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How to make `latexmk` run the appropriate amount of times

When compiling my latex documents, I use AucTeX in emacs to run latexmk but latexmk only runs once and will say you should run latexmk again and then reason whether it be references or something else. ...
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AucTeX PDF syncing in Emacs, multiple windows problem

I have enabled Tex-source-correlate-mode with syntex as the syncing method. When I have a single Emacs window open, it works fine. But if I have multiple Emacs windows open, whenever I press Ctrl-left ...
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AUCTeX: global pdf mode stop working after typesetting error occurs

Update: I've tested the problem in detail, and the results are appended at the end of the question. I guess now the problem becomes: How to avoid stupid diagnostic of AUCTeX when curly braces ...
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font-lock defining keywords containing special characters and whole-words

I found the reference to "\\" on line 283 of font-latex.el of auctex-11.86, and I'd like to remove it as a warning (which is easy enough to delete manually). I have not figured out a way to define ...
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Emacs / AUCTeX — Customization of keyword highlight syntax

font-lock-keyword-face is used by AUCTeX for all keywords, and I have not been able to find a way to create a new keyword that is a different color. I have defined the foreground of ...
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Click on macro name to jump to its definition?

Encouraged by a super response to my previous question on a similar topic, I shall persevere with a similar line of inquiry. I think it would be super if, in my LaTeX editor, I could click on a macro ...
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Click on package name to open corresponding style file?

I think it would be super if, in my LaTeX editor, I could click on the name of package... \usepackage{blob} ... and the corresponding style file, blob.sty, would be opened. Do any LaTeX editors ...
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Emacs/AucTeX: can LaTeX-math-list read a macro that requires input?

I wanted to make a macro that inserts \left \right delimiters, but I wanted to write it only once and have different bindings pass different delimiters. To wit, I wanted to add the following code: ...
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AUCTeX -output-directory + copy *.pdf to working directory

Part I: Could someone please give me an example of how to configure AUCTeX to use the -output-directory option? I've tried inserting -output-directory="/tmp" in a variety of ways at different ...
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Preview TikZ figure in AUCTeX?

I am using AUCTeX on Emacs. Recently I began to draw pics using TikZ, but the problem is AUCTeX doesn't generate preview of this environment. (However, it does generate preview for the general figure ...
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Compilation of main tex file from a chapter file with AucTeX

I have a main LaTeX file that has multiple chapter files included using \input command. For compiling them in emacs/auctex, I have to open main LaTeX and ^C^C. How can I compile the main LaTeX from ...
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How to make AUCTeX ignore syntax highlighting within environment

I have a problem with syntax highlighting in the Emacs editor using AUCTeX. The problem occurs in particular with the Verbatim environment from the fancyvrb package. Consider the following code: ...
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AUCTeX preview font size too small

I have Emacs 24 and AUCTex on a Windows 7 machine, however the preview font size is just way too small. Is there a way to make them bigger?
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Change view-command in Emacs and AUCTeX (pdf mode)

My version of Emacs and AUCTeX[1] uses TeX-evince-sync-view for viewing pdf. This command is not working for some reason. Evince is launched but Emacs freezes and I have an error Couldn't find ...
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how to reload pdf and preserve same position file (in emacs)?

I would like to view pdf files in emacs, and when I reload them from disk I want to be at, more or less, the same position in the new file as I was in the old one. I am viewing these with the bundled ...
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Emacs and Auctex automatic compilation (and syntax highlighting) of extental TikZ files

I am using Emacs with Auctex. Is it possible to make files with .tikz extension to enter latex-mode automatically? Also, what is the best practice for compiling .tikz files that will be included in ...
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Can't turn off fontified subscripts in Emacs 24

Under Emacs 24.3 and Auctex, the sub/superscript fontification is occurring outside math modes. This appears in either Beamer or normal LaTeX docs. Per this question, I've included the following ...
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Narrow to Environment in AUCTeX

I'd like to be able to use some org-mode-like features inside of AUCTeX. In org-mode, you can narrow the buffer to a node or you can flatout send the node to a separate buffer for editing. How can ...
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How to specify self-installed fonts to XeLaTeX?

I successfully installed the font (*.tfm, *.pfb and *.vf files) of my university, I'm now struggling to use them with XeLaTeX. About my specifications: I am running TeXLive 2011 using AucTex 11.86. ...
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Follow-up question: include entire command with emacs/auctex

This is a Follow-Up question to auctex does not parse own sty file I can use C-c C-m to use mytext from this MWE \documentclass{article} \newcommand{\mytext}{This is a simple text.} \begin{document} ...
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auctex does not parse own sty file

a own sty file is not parsed to find commands, it means they can not use with C-c C-m I use the following .emacs (load "auctex.el" nil t t) (load "preview-latex.el" nil t t) (require 'tex-site) ...
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AUCTeX + compilation minor mode does not jump to error

I have setup AUCTeX to show me the compilation output rather than the traditional help if an error occurs with the following code: (defadvice TeX-TeX-sentinel-check(after open-log-on-error (process ...
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Problems with AucTeX and Emacs24

I download AucTeX from ELPA and put nothing in my .emacs file. However, the commands auctex and preview-latex do not seem to be there (when I try M-x auctex or M-x preview-latex, Emacs cannot find ...
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AUCTeX preview-latex previews are ugly (too narrow)

Is there a way to fix Emacs AUCTeX's preview-latex to make the previews look less ugly? Specifically, they are squashed vertically to a height of exactly one line of text. I have screenshots to show ...
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Compile a region in auctex with import package

Consider the three following (see below) files: test.tex is in the main directory, test1.tex is in the subdirectory ./test1/ and test11.tex is in the subsubdirectory ./test1/test11/ (see the directory ...
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Multifile and dvi output from the 'master.tex'

I have a report composed of multiple files where I name the master file as 'master.tex' and set (setq-default TeX-master "master") in my .emacs file. I compile the master file and try to click the ...
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C-c C-r to see the effect of a change in equation

I am recently experimenting with Auctex and preview-latex, I read the quick-start part of Auctex documentation. I have a question on C-c C-r, I created a simple test document and therein I am ...
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AUCTeX changes name of pdf file when compiling with LuaTeX

I'm using AUCTeX with emacs 24.1 on Ubuntu 11.10. I have the TeX Command set to compile using LuaTeX and to produce pdfs. Everything works except that the name of the pdf changes from the file name ...
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No support for Asymptote in AUCTeX

I got a problem with my Emacs/AUCTeX setup. I'm using a lot of Asymptote graphics in my TeX documents, but there is a big problem to compile such documents inside of Emacs with AUCTeX. However I can ...
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Passing aux directory option to AUCTeX

I use Emacs and MikTeX. With the latter comes a PDFLaTeX option to move clutter in a temp-dir directory: -aux-directory temp-dir. I am tentatively trying to pass it to AUCTeX with: (setq ...
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How can I tell AUCTeX to turn off math mode for the argument of shortintertext?

I would like to have AUCTeX turn off math mode for the argument of the shortintertext command from the mathtools package. I customized the variable texmathp-tex-command to add the following line to my ...
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auctex, hooking into wrapping specific environment

I do a lot of editing using Emacs and auctex, some of this involve wrapping certain parts of the manus with a certain environment. This is quite easy using transient-mark-mode and C-c C-e. But I'd ...
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How can I get my LaTeX set up on Emacs/AUCTeX to use the -file-line-error option when calling pdfTeX

I have been puzzling over this for the past few hours and can't quite figure it out. I am using AUCTeX 11.87 and MiKTeX 2.9 on Emacs 24.2 (obtained from Vincent Goulet with AUCTeX pre-packaged): I ...
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Customizing preview-latex command to use LaTeX when in TeX-Pdf mode

In short: Is there a way to tell preview-latex to NOT use pdflatex instead of just toggling TeX-Pdf mode every time I want to re-generate previews? I have a somewhat odd setup. AucTeX + GNU Emacs 24 ...
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Renaming label names in AucTex to recover ordered sequence

By rearranging (copy-and-pasting) math environments the automatically RefTeX generated label numbers \begin{align} \label{eq:5} ... \end{align} texttexttext... \begin{align} \label{eq:3} ...
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Hide/show individual chapters/sections/… in the RefTeX TOC buffer

RefTeX/AucTeX allow to display the maximum level of toc entries displayed in the ‘toc’ buffer. Is it also possible to hide(collapse)/show(expand) individual chapters and sections in the ‘toc’ buffer? ...
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AUCTeX: how to jump to PDF (with synctex) without recompile when inline preview has been created?

I'm using Aquamacs 2.4 on MacOS X 10.6.8 with pdflatex (TeXLive 2011). My problem: I can create inline previews of formulas, figures etc. in the source code with AUCTeX which is very helpful - e. ...
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Folding entire section in AUCTeX?

I'm new to AUCTeX and I wonder: is it possible to fold entire sections or subsections of a LaTeX document for a better overview, so that they are only represented by their headline (kind of a tree ...
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AUCTeX: How can I add syntax highlighting for custom cite commands?

I'm new to Emacs and AUCTeX and I want to have consistent syntax highlighting. Besides the "normal" \cite command, I'm also using commands like \citeauthor or \Citeauthoror self defined commands like ...
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Access from included files to environments in AUCtex

When I am writing slides, I usually use one master file and several dependent files; as a macro package I use beamer. I would like to access the environments defined by the beamer package also in the ...
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Prevent a tex file from being compiled

I'm writing my thesis, and there's a overall file overall.tex together with several section files, which are \inputed in the overall.tex. Could I write something in the section files to prevent them ...
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AUCTeX: How to edit enviroment templates

With (C-c C-e) AUCTeX allows to insert arbitrary environments. In my case I want to change the default aling-environemnt from \begin{align} \label{eq:145} \end{align} to insert comments in order ...
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AUCTeX – new commands recognized as such

Many non-base commands, quite used today, are not recognized as such by AUCTeX. This is understandable as not everyone will use them, and not every time. I'm thinking about commands like ...
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Beamer .sty files not recognized in Auctex emacs [closed]

I'm trying to create a beamer presentation through Auctex in emacs. In the process I have to include several style packages (subfigure.sty, stmaryrd.sty) in the tex file. However the problem is that ...
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Add -shell-escape option to the latex invocation of preview-latex in auctex

I need preview-latex to use the -shell-escape option when it invokes pdflatex, which is required by the minted package for syntax highlighting, as it invokes python. How can I do that?
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Auctex previews

I am using PSTricks and trying to generate an inline preview with auctex for part of a document. This works fine if I surround the whole thing in $ signs like $ \begin{pspicture} ... ...
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How to use the standalone package with emacs

This is a follow-up question from A simpleton's guide to (...)TeX workflow with emacs. The main answer stated that it is possible to use emacs together with standalone: the question is how? The ...
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Auctex block indent

Is there a way to block indent whole paragraphs in emacs + auctex? I'm thinking in that functionality in such editors as WinEdt. I've search in different fora, and in the available documentation, ...
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Pronunciation of “AUCTeX” [closed]

I'd like to give a tutorial on AUCTeX to my colleagues but it occurs to me that I've never heard the name of this package pronounced. It seems the first three letters could be pronounced individually ...
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AUCTeX, preview-latex, and Ghostscript (Emacs)

I'll keep this short and sweet; Emacs can't find gs, which has been installed via brew and works fine. Error PDF2DSC sentinel: Searching for program: No such file or directory, gs MWE ...

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