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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How can I visualize files inside of a folders to create multiplefile documents using auctex?
I'm creating a multiple-file document with auctex/LaTeX using emacs with the next file's structures:
├── chapters
│ ├── diffusion.tex
│ └── resis.tex
├── configuration.tex
├── figures
│ └── ...
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AucTex with periodic compilation and DocView
Fairly new to Emacs.
I am trying to set up periodic compilation of LaTeX document so that I don't have to manually compile it. I figured I needed to use the function TeX-command-run-all, and since it ...
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(Sudden) Weird behavior of M-q in auctex
I very much enjoying using the auto fill functionality that the key binding M-q provides. However, starting recently, I am experiencing a small (but annoying) change in its behavior when in LaTeX mode....
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Run latexmk inside z shell instead of shell
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I am using latexkm to compile .tex documents, and recently I got this error while compiling:
Running `latexmk' on `AF2021_serie5' with ``latexmk -bibtex-cond -pdf -synctex=1 AF2021_serie5''
Rc ...
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AucTeX with emacs28.0.50 [duplicate]
I want to compile my LaTeX files with emacs28.0.50. I was receiving the same error that is described in this question. I followed the instructions given in the accepted answer and now my init.el file ...
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No info file for Auctex when installed manually
I just installed Auctex manually.
Auctex seems to work but there is no Info 'chapter' when I type C-h i m auctex.
There is no .info file in the auctex directory.
So my question is where do I get the ...
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Emacs warning after package updates
After running updates using list-packages, emacs keeps popping out the following messages when I open a tex file. I tried to reinstall the packages and commented out all settings related to auctex, ...
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Fit window to pdf upon loading
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I'm running auctex and pdf-tools to view pdf's within emacs. My problem is that I'd like to scale the pdf window horizontally after running C-c C-c.
So far, I've created a hook to execute ...
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AUCTeX LaTeX-math-mode outside a mathematical environment
Using AUCTeX with LaTeX-math-mode enabled, if I type (say) ` a inside a mathematical environment, it inserts \alpha, as I want. But if I do it outside a mathematical environment, it inserts \alpha{}.
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LaTeX pstricks pdf compilation without any specific configuration
I changed the auctex style file pstricks.el (from lines 779-784)
(TeX-add-style-hook
"pstricks"
(lambda ()
(unless (or (member "pst-pdf" TeX-active-styles)
(eq TeX-engine ...
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ispell dictionary in .dir-locals.el
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I am writing papers in different languages mostly in multifile latex projects. Thats why I would like to set the ispell dictionary in the directory local variables.
Problem:
Flyspell is not using ...
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Correctly indent whole buffer in auctex wihtout filling
When using AUCTeX to edit LaTeX files you can call LaTeX-fill-buffer to fill the whole buffer and additionally indent everything correctly. However if I am using visual-line-mode (together with ...
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Removing alignment in LaTeX align environment
I want to write a very long equation (3-4 lines) in LaTeX. For this equation I want to use align environment. What I don't like is how Emacs formats the LaTeX code: it adds a lot of unnecessary space, ...
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How to make C-c C-e to not add a new line at the end in AUCTeX
I do not like how a newline is added when I add a new environment using C-c C-e in AUCTeX. This is especially annoying when I use C-c C-e to insert an environment within math mode (e.g. cases ...
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AUCTeX highlight contents of comment environment as a comment
I sometimes use comment environment in my LaTeX documents. Is there a way to make AUCTeX display contents of this environment as a comment?
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Spacemacs: “Wrong type argument: stringp, nil” Auctex error when building tex file
following a recent update, Auctex now refuses to build. Throwing a wrong type argument: stringp, nil error. The full debug text:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
string-...
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Is it possible to have different color in between a specific patterns?
I am using \begin{comment} hello world \end{comment} in order to comment out text in AucTex mode.
In general I am using different color for comments but when I use \begin{comment} [text] \end{comment}...
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In auctex, to insert citation, how to display all the search results
In emacs, auctex, when I use C-c [, I only get a list of my previous searches
When I start typing a search term such as sengul, it highlights my previous search sengul2013 and when I press return, I ...
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flycheck & auctex: Hide an specific warning
When using Auctex with Flycheck (Chktex) I get hundreds of warnings of the kind
some.tex 321 8 warning 3 You should enclose the previous parenthesis with `{}'. (tex-chktex)
How I can disable ...
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auctex preview at point shows equations for the entire document
I am using the latex-layer (auctex) in spacemacs. When I use preview-at-point it renders all of the equations in the document. Is there a way to really make it render on the equation at the cursor?
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auctex preview-latex of image inside beamer
I have small issue with preview in a beamer presentation when I have images included.
I followed: AUCTeX previews are not displayed correctly with beamer
This helped a lot, but unfortunately there is ...
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AUCTeX window management (Mac OS X/Aquamacs)
Currently, when I TeX a file, the preview comes up in Skim in a separate window. This works well, except when there is a TeX error: then the log file comes up in the lower half of the TeX buffer ...
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AUCTeX: Is it possible to allow any value in k=v options?
Suppose a LaTeX command such as: \Person[<opt>]{<arg>} where <arg> may be any last name and [<opt>] may take several 'named arguments' like so:
\Person[function={President of ...
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Changing current math mode (e.g. inline to display)
Is there a built-in or at least ready-made way to change which math mode I'm in? For example if I'm writing in inline math mode (which in my case would mean my cursor is between single dollar signs) ...
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Promote a major mode kbd to a higher priority than the same ones used by a minor mode
I am using emacs to write LaTeX documents with AucTeX and cdlatex. Both of them have the same feature of automatically closing parens and dollar sign symbols. However, AucTeX obviously did a better ...
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AucTex and PDF Tools Not Working
For the past few days I have been trying to get Emacs to update and display my PDF when I press C-c C-a, once saved. I save with C-x C-s.
But everything I have tried fails, including every other ...
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How to perform incremental search inside math environments in tex/latex documents
Is there a way to perform incremental search that filters out all non-math environments (i.e., only searches within $...$, $$...$$, and if possible other relevant \begin{..}..\end{..} environments)?
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Overleaf like compilation check in emacs
When I am writing in latex in emacs I have to press C-c C-l to see the compilation log or use M-x TeX-error-overview to see the errors. Overleaf does have a handy feature, which lets the symbol turn ...
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How to prevent LaTeX verbatim environments to be subject to LaTeX-fill-region
With LaTeX-verbatim-environments-local, it is possible to declare environments that AUCTeX should consider as verbatim ones.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{myverbatimenv}
First ...
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Weird behavior of LaTeX-section-label for chapter
The default value of LaTeX-section-label is:
(("part" . "part:")
("chapter" . "chap:")
("section" . "sec:")
("subsection" . "sec:")
("subsubsection" . "sec:"))
However, for chapter, when typing ...
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run pdf-tools and evince simultaneously with auctex
Is it possible to run pdf-tools and evince simultaneously with auctex, with forward search? That is, if I press C-click on the latex, the forward search should jump to the corresponding pdfs in both ...
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Matching pairs for character bound to a keystroke
I am using smartparens with AucTeX and it works great. I wanted to map a keystroke for the dollar sign, so I did it as follows -
(global-set-key (kbd "s-m") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "$")))
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AUCTeX: only use monospace for rendering macros?
I've been using the fontify features of AUCTeX, as well as magic-latex-buffer, to display my TeX code in a more readable way.
But I'm wondering if I can crank this up to 11: is there a way to render ...
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Syncing tex source with `savebox`
I realize this is quite an edge case, but I am wondering if anyone can help me.
I have source correlation set up in emacs as follows
(setq TeX-source-correlate-start-server t
TeX-...
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'pdflatex' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
came across on windows 10 the following error message
Running `LaTeX' on `test_latex' with ``pdflatex -file-line-error -interaction=nonstopmode "test_latex.tex"''
**'pdflatex' is not recognized as ...
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auctex and pdf-tools reverse search change keybinding
Inverse search from pdf-tools to auctex uses Ctrl-click on the pdf file to go to the corresponding part of latex file. Is it possible to also assign Alt-click to do inverse search? I am using ubuntu ...
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auctex pdf-tools split buffers in separate frames
This is an extension of my previous question auctex and pdf-tools in 2 separate frames which was nicely answered by Tobias. I use auctex in one frame and pdftools in another frame. Forward and inverse ...
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AUCTeX: inconsistent behaviour when compling (probably becuase of what I'm doing)
I cannot get AUCTeX to preview updates to multifile documents.
I have the following config:
(use-package tex
:ensure auctex
:config
(setq-default TeX-master nil)
(setq TeX-source-...
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auctex and pdf-tools in 2 separate frames for dual monitor setup
For auctex with pdftools it is convenient for me (eyesight problems) to have the emacs latex frame on my laptop close to my eyes, and the corresponding pdf (in pdftools) on a separate frame on the ...
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auctex + evince split buffers
This is similar to a question I asked recently involving pdf-tools and auctex. I split a latex source buffer into a top and bottom buffer, call them buffer A and buffer B. I then open evince for each ...
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pdf-tools auctex question with split buffers
I run auctex with the latex source on the left half buffer and corresponding pdf on the right half (using C-x 3 to split the buffer). I then split the left half buffer into 2 so as two work on ...
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What are the main differences between latexmk and C-c C-a from Auctex?
I was wondering if anyone knows if C-c C-a in AucTeX is using behind the scenes latexmk or not? I've tried looking into the source files for both C-c C-c and C-c C-a but I couldn't find in any those ...
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pdf-tools Emacs with auctex
I have setup Emacs pdf-tools with auctex on ubuntu and the forward and reverse search work fine. But in the forward search (latex file to corresponding position in pdf document), it is difficult to ...
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Change buffer background color on LaTeX compile error, or highlight errors more prominently?
I am using Emacs+Auctex to write LaTeX code.
When compiling a document that contains an error, Emacs writes
LaTeX errors in ‘*~/doc output*’. Use C-c ` to display.
to the Messages buffer (and ...
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AUCTeX does not compile if the local variable is already set
I'm basically want to ask the question that was asked in Tex Stackexchange but was considered off-topic there (this is the link to the question).
When I am trying to compile (using the command C-c C-...
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Indenting LaTeX code for \if \else \fi statements
This is related to this Emacs.SE question.
I use the code from the answer:
(setq LaTeX-begin-regexp "\\(?:begin\\|if@\\)\\b")
(setq LaTeX-end-regexp "\\(?:end\\|else\\|fi\\)\\b")
(defun LaTeX-indent-...
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Omit ~ before the \ref command (with RefTeX+AUCTeX)
The default behaviour of C-c ) is to insert \ref and prefix it with~. I don't need the tilde after \S (i.e. I need the output to look like \S\ref{label}, rather than \S~\ref{label}). Is there a short ...
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make AucTeX structure aware?
TeXStudio seems to be aware of the interdependencies of files and internal structure (e.g., blocks for beamer posters shown in example below).
For instance, the left column panel in TeXStudio shows ...
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Text and backround colour with auctex has the same colour, how to change
In LaTeX mode with Auctex, I have a problem with \textbf and that is that the text inside the {} has the same colour as the background of the textbf field, as illustrated here:
This is only a problem ...
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Automatic preview generation with AUCTeX
Right now, when using AUCTeX's preview feature, I have to manually refresh the previews after I change existing sources or write new text. I have to run preview-document every time, which is both ...
