[TxMt] Re: flash mode for Latex bundle?

[Jacob Rus]

Jenny Harrison wrote:
> The Latex file I am working on is getting so long that formatting is 
> taking a full minute, even for small changes.  I realize I could input 
> chapters as separate files and not load them all each time, but I prefer 
> not to do this for navigation purposes.   I saw on Haris' blog, "I was 
> editing an html file, and I used the internal html preview window that 
> it has, and then I left the window open. The miracle that occurred is 
> that as I continued editing, the preview window was automatically 
> updated instantly! Without me even having to save the file!"  This does 
> not seem to work for the Latex bundle.  But even if it did, the TM 
> internal preview does not respond to pdfsync.   So my wishful thoughts 
> are for a "flash mode" for the Latex bundle that is compatible with 
> pdfsync.  So many dreams are coming true with all this good energy 
> within this list, I thought I would ask...

The only problem is that LaTeX takes a lot longer to render than HTML 
does, so this might refresh every few seconds with some clever hackery, 
but it's not going to be instant, by any normal definition of instant.

-Jacob