How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Yang]

Sorry maybe this is a beginner's question, but I cannot seem to find an 
answer after poking around in google for a while.

How do I customize the color and fonts in the tex-mode (or any other 
mode)? If I am editing a LaTeX file, how do I set the fonts and color for 
things like \section{section name}, {\bf word}, etc. For example, how do I 
make "section name" to use a larger font with a different color?

Do I have put code in the .emacs file, or can I use the emacs M-X 
customize buffer to change values? and where? I am trying to match the 
settings with my previous Carbon emacs on a Mac, whose default setting 
looks very beautiful.

I've tried to copy the "tex-mode.el" file from the Carbon emacs package to 
my current emacs installation. But that does not seem to have any effect.

Thanks in advance!
--Yang

Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 08.04.2008 um 10:03 schrieb Yang:
> Do I have put code in the .emacs file, or can I use the emacs M-X  
> customize buffer to change values? and where?

Position the cursor inside the text whose face you want to change.  
Type C-u C-x =. In GNU Emacs 23 you'll see the hyper-link to the  
customisation interface, in other versions you need to click into the  
face's name and are then able to go from the *Help* buffer to the  
*Customize* buffer.

Your settings, when made permanent, go into ~/.emacs.

>
> I've tried to copy the "tex-mode.el" file from the Carbon emacs  
> package to my current emacs installation. But that does not seem to  
> have any effect.


Can it be, that you mix up built-in TeX mode with external AUCTeX?

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Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Yang]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 08.04.2008 um 10:03 schrieb Yang:
>> Do I have put code in the .emacs file, or can I use the emacs M-X customize 
>> buffer to change values? and where?
>
> Position the cursor inside the text whose face you want to change. Type C-u 
> C-x =. In GNU Emacs 23 you'll see the hyper-link to the customisation 
> interface, in other versions you need to click into the face's name and are 
> then able to go from the *Help* buffer to the *Customize* buffer.
>
> Your settings, when made permanent, go into ~/.emacs.
>

Thanks very much for this info. I am able to use the "C-u C-x =" key 
sequence to invoke the corresponding face customization buffer. Just 
curious, what function does this key sequence execute? (it seems that
"C-h k" will only accept a single key sequence)


>> 
>> I've tried to copy the "tex-mode.el" file from the Carbon emacs package to 
>> my current emacs installation. But that does not seem to have any effect.
>
>
> Can it be, that you mix up built-in TeX mode with external AUCTeX?
>

That I'm not sure. I just simply copied the file
"%EMACS%/lisp/textmodes/tex-mode.el" from the carbon emacs package on the 
Mac to the corresponding place of my new emacs installtion (which is 
version 22.1.1 running under windows). I am not familiar with the internal 
working of the tex-mode. I don't even know if my carbon emacs is loaded 
with the AUCTex package by default. How do I find out these? It would 
certainly be very convenient to just copy the carbon emacs settings 
instead of going through everything manually. Thanks again.


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>
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>
>
>
>

Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 08.04.2008 um 13:36 schrieb Yang:
>  Just curious, what function does this key sequence execute? (it  
> seems that
> "C-h k" will only accept a single key sequence)

C-u is a "universal" prefix, or argument, i.e., it can mean different  
things in each case it is used. So leave it away and try

	C-h k C-x =

For C-x = it just makes the function create more and detailed output.

> I don't even know if my carbon emacs is loaded with the AUCTex  
> package by default.

The recent ones are.

> How do I find out these?

Visit a TeX or LaTeX or ConTeXt file and look at the menus. The TeX  
or LaTeX menu will have some AUCTeX entries.

> It would certainly be very convenient to just copy the carbon emacs  
> settings instead of going through everything manually.


You can extend load-path (the Emacs variable) to search for the  
AUCTeX and Preview ELisp files inside the Carbon Emacs bundle. Or you  
can install AUCTeX. And extend load-path, too. The lines

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

in some init file would be needed. Best read the AUCTeX (and Preview)  
manual(s) from Carbon Emacs.

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Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Johan Bockgård]

Yang <fz15@HPC.MsState.Edu> writes:

> I am able to use the "C-u C-x =" key sequence to invoke the
> corresponding face customization buffer.

You can use M-x customize-face to get there directly.

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Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 08.04.2008 um 23:44 schrieb Johan Bockgård:
> You can use M-x customize-face to get there directly.


Which face?

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Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Yang]

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Yes, the problem with "M-x customize-face" is that I don't know which one 
to go to for those various items. And the "C-u C-x =" will tell me which 
face they use.

Anyway, I found my Carbon Emacs is loaded with AUCTex and preview by 
default, while my windows emacs is not. So I think I'll just need to 
install an AUCTex package in the new emacs and that should have those nice 
settings back.

Thanks very much for the help.

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 08.04.2008 um 23:44 schrieb Johan Bockgård:
>> You can use M-x customize-face to get there directly.
>
>
> Which face?
>
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> Greetings
>
> Pete
>
> Isn't vi that text editor with two modes... one that beeps and one that 
> corrupts your file?
> 				– Dan Jacobson, on comp.os.linux.advocacy
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Peter Dyballa]

On 09.04.2008, at 10:48, Yang wrote:
> So I think I'll just need to install an AUCTex package in the new  
> emacs

Which seems to be provided for download: http://www.gnu.org/software/ 
auctex/download.html

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Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Johan Bockgård]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 08.04.2008 um 23:44 schrieb Johan Bockgård:
>> You can use M-x customize-face to get there directly.
>
> Which face?

Press RET.

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Johan Bockgård

Re: How to customize fonts in the tex-mode?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 09.04.2008 um 23:29 schrieb Johan Bockgård:
> Peter Dyballa writes:
>
>> Am 08.04.2008 um 23:44 schrieb Johan Bockgård:
>>> You can use M-x customize-face to get there directly.
>>
>> Which face?
>
> Press RET.
>

Indeed: looks good!

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