How can I set RefTex default reference format?

Question

I'm using RefTex and cleveref. When I want to add a cross-reference I need to enter C-c ) C <SPC> to select the uppercase (\Cref) reference format and show all label types. I use this method to search 99% of the time, so I would like to bind it to a key sequence or just set it as the default.

EDIT

In the end I bound it to a fresh key, and do not override the standard behaviour. Instead I use a let of reftex-refstyle.

(eval-after-load "reftex"
  '(progn
     (define-key reftex-mode-map (kbd "C-c c")
       (lambda ()
     (interactive)
     (let ((reftex-refstyle "\\Cref"))
       (reftex-reference " "))))))

Answer 1

Looking to the reftex-ref.el source code I found the following (undocumented) solution: add to your .emacs the line

(setq reftex-refstyle "\\Cref")

Please note that this will make \Cref the default reference command even when the cleveref isn't actually loaded.

If you want to skip the selection of the label type as well, you have to pass the argument " " to the reftex-reference function. You can achieve that by binding C-c ) to (reftex-reference " "). To do this, add also the following code to you .emacs

(eval-after-load "reftex"
  '(progn
     (define-key reftex-mode-map (kbd "C-c )")
       (lambda ()
     (interactive)
     (reftex-reference " ")))))