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I am writing my research notes in org-mode and they contain many LaTeX formulas. I use the preview feature (C-c C-x C-l) a lot. As the notes are rather large, I also tend to use an indirect buffer, to jump around to have a quick glance to refer to some other part of the text. While the indirect buffer will show the rendered formulas when I open it (assuming the original buffer was showing them), I cannot make them go doing C-c C-c. Conversely, if I open the indirect buffer while the original buffer is NOT showing the formulas, I cannot generate them in the indirect buffer. I get a message saying

user-error: Can’t preview LaTeX fragment in a non-file buffer

So, is there an easy way to enable org-mode to render and hide the formulas in indirect buffers?

I would not mind if doing this would mess-up (i.e. also hide, also display) the formulas in the main buffer (as long as I can re-render/display once I am back there).

For reference: GNU Emacs 25.1.2; Org-mode version 8.2.10

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I find indirect buffers to be indispensable when using org-mode. Use clone-indirect-buffer instead of make-indirect-buffer to remedy your issue. You will then be able to render and hide Latex fragments independently within each buffer.

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  • Can someone clarify the difference between clone-indirect-buffer and make-indirect-buffer? Documentation is not making it clear for me.
    – iLemming
    Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 18:29
  • I originally was using clone indirect buffer. I have this problem either way, with make-indirect-buffer or clone-indirect-buffer. @James maybe there is something else in your setup that makes it work for you? What version of emacs / org-mode do you use?
    – jmlorenzi
    Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 20:18

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