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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What is “override advice”?
When I execute describe-mode from within a .texi file, I see:
Texinfo/P mode defined in `texinfo.el' (`texinfo-mode'):
:override advice: ‘TeX-texinfo-mode’
What happens is that AUCTeX takes over the ...
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use-package do not bind in latex-mode-map
this is a part of my init file
(use-package tex-site
:ensure auctex
:mode
("\\.tex\\'" . latex-mode)
:bind
(:map LaTeX-mode-map
("<f5> <f5>" . TeX-command-save-buffer-and-...
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Why AUCTeX/pdflatex show me help in Japanese?
I had this error message displayed to me by AUCTeX (already corrected using \ddot{\boldsymbol x})
ERROR: Extra }, or forgotten $.
--- TeX said ---
<recently read> }
l.51 \[ \boldsymbol M\ddot\...
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AUCTeX, caching document classes over an Emacs restart
The first time I create a new LaTeX document* in a new instance of Emacs AUCTeX scans my TeXLive installation to find all the available document classes .
This scanning, due to the complexity and ...
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Preview LaTeX doesn't work when I delete the _region_.prv folder
Suppose I create a latex document in ~/junk/text.tex with the following conent:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$x$
\end{document}
%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% ...
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How to setup Emacs for live editing of ConTeXt documents?
I haven't found anything on how to set this up, such that latex-preview-pane works as expected, and I also couldn't find how to get the preview-latex working. It's mentioned in online docs but there's ...
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Surprisingly persistent local variable
A local variable keeps coming back, and I know not whence.
In a certain buffer,
TeX-command-extra-options is "--synctex=1", even after I have removed
this from my init.el and restarted Emacs.
I tried ...
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Preventing `TeX-command-run-all` from shifting focus
It seems that TeX-command-run-all shifts focus to the pdf window, which is quite annoying. Is there a way to prevent that?
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AUCTeX: 'reftex-cleveref-cref' inserts '\eqref' instead of '\cref' for equations
When I run 'reftex-cleveref-cref', which is supposed to insert a '\cref' command in my LaTeX file, I get the expected behaviour for figures and sections, but not for equations: I get the '\eqref' ...
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AucTeX - Previewing Errors
I'm using Ubuntu 19.04 and Emacs 26.1. Whenever I try to use inline preview (with any region, section, or environment that has inline math), I get the following error:
...
TeX Output exited as ...
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AUCTeX: Command 'reftex-cleveref-cref' not recognized before 'reftex-reference' is run
I have a strange behavior in AUCTeX with RefTeX: the command 'reftex-reference' (C-c )) needs to be run before the command 'reftex-cleveref-cref' gets recognized, on a newly-started emacs session.
In ...
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Auctex doesn't show the preview pictures, while no error output
When using the preview command in the auctex editor on a latex file, no pictures are actually displayed, and no error output in the log.
I checked that there does exists the "_region_.pdf" file, ...
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Auctex preview reportes to run as excepted but shows error preview pictures
The auctex in emacs has worked well before, but recently whenever I run a preview command such as C-c C-p C-b, it shows "Preview-Ghostscript finished at XXX" without any error notice in the log, but ...
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Automatically replace “$” by “\(” in latex-mode
In latex mode, using \( ... \) is preferred over $ ... $, so in my configuration I have the following
(sp-local-pair modes "$" nil :actions :rem)
(sp-local-pair modes "\\(" "\\)" :trigger "$")
This ...
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Why does AucTeX say I need to run LaTeX again, when in fact I don't need to do so?
I've used the solution suggested in this answer to automize the compilation of my LaTeX document using Arara upon entering C-c C-a. The resulting output is perfect, but the following erroneous message ...
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Shortcut to put the selected region in an ordinary LaTeX environment (not with begin-end style) using auctex
In auctex if one has a selected region and then apply the command c-c c-e (LaTeX-environment) then by selecting an environment, the selected region will be folded between that environment.
Is there a ...
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How to prevent preview-latex to manipulate and delete the pdf created by latex
Running latex-preview manipulates and then deletes the pdf created by latex. If skim is open as pdf-viewer the pdf gets sliced into the images created by latex-preview. Running latex again doesn't ...
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How to enable company-mode for some buffers only?
I would like company mode to lead automatically for some buffers like AucTex for example but not on other buffers like Org-mode
global-company-mode
Enables comapny mode everywhere and I only want ...
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Auctex autocomplete and physics.sty
I have autocomplete successfully working in auctex. It also works for included packages, so if I, for example, have \usepackage{url} in my preamble, I will get autocompletion while typing \url.
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TeX-evince-sync-view locking up with this file
This file when I compile it with AUCTeX, and then try to view it, using TeX-evince-sync-view, shows that one page has been compiled, but then shows a blank view. After I kill it, TeX-evince-sync-view ...
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AucTeX multiple files parsing not working
I have not been using LaTeX for quite some while, so I might be missing something obvious. I have a multiple file document and want to make AUCTeX aware of the master file. The minimal example looks ...
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Add expressions to LaTeX-electric-left-right-brace
I would want to "electrically" insert | or \right| when typing | or \left| in AucTeX and can't quite figure out how to add characters to AucTex-electric. A list of already defined completions can be ...
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How to customize the sequence of commands executed by the C-c C-a shortcut (`TeX-command-run-all`)?
How do I need to set up Emacs/AucTeX, so that when I type C-c, C-a, the following sequence of commands will be run? (Note: the LaTeX file name is test.tex.)
lualatex test
makeglossaries test
...
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LaTeX glossary doesn't typeset (AucTeX)
Consider the following LaTeX file (named test.tex) demonstrating the use of the glossaries-extra package.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[automake]{glossaries-extra}
\newglossaryentry{potato}{...
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Compile Latex without Saving, and without Query
I know that I can disable the save query that comes after running TeX-run-TeX with LaTeX, TeX or actually probably any other NAME parameter (this is what happens when you invoke TeX-command-master, ...
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How to Add Document Class to AucTeX
I have a .cls LaTex template I would like to use regularly. Where/how should I save it so that AucTeX is aware of it? How does one set up LaTeX templates in Emacs/Spacemacs in general? I find very few ...
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AUCTeX is obsolete on GNU ELPA?
I got this warning when installing AUCTeX from GNU ELPA. The package is installed, but I don't want to use obsolete packages for obvious reasons. I have check the official website of AUCTeX, and it ...
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How do you do a clean install of emacs+auctex?
It was established here there is a problem with my installation of emacs. So I did
$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove emacs
and remove all in
$ locate emacs | grep conf
I reinstalled emacs from ...
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Spacemacs keeps installing and uninstalling auctex-latexmk
Running spacemacs 0.200.13.
Everytime I start spacemacs, it either installs auctex-latexmk or deletes it saying that it is an orphan package.
Here is some more information:
I have latex layer ...
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AUCTeX with Sumatra PDF
I am syncing AUCTeX with Sumatra PDF on MSWindows. I used the instructions in https://www.barik.net/archive/2012/07/18/154432/ (I write here the setqs instead of customization)
(setq TeX-source-...
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AucTeX Plain TeX view refresh
I write *TeX in emacs with AucTeX, using pdf-tools as the viewer.
When I compile a LaTeX document in AucTeX with C-c C-c the viewer in the other window automatically refreshes, but this does not ...
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How to set backslash character “\” to be a word constituent in LaTeX-mode syntax tables
In LaTeX-mode (AUCTeX) buffers, the backslash "\" is treated as an escape character. I'd like it to be treated as word constituent (syntax class "w") instead, but only in LaTeX-mode buffers. The main ...
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Trying to bind keystrokes to a menu item
I have a menu item added to AucTex's Command Menu, Latexindent. This calls an external process and is added in mu .emacs file by the following:
(with-eval-after-load "tex"
(add-to-list 'TeX-...
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disable view prompt in AUCtex [closed]
I have been attempting to disable a prompt by auctex when pressing C-c C-c to view the document for close to the entire day. As I am a noob to emacs, I attempted to simply modify the auctex ...
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How do I turn off electric “double-dollar” insert under auctex?
Inserting a $ symbol in a latex document (in AucTex mode) automatically inserts 2 $s in a row (and then hitting "delete" immediately deletes both). I can confirm that the variable TeX-electric-math is ...
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Auto-completion in Auctex automatically introduces dollar signs
My auto-completion all of a sudden changed its behavior, and I have no clue why. When I auto-complete a mathematical expression, like \subseteq, say, it will introduce dollar signs in front and at the ...
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Strange toolbar icon in AUCTeX mode (on Mac)
I notice there is a strange box-shaped icon in the toolbar in the AUCTeX mode (circled in the picture below).
It should be a toolbar separator (for example, on Linux):
I am using GNU Emacs 26.1 with ...
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How do I set latex face attributes in init.el?
When I try to put
(set-face-attribute 'font-latex-italic-face nil :foreground green)
(set-face-attribute 'font-latex-math-face nil :foreground orange)
(set-face-attribute 'font-latex-script-char-...
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how to find the detail of auctex startup?
when i open a .tex files, i always see
Applying style hooks...done
Sorting environment...done
Removing duplicates...done
yes, i use
(load "auctex.el" nil t t)
(load "preview-latex.el" nil t t)
in ...
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Windows: org not exporting pdf
I am trying to get emacs org-mode to export to pdf. To this end I've installed tex-live and added the path to the bin folder to my emacs path. I've added the tex-live folder to my OS $PATH. When I try ...
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Custom call to `makeindex` using Auctex
Following one of the answers from here for managing two distinct indexes, I need to call
makeindex -t mydoc.plg -o mydoc.pnd mydoc.pdx
makeindex -t mydoc.slg -o mydoc.snd mydoc.sdx
when I want to ...
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AUCTeX not loading its TeX-latex-mode
I have emacs 25.2.2 and installed through M-x list-packages AUCTeX 12.1.1.
Opening any LaTeX file gives the native latex mode, so it seems through C-h m:
LaTeX/P mode defined in ‘tex-mode.el’:
:...
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Redfining autoloaded function
I discovered that auctex's texmathp-match-switch does not check whether or not dollar signs are commented out or not, therefore i get wrong results when i all M-x `texmathp' in very specific contexts. ...
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Finding a fold face
Enter TeX-mode (AUCTeX), type
\emph{test}
and then C-c C-o C-b. This will 'fold' the macro and show only
test in a 'fontified' manner. For me this means blue, italic, and
bold. But I am unable ...
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Custom verbatim environments/macros in AucTeX
Here's my MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{tscode}{}{}
\def\tscode|#1|{}
\begin{document}
\tsinline|efwe|
\begin{tscode}
efihw$feiw$
\end{tscode}
\end{document}
% Local Variables:
% ...
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file-local variables vs directory-local variables in Auctex
I have a file with the following content, let's call it tmp.tex
\emph{Hello}
%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: "main"
%%% End:
and another file main.tex that includes the ...
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Adding an argument to compile mode from “Local Variables”
I have the following code in my .emacs file
(push
'("Latexmk" "latexmk -interaction=nonstopmode -pdflatex='pdflatex -synctex=1 -file-line-error' -pdf %t" TeX-run-TeX nil t
:help "Run Latexmk ...
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What is the difference or functionality between the available tex packages enumrated below
sorry to disturb you. I am trying to migrate all the workflow of writing tex files and managing citations into emacs but I'm completely lost by the overwhelmed plethora of packages and I'm not sure ...
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How to auto-compile LaTeX source file and auto-revert PDF output buffer
I am creating and editing latex source files using AUCTeX. When I use the associated command for compiling the source file (C-c C-a) the file is successfully compiled and the resulting PDF output is ...
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Hard return to soft return of a .tex file
I have tons of LaTeX files with hard returns at column 80 like the test file below:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Foo bar foobar Foo bar foobar Foo bar foobar Foo bar foobar Foo bar ...
