bashrc export TEXEDIT emacs

Question

If PDFLaTeX fails to compile with

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H for immediate help.

I want to press e to get an instance of Emacs. The cursor should be on the position of the error (if TeX knows it)

I guess i should insert

export TEXEDIT="emacs magic"

to my .bashrc but what should i type instead of magic?

Answer 1

Since I have always an emacs open (with an emacs server active), I personally have this

export TEXEDIT="emacsclient --no-wait +%d %s"

which makes sure that you do not open tons of emacs windows around. Otherwise, just use

export TEXEDIT="emacs +%d %s"

Both versions make emacs go to the right line.

It is important to have no space left and right of the = sign.