Suggestion: add org-latex-preview to org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c

Suggestion: add org-latex-preview to org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c

[Akira Kyle]

I recently thought to add ~org-latex-preview~ to 
~org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c~ and it has been quite the productivity 
booster! Two arguments as to why this should be done:
- ~org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c~ currently does nothing when inside 
  latex-fragment or latex-environment so why not make it 
  ~org-latex-preview~?
- This intuitively matches my muscle memory from using 
  babel. LaTeX is code after all, and I'm often making mistakes, 
  so I want the fastest "edit-compile-edit" loop possible.

Here's what I currently have to achieve this in case anyone wants 
to give it a try right now :)

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun my-org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-latex-preview-hook ()
  (let ((element (car (org-element-context))))
    (if (or (eq element 'latex-fragment) (eq element 
    'latex-environment))
        (org-latex-preview))))

(add-hook 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-final-hook
              'my-org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-latex-preview-hook)
#+end_src

Re: Suggestion: add org-latex-preview to org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c

[Ihor Radchenko]

Akira Kyle <akira@akirakyle.com> writes:

> I recently thought to add ~org-latex-preview~ to 
> ~org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c~ and it has been quite the productivity 
> booster! Two arguments as to why this should be done:
> - ~org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c~ currently does nothing when inside 
>   latex-fragment or latex-environment so why not make it 
>   ~org-latex-preview~?
> - This intuitively matches my muscle memory from using 
>   babel. LaTeX is code after all, and I'm often making mistakes, 
>   so I want the fastest "edit-compile-edit" loop possible.

Yes, it is indeed a good idea.
Alternatively, we may also use <TAB> for this.
Also, there is https://github.com/awth13/org-appear/

> Here's what I currently have to achieve this in case anyone wants 
> to give it a try right now :)
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun my-org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-latex-preview-hook ()
>   (let ((element (car (org-element-context))))

It will be more reliable to use `org-element-type' instead of `car'. The
latter is relying on internal implementation detail.

>     (if (or (eq element 'latex-fragment) (eq element 
>     'latex-environment))

Can simply use (memq element-type '(latex-fragment latex-environment))

Would you be interested to submit a patch?

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