Emacs/Latex Custom Command

cheamh · 2012-09-29 21:55:18

Hey everyone,

I am new to emacs. Over the last week I managed to get everything working the way I want it (auctex, auto-complete-auctex, math autocomplete, pdf view...). One thing remains that I can't figure out. After editing a .tex file, I need to do the following:

C-x C-s: Save

C-c C-c: Compile (Here the mini buffer at the bottom says (default latex), I have to press enter for it to compile)

C-c C-v: View (Opens updated pdf)

The question is, can I add something to .emacs, to make all three commands happen in one key combination? And I also can I force emacs to use the default latex compiler without asking me?

Sorry if the question is newbish, I tried many things via googling and sadly have failed!

Here is my .emacs right now:

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

(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(TeX-PDF-mode t)
 '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (wombat))))
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )

(setq TeX-auto-save t)
(setq TeX-parse-self t)
(setq-default TeX-master nil)

(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'visual-line-mode)
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'LaTeX-math-mode)
(add-hook 'Latex-mode-hook 'auto-complete-auctex)

(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'turn-on-reftex)
(setq reftex-plug-into-AUCTeX t)

(tool-bar-mode -1)

(require 'ac-math)

(add-to-list 'ac-modes 'latex-mode)   ; make auto-complete aware of {{{latex-mode}}}

(defun ac-latex-mode-setup ()         ; add ac-sources to default ac-sources
  (setq ac-sources
     (append '(ac-source-math-unicode ac-source-math-latex ac-source-latex-commands)
               ac-sources))
)

(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook 'ac-latex-mode-setup)

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d")    ; This may not be appeared if you have already added.
(add-to-list 'ac-dictionary-directories "~/.emacs.d/ac-dict")
(require 'auto-complete-config)
(ac-config-default)

cheamh · 2012-10-01 01:25:25

Any help guys? There must be some emacs experts around here...

Well one thing that I have been doing now is keeping the pdf open, it updates on C-c C-c, so I don't need that extra step of C-c C-v.

So now, if I can make it implicitly save and then compile with latex by C-c C-c without asking me about either, that would be great.

ewaller · 2012-10-01 02:01:15

I use emacs and LaTeX. An expert on either? Yeah, right

I can tell you what I do, and it works very well. I create a makefile that handles the creation of the pdf. I open the pdf independently, outside of emacs, using Okular. From emacs, I invoke the make command rather than latex. When the pdf is updated, Okular notices and updates itself with the new file.

cheamh · 2012-10-02 03:29:37

ewaller wrote:

I use emacs and LaTeX. An expert on either? Yeah, right
I can tell you what I do, and it works very well. I create a makefile that handles the creation of the pdf. I open the pdf independently, outside of emacs, using Okular. From emacs, I invoke the make command rather than latex. When the pdf is updated, Okular notices and updates itself with the new file.

Thanks for the suggestion, two questions:

When this compiles, it shows the errors in a terminal seperate from emacs right? Or just saves them to the log file?

And were you able to save file and then run the make command using one key combination?

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#1 2012-09-29 21:55:18

Emacs/Latex Custom Command

#2 2012-10-01 01:25:25

Re: Emacs/Latex Custom Command

#3 2012-10-01 02:01:15

Re: Emacs/Latex Custom Command

#4 2012-10-02 03:29:37

Re: Emacs/Latex Custom Command

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