Enable pdfLaTeX mode

Enable pdfLaTeX mode

[Riccardo Romoli]

Hi, my name is Riccardo. My question is about enabling pdfLaTeX mode  
while I open a .tex file.
As in the wiky-emacs I added this to my .emacs:

(setq TeX-PDF-mode t)

but when I open a .tex nothing appens, pdfLaTeX is not enabled.

Do you have any suggestion?

Best
Riccardo

P.S. I work with ubuntu 10.04, emacs 23.2.

Re: Enable pdfLaTeX mode

[Michael Markert]

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Hi Riccardo,

Riccardo Romoli <ric.romoli@gmail.com> writes:

> As in the wiky-emacs I added this to my .emacs:
>
> (setq TeX-PDF-mode t)
>
> but when I open a .tex nothing appens, pdfLaTeX is not enabled.

See the documentation:

,----[ C-h v TeX-PDF-mode RET ]
| TeX-PDF-mode is a variable defined in `tex.el'.
| Its value is nil
| 
|   Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
|   This variable is safe as a file local variable if its value
|   satisfies the predicate `TeX-booleanp'.
| 
| Documentation:
| Non-nil if Tex-Pdf mode is enabled.
| Use the command `TeX-PDF-mode' to change this variable.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
`----

The variable is buffer-local, that means you have to set in the relevant
buffer or you use

       (setq-default TeX-PDF-mode t)

to change the default value.

Michael

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Re: Enable pdfLaTeX mode

[Riccardo Romoli]

Thanks for your precious suggestion. The problem is solved!!

Best
Riccardo
On 22/feb/12, at 22:40, Michael Markert wrote:

>
> Hi Riccardo,
>
> Riccardo Romoli <ric.romoli@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> As in the wiky-emacs I added this to my .emacs:
>>
>> (setq TeX-PDF-mode t)
>>
>> but when I open a .tex nothing appens, pdfLaTeX is not enabled.
>
> See the documentation:
>
> ,----[ C-h v TeX-PDF-mode RET ]
> | TeX-PDF-mode is a variable defined in `tex.el'.
> | Its value is nil
> |
> |   Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
> |   This variable is safe as a file local variable if its value
> |   satisfies the predicate `TeX-booleanp'.
> |
> | Documentation:
> | Non-nil if Tex-Pdf mode is enabled.
> | Use the command `TeX-PDF-mode' to change this variable.
> |
> | You can customize this variable.
> |
> | [back]
> `----
>
> The variable is buffer-local, that means you have to set in the  
> relevant
> buffer or you use
>
>       (setq-default TeX-PDF-mode t)
>
> to change the default value.
>
> Michael

Re: Enable pdfLaTeX mode

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.2.2012 um 22:31 schrieb Riccardo Romoli:

> Do you have any suggestion?

What do you expect to happen?

Do you know AUCTeX? No? Then get to know it! It has knowledge of file-local variables and also has some mechanism to make a distinction between plain TeX and LaTeX files (and also for LuaTeX and XeTeX and ConTeXt) and choose the proper mode and engine.

--
Greetings

  Pete

Bake pizza not war!

Re: Enable pdfLaTeX mode

[Riccardo Romoli]

Certainly I know it!! ...and I use it


On 22/feb/12, at 22:43, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 22.2.2012 um 22:31 schrieb Riccardo Romoli:
>
>> Do you have any suggestion?
>
> What do you expect to happen?
>
> Do you know AUCTeX? No? Then get to know it! It has knowledge of  
> file-local variables and also has some mechanism to make a  
> distinction between plain TeX and LaTeX files (and also for LuaTeX  
> and XeTeX and ConTeXt) and choose the proper mode and engine.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>  Pete
>
> Bake pizza not war!
>

Re: Enable pdfLaTeX mode

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.2.2012 um 22:54 schrieb Riccardo Romoli:

> Certainly I know it!! ...and I use it

Then you need a pretty good explanation why it fails for you!

Are you loading AUCTeX and Preview-LaTeX at all? The documentation recommends:

  (load "auctex.el" nil t t)
  (load "preview-latex.el" nil t t)

which I put into the system's init file, site-start.el. It should also work from your init file. You can check in *Messages* whether these file were loaded.

--
Greetings

  Pete

If it does exist, it's out of date. 
				– Arnold's Second Law of Documentation