Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 2005-07-12; working with master files

[Ralf Angeli]

* Jobst Hoffmann (2005-07-13) writes:

> Now my problem: 
> a) if there's no auto directory - this happens, because I'm
> autogenerating files - I have to do the following, if I want to edit
> a_02.tex and want support from auctex/style/listings.el
> 1) I have to change(!) and save m-cfg.tex
> 2) I have to change(!) and save m.tex (in this sequence)

Instead of changing and saving you can type `C-c C-n' as well.

> to generate auto and the specific files
> 3) I can happily edit a_02.tex
>
> b) if there is auto and all the specific files are around and I want to
> edit a_02.tex
> 1) I have to load m-cfg.tex
> 2) I have to load m.tex (in this sequence)
> 3) I can happily edit a_02.tex
>
> c) if I just want a little change in a_02.tex and I forget b) I'm
> fooled, neither loading m-cfg.tex and m.tex afterwards, nor deleting the
> buffer a_02.tex and loading m-cfg.tex, m.tex and a_02.tex again helps,
> the style support is unreachable.
>
> I find this behaviour annoying, couldn't there be a better solution than
> doing that stuff all by hand?

I had a brief look at it but could not really get hold of the cause.
Interestingly CVS Emacs does not have this problem because latexenc.el
loads the master file (without asking) and pulls in the necessary
styles.  I'll have to take a closer look at what happens in case of
the other Emacsen.

-- 
Ralf