[Bug-AUCTeX] Re: 11.82; xypic command crashes preview-latex

[Alexis Gallagher]

David,

First let me say thank you for taking the time to reply and for your 
work on preview-latex. Much obliged.

David Kastrup wrote:
> Alexis Gallagher <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I have found that using the \xymatrix command from the xy-pic
> > package crashes preview-latex. This is in contrast to merely not
> > previewing correctly, a known issue discuessed on the mailing list
> > in Jan 2006. The usual remedy, adding "delayed" as an optional
> > argument to \usepackage{xy}, does not solve this problem.
>
> The optional argument would need to get added to the call of preview,
> not the call of xy.

Yes, I was doing that wrong. I fixed this by adding "delayed" as the 
first string argument in the emacs customization group "Preview Required 
Option List". However, this still does not resolve the problem.

> > Emacs  : GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin8.6.1)
> >  of 2006-04-10 on plume.sr.unh.edu - Aquamacs Distribution 0.9.9c
> > Package: 11.82
> >
> > Run buffer contents:
> >
> > Running `Preview-LaTeX' on `_region_' with ``pdflatex
>>
>> [...]
>>
> This looks like you are editing a file _region_.tex, or at least that
> is the impression AUCTeX has.  Very unhealthy.  _region_ should never
> be edited or compiled by the user manually.

I was editing sample3.tex and using the defaults of Aqumacs Emacs 0.9.9c 
(on osx 10.4.6 intel), which ships with auctex pre-installed. But I did 
the command preview-buffer instead of preview-document. preview-document 
runs on sample3.tex directly, instead of _region_. Also, I should note 
that I get the same failure trying to run preview on the this file from 
within xemacs (xemacs version 21.4.17, preview-latex 11.82; Debian 
stable), so I don't think the problem is a result of idiosyncracies of 
this particular emacs installation.

I will submit an updated bugtrace after this reply. Thanks again for 
your help.

Cheers,
Alexis