Implement view(object, viewer='pdf')

[nthiery]

This patch implements:

sage: view(object, viewer = "pdf")

Typical use cases:

• you prefer your pdf browser to your dvi browser
• you want to view latex snippets which are not displayed well in dvi viewers (e.g. tikzpicture)

Potential extensions: view(object, viewer='png'), view(object, viewer='html')

CC: @sagetrac-sage-combinat

Component: interfaces

Keywords: view, latex, dvi, pdf

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/5920

[nthiery]

Description changed:

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+++ 
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-This patch allows for:
+This patch implements:
 
 ```
 sage: view(object, format = "pdf")
 ```
 
 Typical use cases:
-- you prefer your pdf browser
-- view latex snippets which are not displayed in dvi viewers (e.g. tikzpicture)
+- you prefer your pdf browser to your dvi browser
+- you want to view latex snippets which are not displayed well in dvi viewers (e.g. tikzpicture)
 
-Should this use 'output=' rather than 'format='
+Should this use 'output=' rather than 'format='?
 
 Potential extensions: `view(object, format='png')`, `view(object, format='html')`
+

[nthiery]

Changed keywords from latex view to view, latex, dvi, pdf

[williamstein]

comment:4

It should be

sage: view(object, viewer='pdf')

for consistency with all the 3d plotting code, which has viewer='tachyon' and viewer='jmol' options.

[sagetrac-mabshoff]

comment:6

Replying to @williamstein:

It should be

sage: view(object, viewer='pdf')

for consistency with all the 3d plotting code, which has viewer='tachyon' and viewer='jmol' options.

Hmm, how can you give this a positive review in light of this comment? I would much rather have the trivial rename in the original patch before merging it.

Cheers,

Michael

[nthiery]

comment:7

Done in the new update patch. I switched back to needs review, though a quick glance from any of the two of you should do.

[nthiery]

Description changed:

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 This patch implements:
 
 ```
-sage: view(object, format = "pdf")
+sage: view(object, viewer = "pdf")
 ```
 
 Typical use cases:
 - you prefer your pdf browser to your dvi browser
 - you want to view latex snippets which are not displayed well in dvi viewers (e.g. tikzpicture)
 
-Should this use 'output=' rather than 'format='?
-
 Potential extensions: `view(object, format='png')`, `view(object, format='html')`