DocStrip support in AUCTeX

Question

Right now, I am documenting a larger LaTeX package project by converting the files into DocStrip files. Therefore I am currently creating a lot of .ins and .dtx-files in Emacs.

Actually I am using AUCTeX, but its support for this tasks lacks a lot of the usual comfort.

For example: in the .ins-batchfiles, I very often need to insert constructs as

\generate{%
  \usepreamble\stonepreamble%
  \file{tuc-stone.sty}{%
    \from{tuc-version.dtx}{package}%
    \from{tuc-fonts.dtx}{package,tuc-stone}%
    \from{tuc-options.dtx}{default,tuc-stone}%
    \from{tuc-fonts.dtx}{tuc-stone}}%
}%  

I can of course type C-cRET to insert the macro \file. But in that case, only \file{} is inserted. As you can see, \file originally uses two arguments, and I would like Emacs/AUCTeX to ask me for the file name to generate and---ideally---also to ask my from which sources and optionally guards to use, before inserting

\file{<filename>}{%
   \from{<sourcefile>}{<guard>}}

as result in the current buffer.

Same applies to the \generate-macro.

I haven't found any clues on the internet. Are there any packages, which support this behaviour or do I need to code them myself?

Answer 1

AUCTeX doesn't have a style file for docstrip. If you're going to write it for your own purposes, please consider submitting it to AUCTeX as well.

You will have to assign the copyright to FSF. If you want to start the process, please follow the instructions described here.