From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: problem with tex-start-options-string Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:45:25 -0600 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3F4F9135.1090807@yahoo.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062179351 1355 80.91.224.253 (29 Aug 2003 17:49:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:49:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 29 19:49:09 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19snMz-0000sg-00 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:49:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19snMo-00089B-Fq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:48:58 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19snKN-0007Go-Ui for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:46:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19snJk-0006qK-Eo for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:45:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [216.168.1.22] (helo=trinity.supernews.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19snJ0-0006Nn-Ek for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.11.165]:47366 ident=root) by trinity.supernews.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19snIv-000LXy-So for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:44:58 +0000 Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:44:56 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:44:56 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 170.207.51.80!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,gnu.emacs.bug Original-Followup-To: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 147 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: 170.207.51.80 X-Orig-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1062179095 11789599 170.207.51.80 (16 [82742]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020406 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5681 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5681 [Followup-To: gnu.emacs.bug] Matthias Meulien wrote: > Recent (La)TeX versions provides a command line option `-src' to > insert source specials to perform inverse search: A mouse click in the > xdvi window can open an editor with the corresponding place in the > source file. > > So I want the `tex-file' command to use the following syntax: > > ,---- > | [matthias@clarinde ~/TeX]$ latex -src-specials -interaction=nonstop FILE > | This is TeXk, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.4.5) > | Source specials enabled. > | LaTeX2e <2001/06/01> > | Babel and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, > | ngerman, basque, italian, portuges, russian, spanish, nohyphenation, > | loaded. > | ... > `---- > > I have set `tex-start-options-string' to the string "-src-specials > -interaction=nonstop". But it is passed to (from `tex-start-tex') > `shell-quote-argument' resulting in the following error: > > ,---- > | [matthias@clarinde ~/TeX]$ latex -src-specials\ -interaction\=nonstopmode FILE > | latex: unrecognized option `-src-specials -interaction=nonstopmode' > | Try `latex --help' for more information. > `---- > > Note the two backslash. How should I do ? Today I use the following > (in appropriate hooks): > > (setq tex-start-options-string nil) > (setq tex-run-command "tex -src-specials -interaction=nonstopmode") > (setq latex-run-command "latex -src-specials -interaction=nonstopmode") > > > Ugly isn't it ? Don't you think `tex-start-options-string' should be > a list ? Yes. Here's a patch that does so and renames it `tex-start-options': *** emacs-21.3/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el Sun Mar 3 18:38:27 2002 --- emacs-21.3/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el Fri Aug 29 11:20:21 2003 *************** *** 120,133 **** :group 'tex-run) ;;;###autoload ! (defcustom tex-start-options-string "\\nonstopmode\\input" ! "*TeX options to use when running TeX. ! These precede the input file name. If nil, TeX runs without option. ! See the documentation of `tex-command'." ! :type '(radio (const :tag "Interactive \(nil\)" nil) (const :tag "Nonstop \(\"\\nonstopmode\\input\"\)" ! "\\nonstopmode\\input") ! (string :tag "String at your choice")) :group 'tex-run :version "20.4") --- 120,134 ---- :group 'tex-run) ;;;###autoload ! (defcustom tex-start-options '("\\nonstopmode\\input") ! "*List of strings to pass as TeX options to `tex-command'. ! These precede the input file name. If nil, run TeX without any options." ! :type '(radio (const :tag "Interactive \(\)" ! ()) (const :tag "Nonstop \(\"\\nonstopmode\\input\"\)" ! ("\\nonstopmode\\input")) ! (repeat :tag "Other \(\"-option\" ...\)" ! (string :tag "Option"))) :group 'tex-run :version "20.4") *************** *** 238,244 **** (defvar tex-command nil "*Command to run TeX. If this string contains an asterisk \(`*'\), that is replaced by the file name\; ! otherwise the \(shell-quoted\) value of `tex-start-options-string' and the file name are added at the end, with blanks as separators. In TeX, LaTeX, and SliTeX Mode this variable becomes buffer local. --- 239,245 ---- (defvar tex-command nil "*Command to run TeX. If this string contains an asterisk \(`*'\), that is replaced by the file name\; ! otherwise the \(shell-quoted\) elements of `tex-start-options' and the file name are added at the end, with blanks as separators. In TeX, LaTeX, and SliTeX Mode this variable becomes buffer local. *************** *** 1447,1455 **** (comint-quote-filename file) (substring command (1+ star))) (concat command " " ! (if (< 0 (length tex-start-options-string)) ! (concat ! (shell-quote-argument tex-start-options-string) " ")) (comint-quote-filename file))))) (tex-send-tex-command compile-command dir))) --- 1448,1454 ---- (comint-quote-filename file) (substring command (1+ star))) (concat command " " ! (mapconcat 'shell-quote-argument tex-start-options " ") (comint-quote-filename file))))) (tex-send-tex-command compile-command dir))) *** emacs-21.3/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el Mon Jul 16 06:23:00 2001 --- emacs-21.3/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el Fri Aug 29 11:00:10 2003 *************** *** 955,963 **** (interactive) (require 'tex-mode) (let ((tex-command texinfo-texi2dvi-command) ! ;; Disable tex-start-options-string. texi2dvi would not ;; understand anything specified here. ! (tex-start-options-string "")) (tex-buffer))) (defun texinfo-texindex () --- 955,963 ---- (interactive) (require 'tex-mode) (let ((tex-command texinfo-texi2dvi-command) ! ;; Disable tex-start-options. texi2dvi would not ;; understand anything specified here. ! (tex-start-options '())) (tex-buffer))) (defun texinfo-texindex () -- Kevin Rodgers