Re: xelatex menu option does not show

[Tariq <tariq.perwez@gmail.com>]

On Apr 27, 11:49 am, Tariq <tariq.per...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 26, 4:45 pm, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Tariq <tariq.per...@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Hi Everyone,
>
> > > I have this code in my .emacs file and it worked very well until a few
> > > days ago. It was kindly given to me on this forum. With this code,
> > > when a buffer with fontspec package is opened, I used to see an option
> > > XeLaTeX under the Command menu. Today, however, I do not see such
> > > option. I have opened and closed Emacs just to make sure.
>
> > > My computer had crashed yesterday when I was working in Emacs but I
> > > did not see any other issue with Emacs performance. I have been
> > > working on other LaTeX files since reboot without any apparent
> > > problems. Still, something is not right. Could the computer crash have
> > > done some damage to my Emacs? How can I fix it? BTW, I am running
> > > Ubuntu 9.10.
>
> > > Thanks for your help. Regards,
>
> > > Tariq
>
> > > ;;Code from .emacs
>
> > > ;;set xetex mode in tex/latex
> > > (defun my-latex-mode-hook ()
> > >       (add-to-list 'TeX-command-list
> > >                    '("XeLaTeX" "%`xelatex%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil
> > > t))
> > >       (setq TeX-command-default
> > >             (save-excursion
> > >               (save-restriction
> > >                 (widen)
> > >                 (goto-char (point-min))
> > >                 (let ((re (concat "^\\s-*\\\\usepackage\\(?:\\[.*\\]\
> > > \)?"
> > >                                   "{.*\\<\\(?:font\\|math\\)spec\
> > > \>.*}")))
> > >                   (if (re-search-forward re 3000 t)
> > >                       "XeLaTeX"
> > >                     "LaTeX"))))))
> > > ;;
>
> > I think you simply forgot to
>
> > (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'my-latex-mode-hook)
>
> > .
>
> > -ap
>
> Here is the code I have now in .emacs. However, the problem is only
> partly solved; that is, the option XeLaTeX does show up in the Command
> menu but when I do C-c C-c, I still get this in the minibuffer:
>
> Command: (default LaTeX)
>
> As I understand the matter, this should be:
>
> Command: (default XeLaTeX)
>
> What is missing? I would appreciate any help.
>
> Tariq
>
> (I must add that previously, C-c C-c used to give me the expected
> default XeLaTeX  as default in the minibuffer.)
>
> ;; Part of the code snippet in .emacs
> ;;set xetex mode in tex/latex
> (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook #'my-latex-mode-hook) ;; removal of # does
> not do any good/harm (why?)
> (defun my-latex-mode-hook ()
>       (add-to-list 'TeX-command-list
>                    '("XeLaTeX" "%`xelatex%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil
> t))
>       (setq TeX-command-default
>             (save-excursion
>               (save-restriction
>                 (widen)
>                 (goto-char (point-min))
>                 (let ((re (concat "^\\s-*\\\\usepackage\\(?:\\[.*\\]\
> \)?"
>                                   "{.*\\<\\(?:font\\|math\\)spec\
> \>.*}")))
>                   (if (re-search-forward re 3000 t)
>                       "XeLaTeX"
>                     "LaTeX"))))))
> ;;

I must add to the above the following observation. With the above code
in my .emacs file, if I open a XeLaTeX file and compile once using the
XeLaTeX option in the Command menu (i.e. using mouse) and then for the
subsequent compilations, C-c C-c does give me

Command: (default XeLaTeX)

in the minibuffer. Otherwise, if I just open a XeLaTeX file and press
C-c C-c all I get is

Command: (default LaTeX)

in the minibuffer.

This is not a desirable behaviour at all. I should be able to get
Command: (default XeLaTeX) the very first time I press C-c C-c if the
file I have is XeLaTeX file!

How can I correct this? Best regards,

Tariq