gmane.emacs.auctex.devel

Wrong heading with outline-regexp

Leo — 2008-11-27T21:45:55

Hi there, Let's assume the following sentences is in the LaTeX source file: "To use bibliography in your \LaTeX{} document, add the following at the end but before \verb|\end{document}|:" Now if you use outline mode, you can see the line with \verb|\end{document}| also becomes a heading, which is undesired. Best,

AUCTeX failed to detect SyncTeX

Leo — 2008-11-21T02:19:39

The function `TeX-source-correlate-determine-method' does not detect SyncTeX correctly because (string-match "^-synctex" help) always returns nil. An example output of `latex --help' with latest MikTeX is attached. 2.7. Usage: latex [OPTION...] [COMMAND...] -alias=APP Pretend to be APP. This affects both the format used and the search path. -aux-directory=DIR Use DIR as the directory to write auxiliary files to. -buf-size=N Set buf_size to N. -c-style-errors Enable file:line:error style messages. -disable-8bit-chars Make only 7-bit characters printable by. -disable-installer Disable the package installer. Missing files will not be installed. -disable-pipes Disable input (output) from (to) processes. -disable-write18 Disable the \write18{COMMAND} construct. -dont-parse-first-line Do not parse the first line of the input line to look for a dump name and/or extra command-line options. -draftmode Switch on draft mode (generates no output). -enable-8bit-chars Make all characters printable by default. -enable-enctex Enable EncTeX extensions such as \mubyte. -enable-etex Enable e-TeX extensions. -enable-installer Enable the package installer. Missing files will be installed. -enable-mltex Enable MLTeX extensions such as \charsubdef. -enable-pipes Enable input (output) from (to) processes. -enable-write18 Enable the \write18{COMMAND} construct. -error-line=N Set error_line to N. -extra-mem-bot=N Set extra_mem_bot to N. -extra-mem-top=N Set extra_mem_top to N. -font-max=N Set font_max to N. -font-mem-size=N Set font_mem_size to N. -half-error-line=N Set half_error_line to N. -halt-on-error Stop after the first error. -help Show this help screen and exit. -hhelp Show the manual page in an HTMLHelp window and exit when the window is closed. -include-directory=DIR Prefix DIR to the input search path. -initialize Be the INI variant of the program. -interaction=MODE Set the interaction mode; MODE must be one of: batchmode, nonstopmode, scrollmode, errorstopmode. -job-name=NAME Set the job name and hence the name(s) of the output file(s). -job-time=FILE Set the job time. Take FILE's timestamp as the reference. -main-memory=N Set main_memory to N. -max-in-open=N Set max_in_open to N. -max-print-line=N Set max_print_line to N. -max-strings=N Set max_strings to N. -nest-size=N Set nest_size to N. -no-c-style-errors Disable file:line:error style messages. -output-directory=DIR Use DIR as the directory to write output files to. -output-format=FORMAT Set the output format. -param-size=N Set param_size to N. -parse-first-line Parse the first line of the input line to look for a dump name and/or extra command-line options. -pool-free=N Set pool_free to N. -pool-size=N Set pool_size to N. -quiet Suppress all output (except errors). -record-package-usages=FILE Enable the package usage recorder. Output is written to FILE. -recorder Turn on the file name recorder to leave a trace of the files opened for input and output in a file with extension .fls. -save-size=N Set save_size to N. -src-specials Insert source specials in certain places of the DVI file. -stack-size=N Set stack_size to N. -string-vacancies=N Set string_vacancies to N. -strings-free=N Set strings_free to N. -synctex=N Generate SyncTeX data for previewers if nonzero. -tcx=TCXNAME Use the TCXNAME translation table to set the mapping of inputcharacters and re-mapping of output characters. -time-statistics Show processing time statistics. -trace=OPTIONS Turn tracing on. OPTIONS must be a comma-separated list of trace options. See the manual, for more information. -trie-size=N Set trie_size to N. -undump=NAME Use NAME instead of program name when loading internal tables. -version Print version information and exit. Best,

TeX-auto-global confusing doc string

Leo — 2008-11-18T01:01:12

Hi there, The value of TeX-auto-global was not set in any way during the installation. After installation, I got a value that conflicts with its documentation, which says that it must end with a directory separator. (defcustom TeX-auto-global "/tmp/AUC/var/auctex" "*Directory containing automatically generated information. Must end with a directory separator. For storing automatic extracted information about the TeX macros shared by all users of a site." :group 'TeX-file :type 'directory) Maybe this is a bug? Bye,

patch for preview-latex to reduce file clutter andnot overwrite document

Tim Toolan — 2008-10-30T13:50:00

Hello, First, I must thank the developers of preview-latex for this really great package. Included is a small patch for preview-latex that does three things: 1) Greatly reduces file clutter. When generating previews, only two things are added to the main tex directory, a directory called MASTERTEXFILE.prv and a file called file _region_.tex. All other files generated when creating previews, including previews of regions, are placed in the directory MASTERTEXFILE.prv. 2) Any typeset version of the document, such as a .pdf or .dvi file is left alone. Previously they were deleted when generating a preview. 3) Auxilary files are created for previews since there is no longer any danger of clobbering anything. Regards, Tim _______________________________________________ auctex-devel mailing list auctex-devel< at >gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel

preview of \ref commands in preview-latex

Tim Toolan — 2008-10-26T11:52:05

Hello, It is possible to replace the \ref type commands in preview mode with the actual resolved labels as they appear in the preview images in a robust way by using the .aux information generated when generating the previews. It also would allow adding new references using the number as it appears in the preview images. I am interested in implementing this, but would like to know if people feel that this would be a useful addition, and if there are any suggestions about how people would like it to work before I start. Regards, Tim

Math macros and `TeX-insert-macro'

Ralf Angeli — 2008-10-25T16:33:34

Hi, you've likely seen the (slightly obnoxious) message about math macros not being available for completion with `TeX-insert-macro'. I've been wondering myself why this is the case. Could somebody think of a reason why we would not want them to be available for completion (in LaTeX mode)? I'd probably add them if nobody objects. An alternative would be to make them available through a separate function and key binding but I don't think this is necessary.

reftex patch to support resolved labels

Tim Toolan — 2008-10-21T19:42:38

Hello, Attached is a patch which adds support for resolved labels as they appear the typeset document to the reftex-reference command. It places them where the counter used to be, and enables interactive filtering based on these resolved labels. It makes selecting labels significantly more efficient when looking at typeset document. To reference a label, run reftex-reference "C-c )", then enter the number as it appears in the typeset document (ie. "1.2", "IV", "123"). If there is more than one exact match, such as section 3, equation 3, and figure 3, press tab to cycle between these choices. When in this filtering mode, any special commands that are printable characters (like "f" to toggle follow mode) must be preceded by a "C-c" prefix. At any time, press the delete key to toggle between filter mode and the previous behavior for reftex-reference. It is currently setup to disable prompting for reference macro type and label type by default, and going directly to the filter selection process. To revert to the old behavior, set the variables: (setq reftex-ref-type-prompt t) (setq reftex-ref-start-in-filter-mode nil) (setq reftex-ref-macro-prompt t) Regards, Tim Toolan _______________________________________________ auctex-devel mailing list auctex-devel< at >gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel

`TeX-insert-macro' inserts braces {}

Uwe Brauer — 2008-10-21T18:46:00

Hello I have added some trivial macros via (TeX-add-symbols '("gll") '("glt") '("glend")) However TeX-insert-macro inserts \gll{} unfortunately this results after running latex is a slightly different output compared to \gll. So how can I achieve that TeX-insert-macro inserts \gll and not \gll{}? thanks Uwe Brauer

LaTeX-fill-region and very long lines

Uwe Brauer — 2008-10-14T15:41:06

Hello More and more people send me LaTeX files with very long lines, most likely using the latest version of windedit, which does not use the traditional line break after 70 chars, but uses something which corresponds to long-line-mode in (X)emacs. However I find this inconvenient, fortunately running LaTeX-fill-region over most of the buffer, formats nicely and break most longlines. However there are two type of long lines this function cannot deal with, (mostly in math formula) - one is one where there is really no space, so it is written like (f)_{a}+5=7 etc etc - the other one is more subtle. The point is, when I jump to the end of that long line and type space (auto-fill-mode on) then the line is broken correctly, but LaTeX-fill-region does not break it. Here is an example which I attach since long lines in email is a bad idea \begin{eqnarray} g_{\alpha,\beta}-\eta_{\alpha,\beta} &\in& C^0\left([0,T],H_{s,\delta}\right)\cap C^1\left([0,T],H_{s-1,\delta+1}\right)\\ w,u^a,u^0-1 &\in& C^0\left([0,T],H_{s-1,\delta+2}\right)\cap C^1\left([0,T],H_{s-2,\delta+3}\right). \end{eqnarray} _______________________________________________ auctex-devel mailing list auctex-devel< at >gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel

LaTeX-close-environment should ignore commented env

Uwe Brauer — 2008-10-13T11:09:08

Hello consider the following example \begin{equation} \label{eq:1} %\begin{cases} % \int f dx = 0 % \end{cases} LaTeX-close-environment Leads to \begin{equation} \label{eq:1} %\begin{cases} % \int f dx = 0 % \end{cases} \end{document} Instead of \begin{equation} \label{eq:1} %\begin{cases} % \int f dx = 0 % \end{cases} \end{equation} Could this behavior be changed. Thanks Uwe Brauer

unable to make latest CVS auctex (Mac OS X 10.5.5)

Artemio Gonzalez Lopez — 2008-10-12T20:49:20

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RefTeX: Reference macro selection

Ralf Angeli — 2008-10-12T13:35:12

Hi, the last major change in RefTeX (which hasn't been released yet) was concerned with the possibility to select the macro for references. So once you type `C-c )', select a label type and are presented with the label selection screen you can also switch between different reference macros. Typing to toggle between macros for numbered references (like \ref) and page references (like \pageref). In each class there can be multiple macros which can be cycled by typing (forward) or (backward). I thought a bit about this approach and think that the user interface might be too convoluted. First, the user is confronted with two selection processes at once: the label and the reference macro. Second, the user has to keep in mind that there are two rings with macros. Third, macros cannot be selected directly. Fourth, the interface is not consistent with the way citation macros are selected. So perhaps a good idea to get rid of these problems would be to present the reference macro selection in the same way as the citation macro selection, i.e. providing the user with a list of possibilities where each entry can be selected with a single key press. A disadvantage of this approach is that there will be an additional step in the reference insertion process. I'd be interested in hearing what kind of interface others prefer.

Switching TeX engines

Ralf Angeli — 2008-10-05T18:43:48
Okay, I got rid of the minor modes for XeTeX and Omega. (To be precise, the one for Omega is being kept for compatibility reasons for the time being.) Instead, there is a variable called `TeX-engine' which can be used to select the engine. Since we don't have a way to set stuff for a document, it is global at the moment but can obviously also be set file-locally. The three engine options are currently `default', `xetex' and `omega'. One could probably add PDFTeX as well but I didn't see a need for that because it is already handled by `TeX-DVI-via-PDFTeX'. The engine can be set through the TeXing options menu or with `M-x TeX-engine-set '. Lemme know what you think.

Deleting generated intermediate files in Emacs+AUCTeX

Angelo Graziosi — 2008-09-29T14:58:33
Let us consider the following example, using current CVS Emacs 23.1 and current AUCTeX CVS. The directory Foo_dir contains Foo.tex (the main file of a document), and the directory FrontBackmatter which contains TitlePage.tex: $ ls -lrtR Foo_dir ... -rw-r--r-- 1 ... 948 Sep 29 00:07 Foo.tex drwxr-xr-x+ 2 ... 0 Sep 29 10:25 FrontBackmatter Foo_dir/FrontBackmatter: totale 9 ... -rw-r--r-- 1 ... 707 Sep 28 23:54 TitlePage.tex Foo.tex includes TitlePage.tex with: \include{FrontBackmatter/TitlePage} In Foo.tex there is: %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: latex %%% TeX-master: t %%% End: while in TitlePage.tex: %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: latex %%% TeX-master: "../Foo" %%% End: Building the document, it creates Foo.log and Foo.aux in Foo_dir, and TitlePage.aux in FrontBackmatter. When I decide to delete the generated intermediate files, it deletes only those in Foo_dir not those in FrontBackmatter, even if I repeat the operation (clik on toolbar delete icon) from the frame/window containing TitlePage.tex. Is the above behaviour to be expected? Cheers, Angelo.

Development of refstyle.sty support

Andreas Neiser — 2008-09-21T16:13:33
Hey, I've read some messages about implementing support for refstyle.sty (and maybe other referencing packages). I widely use some things like \figlabel{bla} and then \figref{bla} to reference it. Is there some ongoing (and maybe already working) patches which I can try? I'm not really experienced with Lisp and/or Emacs and/or AucTeX, therefor I hope somebody can explain some steps in detail here. Thanks in advance Andreas

the xemacs pkg sync:tex-wizard.el is *not* needed?

Uwe Brauer — 2008-09-10T10:43:44
Hello We are almost done with the sync. (I said this a couple of weeks ago, I know). I just realized that the auctex source dir contains a file called tex-wizard.el This file is *not* included in the xemacs pkg provided by the auctex team, therefore we also will not include it. But just out of curiosity this file is only used in GNU emacs? Uwe Brauer

REftex: bug in reftex-create-bibtex-file

Uwe Brauer — 2008-09-05T10:41:00
Hello 4 years ago, I asked Carsten about a BUG in this reftex function. Since now the auctex team maintains reftex, Carsten suggested to contact you. Here are the relevant emails:

adventures with --prefix,TeX-data-directory and style files

Phillip Lord — 2008-09-01T18:27:30
I recently noticed that the auctex style files were not being loaded. Following some investigation, I've discovered the cause, and thought I would relate the story. With a bit of fiddling, I tracked the problem down to TeX-data-directory, which is my case is set wrong, specifically to ~/emacs/packages/auctex-11.58/auctex Notice the extra "auctex". Hence the style files were not being found. I traced this back to (defvar TeX-lisp-directoryr (expand-file-name "auctex" (file-name-directory load-file-name)) "The directory where most of the AUCTeX lisp files are located. For the location of lisp files associated with styles, see the variables TeX-style-* (hand-generated lisp) and TeX-auto-* (automatically generated lisp).") where the problem is evident. I normally install auctex by unpacking the tar ball in ~/emacs/packages (creating auctex-x.x where x is the version number), and doing ./configure, make, but no make install. This is how I install most packages and it works well for me; I just add all directories in ~/emacs/packages to the path recursively. So, I figure, auctex must use one directory structure for packaging (where no auctex directory exists) and another for installation (where it does). So I decided to try the make install option instead. So I move auctex away from ~/emacs/packages, and try ./configure --prefix=/home/username/emacs/packages/auctex which is nearly what was suggested in "Installation for non-privelleged users". But this appears to be ignored -- make install tries to isntall in /usr/share... Anyway, I was left feeling a little confused. Could I suggest the following? (defvar TeX-data-directory (let ((installed (expand-file-name "auctex" (file-name-directory load-file-name))) (local (expand-file-name (file-name-directory load-file-name)))) (cond ((file-readable-p installed) installed) ((file-readable-p local) local (t (error "Unable to find TeX-data-directory")))))) Failing this, even the addition of an error message would be good. It took me quite a while to track this down because the cause of the problem is quite a way from where it becomes apparent (that is, style files don't work). Thanks Phil

specific developer wanted

ivo welch — 2008-08-17T20:04:37
I would like to hire someone who is an experienced auctex hacker. Hopefully, it will be an hour of work, and I am offering $75 obo. I need a local addon that I can stick into my .emacs file, that does the following: * if the filename ends in .sltx, then load auctex but execute the following set of modifications: # becomes the comment character, not % $ and % lose their special meanings; they become ordinary characters \m{...} has its arguments set as if its math mode. \nl is like \\ \be is like \begin{equation} \ee is like \end{equation} I want indentation and highlighting to work right. That's it. It needs to go into my .emacs file, simply because I want it to survive the next auctex release upgrade. Help appreciated. Regards, /iaw

looking for student programmer

ivo welch — 2008-08-14T13:41:26
auctex does seem a bit too daunting for me to hack. so, I would like to hire someone for 3 hours to put together a hack that does the following (posted earlier): I will use a preprocessor for latex, which does a couple of things, most importantly: # replaces % as the comment character \1,\2.. replaces #1, #2,.. as macro arguments \ns replaces \# \nl replaces \\ \lcp replaces \{ \rcp replaces \} \math{} replaces $...$ \be replaces \[ \ee replaces \] $,% become ordinary characters and I also plan to extend the namespace of macros to include [0-9.:] by mangling it into spelled out versions. Maybe I want to allow ';' as a terminating character that forces interpretation as '{\macro}'. Now, I need a hack that changes the syntax highlighting in auctex. preferably, it would go into my .emacs file, so that future updates to auctex do not need internal tweaking. So, if you know how this would be done, and I can afford your help, I would love to hire you to do this. please send me an email to ivo.welch at gmail.com . Sincerely, /iaw

changing parameters

ivo welch — 2008-08-13T12:40:51
dear auctex-wizards: I am planning to write a preprocessor for latex, which does a couple of things, most importantly: # replaces % as the comment character \1,\2.. replaces #1, #2,.. as macro arguments \ns replaces \# \nl replaces \\ \lcp replaces \{ \rcp replaces \} \math{} replaces $...$ \be replaces \[ \ee replaces \] $,% become ordinary characters and I also plan to extend the namespace of macros to include [0-9.:] by mangling it into spelled out versions. Maybe I want to allow ';' as a terminating character that forces interpretation as '{\macro}'. It is trivial to write a perl preprocessor to handle these changes. the big advantage is that with these changes, writing a tex->anything transcoder becomes a lot simpler. (transcoder, not parser, of course.) ...except that I really would like to maintain basic auctex visibility while editing. would it be very difficult to define, say, '.pltx' which is like latex mode, but knows about these changes? the most important would be to the change of comment character and recognize that $ sign is now ordinary. I looked at the manual, but unfortunately these kind of deeper changes were not described. I also could not figure out how I could change this---whether in my user file or whether it needs source changes (and if so where). I also have a comment regarding the mechanism to add functions. Why not allow the user to define a specific macro, say: \newcommand{\setauctexnumberofparameters}[2]{} and auctex knows that when it sees this function: \setauctexnumberofparameters{\weirdfunction}{4} that this is intended to signal to auctex? ok, I know this can be done by defining elisp after '%' comments in latex itself, too, but then one is in a more complex world again which most latex users do not know. regards, /iaw