Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

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I want to regularly insert the following code into documents that I write in
LaTex-mode via Auctex:

%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: LaTeX
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End: 

Since I need to do this regularly, I want to do this with something like key
binding. But I don't know if what I want to do is key binding (like C-c
C-f), a macro, or something else.
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Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 23.08.2011 05:17, schrieb spinner:
>
> I want to regularly insert the following code into documents that I write in
> LaTex-mode via Auctex:
>
> %%% Local Variables:
> %%% mode: LaTeX
> %%% TeX-master: t
> %%% End:
>
> Since I need to do this regularly, I want to do this with something like key
> binding. But I don't know if what I want to do is key binding (like C-c
> C-f), a macro, or something else.


auctex probably has provisions for inserting a standard header.
RTFM

Alternatively using some template like yasnippet would do it.

Also you may put the example below at some place where it gets loaded 
and bound it at some key afterwards:

(defun my-tex-inserts ()
   (interactive "*")
   (insert "%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: LaTeX
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End:
"))

Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

[Eric Abrahamsen]

On Tue, Aug 23 2011, spinner wrote:

> I want to regularly insert the following code into documents that I write in
> LaTex-mode via Auctex:
>
> %%% Local Variables:
> %%% mode: LaTeX
> %%% TeX-master: t
> %%% End: 
>
> Since I need to do this regularly, I want to do this with something like key
> binding. But I don't know if what I want to do is key binding (like C-c
> C-f), a macro, or something else.

Section 6 of the Autotyping manual shows how to automatically insert
template-like text in empty files based on major mode or file name.

Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

[Morten Leander Petersen]

spinner <michaelcrain@hotmail.com> writes:

> I want to regularly insert the following code into documents that I write in
> LaTex-mode via Auctex:
>
> %%% Local Variables:
> %%% mode: LaTeX
> %%% TeX-master: t
> %%% End: 
>
> Since I need to do this regularly, I want to do this with something like key
> binding. But I don't know if what I want to do is key binding (like C-c
> C-f), a macro, or something else.

C-c _

That should do the trick.
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/Morten

Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

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> From: mortenlp2@gmail.com
>
> C-c _
>
> That should do the trick.

Morten:

Many thanks. I just looked over the documentation for this command and this
seems to be the built-in key binding to prompt me for the variables that I
want to insert in LaTex documents.

Question: The documentation says that I can specify a LaTex parent file as
"master" and this will automate the process when writing child files using
C-c _ to specify the parent-master file. But what if I am working on several
multi-file document projects. Will emacs/Auctex get confused if I have more
than one tex files set as "master"?
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Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

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> From: eric@ericabrahamsen.net
 
> Section 6 of the Autotyping manual shows how to automatically insert
> template-like text in empty files based on major mode or file name.
>

Autotype is interesting and seems like it will do what I want. Many thanks.
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Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

[Morten Leander Petersen]

spinner <michaelcrain@hotmail.com> writes:

>> From: mortenlp2@gmail.com
>>
>> C-c _
>>
>> That should do the trick.
>
> Morten:
>
> Many thanks. I just looked over the documentation for this command and this
> seems to be the built-in key binding to prompt me for the variables that I
> want to insert in LaTex documents.
>
> Question: The documentation says that I can specify a LaTex parent file as
> "master" and this will automate the process when writing child files using
> C-c _ to specify the parent-master file. But what if I am working on several
> multi-file document projects. Will emacs/Auctex get confused if I have more
> than one tex files set as "master"?
I'm not sure I understand the question, but as long as you specify a
particular master file in each of your child files you should be
alright.

Regards
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Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

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Morten Leander Petersen wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the question, but as long as you specify a
> particular master file in each of your child files you should be
> alright.
> 

Thanks for your message. I see the source of confusion. I must have
misunderstood the documentation:
http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/Multifile.html

I thought that if, first, I inserted the following code at the end of
my parent-master file and, secondly, I pressed C-c _ while in my child
file that Auctex would automatically find this master file without me
typing its path.

  %%% Local Variables:
  %%% TeX-master: "master"
  %%% End:


If I still must type the path to the master in each child, do you know if
there is a practical difference between these two Tex file settings:

  %%% TeX-master: t

  %%% TeX-master: "master"

If these settings are functionally the same, the following code from the
documentation
doesn't seem to be very useful (i.e., why bother with it):

  (setq-default TeX-master "master") ; All master files called "master"


Why call parent files "master" in --%%% TeX-master: "master"-- if I need
to specify the path in the child files? Am I missing something?


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Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

[Morten Leander Petersen]

spinner <michaelcrain@hotmail.com> writes:

> Morten Leander Petersen wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure I understand the question, but as long as you specify a
>> particular master file in each of your child files you should be
>> alright.
>> 
>
> Thanks for your message. I see the source of confusion. I must have
> misunderstood the documentation:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/Multifile.html
>
> I thought that if, first, I inserted the following code at the end of
> my parent-master file and, secondly, I pressed C-c _ while in my child
> file that Auctex would automatically find this master file without me
> typing its path.
>
>   %%% Local Variables:
>   %%% TeX-master: "master"
>   %%% End:
>
>
> If I still must type the path to the master in each child, do you know if
> there is a practical difference between these two Tex file settings:
>
>   %%% TeX-master: t
>
>   %%% TeX-master: "master"
>
> If these settings are functionally the same, the following code from the
> documentation
> doesn't seem to be very useful (i.e., why bother with it):
>
>   (setq-default TeX-master "master") ; All master files called "master"
>
>
> Why call parent files "master" in --%%% TeX-master: "master"-- if I need
> to specify the path in the child files? Am I missing something?

Imagine the following scenario. Say you have 3 files,

something.tex
b.tex
c.tex

Where something.tex is your main file, i.e. you have statements like

\include{b.tex}
\include{c.tex}

inside something.tex. Now say you are working on b.tex and you want to
compile your code. What you really want is to compile something.tex
since this is your main file. So by inserting

%%% Local Variables:
%%% TeX-master: "something"
%%% End:

into b.tex, you tell the system to compile something.tex, even though
you are currently working on b.tex. Insert the same 3 lines into c.tex
(using C-c _) and you can now compile your code no matter what file you
are currently working on.

With regards to

%%% TeX-master: t

versus

%%% TeX-master: "master"

the first line says that when you hit "compile" (C-c C-c) then it should
compile the current file whereas the second one says that it should
compile the file named "master.tex".

Hope this clarifies things a little bit :)

Regards
-- 
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Re: Key binding? in Auctex (LaTex-mode)

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This makes sense now. Many thanks for explaining things.


Morten Leander Petersen wrote:
> 
> 
> Imagine the following scenario. Say you have 3 files,
> 
> something.tex
> b.tex
> c.tex
> 
> Where something.tex is your main file, i.e. you have statements like
> 
> \include{b.tex}
> \include{c.tex}
> 
> inside something.tex. Now say you are working on b.tex and you want to
> compile your code. What you really want is to compile something.tex
> since this is your main file. So by inserting
> 
> %%% Local Variables:
> %%% TeX-master: "something"
> %%% End:
> 
> into b.tex, you tell the system to compile something.tex, even though
> you are currently working on b.tex. Insert the same 3 lines into c.tex
> (using C-c _) and you can now compile your code no matter what file you
> are currently working on.
> 
> With regards to
> 
> %%% TeX-master: t
> 
> versus
> 
> %%% TeX-master: "master"
> 
> the first line says that when you hit "compile" (C-c C-c) then it should
> compile the current file whereas the second one says that it should
> compile the file named "master.tex".
> 
> Hope this clarifies things a little bit :)
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> /Morten
> 
> 
> 
> 

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