Questions tagged [auctex]
is for AUCTeX package that extends basic `tex-mode` Emacs provides for editing TeX files. AUCTeX integrates many built-in and external macro packages for creating, editing, printing, publishing, and managing multilingual TeX documents. AUCTeX works with several TeX compilers, extensions, and dialects of TeX and LaTeX. AUCTeX supports customizable bibliographies, indexes, and tables of content.
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reftex customizing tags for cleveref
Is it possible to customize reftex so that for an equation (when I type "e" after invoking reftex) I get \eqref{eq:blah} but for anything else (theorem, lemma) I want to get \vref{thm:abc}.
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How to instruct AUCTeX to ignore a specific character when indenting?
I'm writing a document with AUCTeX using the songs package. It all works well, but it requires to input chords like in the sequence \[La]. The problem is, AUCTeX ignores the first bracket (since it is ...
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How can I prevent inner-indent after `\begin{frame}` in auctex?
In auctex, there is \begin{frame} block in beamer. After this coming text starts with a indent. Is it possible to prevent this?
file.tex
\section{MySection}
hello world
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Can AUCTeX indicate a duplicate of already loaded package?
Is it possible to make AUCTeX to indicate already included packages? For instance, REFTeX has a function reftex-find-duplicate-labels and I thought AUCTeX would have something similar for packages. ...
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AUCTeX preview generation not working
I'm having trouble getting the AUCTeX preview generation working on Emacs 28.2 (9.0) on MacOS 13. AUCTeX is installed from straight.el, but the issue appears if I install AUCTeX from Elpa as well. The ...
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Remove preview latex icon
When using preview-latex, there is little icon with the text τέχ before the math block when the cursor is on the source code. At beginnings of lines, it moves one line above, which confuses me. How ...
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Open pdf of citation in auctex
One can currently open a pdf of a citation in a latex document via the following steps:
open a latex document in emacs with installed packages auctex, reftex, ivy-bibtex, and pdf-tools
move cursor ...
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Why is this Yasnippet snippet breaking? AUCTeX+CDLaTeX+Yasnippet
I've been meaning to accelerate my LaTeX note taking on Doom Emacs, following this guide, and it has been working quite well so far.
However, for some reason, any snippet that has Elisp code will not ...
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Auto-completion of \lvert in AucTex
I wish to "electrically" insert \rvert or \Bigr\rvert when typing \lvert or \Bigl\lvert in AucTeX.
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How can I change color of dollar sign different than font-latex-math-face in auctex?
In AUCTex, my font-latex-math-face has green color that also colors $ $ or \( \) into green as well. Here I just want to have different color for dollar sign than font-latex-math-face's
Is it ...
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How can I catch `unexpected $ after open inline math \(` in auctex?
Overleaf generates following warning message for tex files: unexpected $ after open inline math \(.
Is it possible to catch this warning message in AUCTex as well?
Example would be: \( ... $ ... \)
\(...
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Stop AuCTeX from asking for a master file everytime I compile for the first time after reopening Emacs
Since I work with multifile-documents, I put (setq-default TeX-master 'nil) in my init.el.
Everytime I compile for the first time in a new Emacs-session, I get queried for the master file. The first ...
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Unable to achieve advertised "word-level" accuracy using SyncTeX with PDF Tools
From the AucTeX Changelog (v. 11.89):
To open the PDF output file you can now also use PDF Tools, a document viewer for Emacs. With it, as a plus, forward and backward search is accurate at word ...
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How can I avoid switching into font-latex-math-face in tikzpicture environment?
When I have text inside \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}, font-latex-math-face face is applied.
If I have atikzpicture block inside equation, font-latex-math-face face is applied to it as well:
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The arrow in the PDF-Tools viewer disappears too quickly when using the 'pdf-sync-forward-search' command in a LaTeX document
Occasionally the arrow does persist long enough to see it in the PDF output, but usually it flashes by too quickly to even detect it.
Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?
It took me several hours ...
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Condition which checks, whether one is in the argument of a Latex function
Auctex provides the variable texmathp which indicates, whether one is inside math mode. This is extremely useful, because many things in Latex-editing depend on this.
Is there a good way to check, ...
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Toggle enabled/disabled electric-pair-local-mode on LaTeX-math-mode-hook
I expected the following code would toggle electric-pair-local-mode every time I toggle LaTeX-math-mode (CTRL+C ~ in LaTeX-mode). It only works one way meaning it does turn on the electric pair mode ...
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AUCTeX does not display custom symbols added to LaTeX-math-list
This is a follow up from this question, where the previous problem was solved.
I am trying to employ AUCTeX to produce certain sequences, not exactly symbols, when I press key combinations: ` C-w or ` ...
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Error adding a new sequence to LaTeX-math-list
Could someone help me to figure out what the template to add a new symbol to LaTeX-math-list is?
I am trying to extend the available list with two sequences, not exactly symbols; I am not sure if this ...
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How to make Org writing similar to AUCTeX?
I'm deciding whether to use AUCTeX or Org to write my Master's thesis. I tried Org mode with the new Org-cite + Citar package, and I'm very happy about it. Then, trying AUCTeX, I found its RefTeX ...
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How to have a consistent use of CDLaTeX between Org and AUCTeX?
I'm trying to evaluate the differences of writing in Org and LaTeX for my Master's thesis. A feature I find very useful in Org is CDLaTeX. To have a unique workflow between the two, I'd like to use ...
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How do I "escape" a subscript or superscript in Auctex?
Let's say I write a subscript inside a math environment like \(a_p\). Auctex conveniently, and by default creates a pair {} and puts the cursor inside of it so I don't have to bother putting them ...
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How to let AUCTeX automatically detect tcolorbox-environments
When I create a new environment via the \newenvironment-Command, AUCTeX automatically detects it and when I type C-c C-e the new environment is suggested and when I chose it, it asks for the right ...
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Don't replace " in LaTeX Mode
In LaTeX mode, when I type \" (to produce a Umlaut like ö, ä or ü in the resulting PDF) emacs replaces it by ''\` (two single quotation marks, a backslash, and a backtick) which does not work for ...
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Auctex preview does not adjust line color of fractions
I am using auctex to preview latex fragments (in the normal latex mode as well as in org-mode using texfrag).
I am using a dark theme, so I rely on auctex to convert the foreground color from black to ...
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AUCTex in WSL cannot find TeX Live in Win
When trying to compile/ pdf-preview a tex-file, minibuffer spits out:
ERROR: AUCTeX cannot find a working TeX distribution.
Make sure you have one and that TeX binaries are in PATH environment ...
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emacs with auctex on win 10: Preview pdflatex fails
First of all, I'm a beginner to emacs, who has just begun the tutorial and reading the manuals. Therefore kindly bear with me if the given details may be somewhat lacking.
On win 10, I have installed ...
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Can environments be easily wrapped with AUCTeX?
I want to quickly wrap certain environments my cursor is within with text.
In my specific situation, I want to wrap the frame environment with the text
\makeatletter
\gdef\beamer@currentmode{beamer}
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How can I run additonal linux commands after compiling a latex file
I want to run the following commands when emacs compiles a latex file.
FILE="main.tex" # currently opened buffer in the emacs
pdflatex -shell-escape -shell-escape -jobname=main_temp $FILE
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How can I suppress "LaTeX: problems after [0] pages" message?
What I you try to do:
I am trying to compile a latex file (opened buffer) with the following command in order to suppress its compilation logs:
pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction=batchmode ...
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AUCTeX error 127
I'm trying to call AUCTeX from Emacs and I'm now getting the following error (quote marks changed slightly to get code block below to work):
Running 'TeX' on 'simple' with ''pdf/Users/myname/bin/...
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How can I prevent `pdflatex` logs to created?
Following solution is used as base to compile current buffer that is a LaTeX file:
(defun my-run-latex ()
"Save all buffers and run LaTeX on the current master."
(interactive)
(let* ((...
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How to debug reftex not working with multiple files
I am using reftex and auctex with emacs 27.1 on Ubuntu 21.10 to write a large latex document that consists of many .tex files in a single directory. Between various weekly Ubuntu updates and editing ...
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Tell AUCTeX to open .PDFs with pdf-tools
I am trying to set pdf-tools as my default pdf viewer when using AUCTeX. I found some guidance elsewhere on StackExchange but it doesn't get me to a solution.
As per the thread highlighted, I have the ...
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How can I disable font-latex-math-face?
In AUCTex there is font-latex-math-face which makes color of string in between $ and $ as green.
Example output:
or:
Is is possible to disable/delete font-latex-math-face, where the green color won'...
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How to tell emacs how to find TeX compiler?
I am trying to compile a .tex file using AUCTeX on Emacs 27.2. When I run the LaTeX command (via the menu bar) I get the following message:
TeX-command: ERROR: AUCTeX cannot find a working TeX ...
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Broken Latex Layer in Spacemacs
I write LaTeX using Spacemacs, and suddenly (I think ever since is updated all of my packages) running latex/build fails with:
TeX-command-expand: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
Below is the ...
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AucTex: Output PDF Buffer Location
When hitting C-c C-a to display a PDF, the buffer opens automatically below the TeX source code. How can I force it to open on the right side?
I am currently using shackle to manually control the ...
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How can I ignore chktex warnings based on their number?
I keep getting following warning message: Wrong length of dash may have been used. [8] from chktex. How can I ignore this warning message that has number 8.
From command call: I can do chktex -n8 , ...
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don't insert curly braces in latex-math-mode
In latex-math-mode, when using any macro, curly braces are inserted. for example using `-g inserts \gamma{}. I would like it to produce only \gamma. I couln't find a way to do this.
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Disable header and footer in latex previews
When I write latex to be included in org mode it includes the header styling which is to be applied to the pdf export only. This makes it difficult to use org mode with latex previews. Is there any ...
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How can I compile current LaTeX buffer without showing `Master file:` line in the minibuffer
Following solution is used to compile current buffer that is a LaTeX file:
(defun my-run-latex ()
"Save all buffers and run LaTeX on the current master."
(interactive)
(let* ((inhibit-...
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AucTeX + Skim, forward search now highlights in black instead of yellow
I use AucTeX in Emacs, linked with Skim, so that I can use forward search. In the past, when I hit C-c C-a from within the latex file, the file is compiled and the pdf file in Skim highlights the ...
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How to make TeX-fold-mode use the correct font face for folded macro argument when inside a tex environment in a org file?
Enabling TeX-fold-mode while using Org-mode produces great results in general. I do so because I have many folding settings for latex files and would like to see my org document folded in the same way ...
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Looking for a way to have LaTeX source code and its real-time rendering in side-by-side Emacs windows
I am looking for a way to use Emacs as a LaTeX editor that couples a persistent LaTeX source window with an adjacent real-time rendered view of the LaTeX-encoded content, similar to what is available ...
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Toggle TeX-fold-mode using a key binding
How can I toggle the auctex facility TeX-fold-mode using C-c +?
I have
(add-hook 'tex-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(local-set-key (kbd "C-c +") 'TeX-fold-mode)))
But this is ...
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LaTeX code output by Calc wrong
If I enable calc-embedded mode (C-x * e) in a LaTeX document (latex mode by default) when the point is in the math environment of the document below:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\...
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AucTex C-c KEY-combo no longer works
Solved: I found another Emacs user who have had the same exact same issue. The solution is to remove the installed AucTex and reinstall it. This has fixed the issue.
I have changed my Emacs ...
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AUCTeX + CDLaTeX pair insertion
I think CDLaTeX might be causing problems with this. If I disable electric-pair-mode and use AUCteX’s built-in completion, auto-completion of pairs such as \[\] works as expected unless I have CDLaTeX ...
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AUCTeX deleting pairs
I'm trying to get deletion of pairs (e.g. (), [], \(\), \left(\right), etc.) to work more automatically, but I'm running into problems with each.
If I have electric-pair-mode enabled, I can press ...
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