[sections,displaymath,textmath,graphics,floats]{preview}
> \PreviewMacro[!]{\cite}
> \begin{document}
> foo\cite{jones:99} bar
> \bibliographystyle{plain}
> \bibliography{test}
> \end{document}
>
> %%% Local Variables:
> %%% mode: latex
> %%% TeX-master: t
> %%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
> %%% End:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The only problem I encountered was that the source for the preview is
> not opened when point is moved over it.  This could be a regression in
> Emacs.
>
> With respect to your problem, does it work if you disable TeX PDF mode?
> Or asked another way: What's your Ghostscript version?
>
> --
> Ralf
>