Re: [AUCTeX] own macro coloring?

[ivo welch]

thank you, ivan.  the untested macro indeed worked great in my .emacs file

(setq font-latex-match-bold-command-keywords
      '(("defn" "[{") ("phandefn" "[{")))


I stuck it into my .emacs file and am very happy now...

regards,

/iaw
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Ivo Welch (address@hidden)


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Ivan Andrus <address@hidden> wrote:
> Forgot to CC the list.
>
> On Jul 17, 2013, at 6:28 PM, ivo welch <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> thx, ivan.  this M-:  (customize-group 'font-latex-keywords) RET  is
>> definitely new wizardry for me.  to show much of a novice I am, let me
>> describe my experience.
>
> It's hard to tell how much someone knows about Emacs.  So I'm glad
> you learned something today.  :-)
>
>> this opens an interesting window with a lot of choices.  I can see how
>> this can make emacs more userfriendly in the future, but it's still
>> tough going.
>>
>> clicking on any of the triangles on the left brings up a choice, where
>> most variables seem to describe themselves as being set to "STANDARD".
>> Clicking on "INS" yields a dialog with "Keyword" and "Format".  I
>> presume this is where I have to add my "\myboldface{}" and presumably
>> the right place is "Font Latex Match Bold Command Keywords" and once I
>> have it working, the button at the top that says "save for future
>> sessions" will add it to my .emacs file.  correct?
>
> That's right.  Though several of these particular variables
> require restarting Emacs.
>
>> unfortunately, there are no full examples that show what the dialog
>> expects as inputs for keyword and format.  <tab> does not show
>> options, but moves onto the next field.  the description starts out
>> well: each element has to be a list..., so I gather that "myboldface"
>> (which is my \myboldface{hello} latex macro) goes into the keyword
>> field.  alas, the emacs format specifier is a mystery to me.  it
>> refers to the doc string of font-latex-user-keyword-classes, but after
>> staring at font-latex.el for a while, I still have not figured out
>> what it wants.  it would be much nicer if there was an example in the
>> docs, such as "myboldface" and "bold" right where it prompts for the
>> list entry.
>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't contain all of the documentation about the
> format.  I thought it did.  Anyway, the simplest case for one of my
> macros \defn[...]{...} will look like this:
>
> INS DEL List:
>            Keyword: defn
>            Format: [{
>
> Notice that you don't include the initial backslash.  The format is
> described in the documentation for `font-latex-user-keyword-classes'.
>
>> after I have entered the correct values, presumably I would click on
>> "set for current session"---can I then visit a latex file in another
>> emacs buffer here and expect to see the effect of my change?
>
> Yes, except that some of these might require restarting Emacs.
>
>> ;;; if there is a full entry for .emacs which would "just work", I
>> would love to hear it, too.  ultimately, this is what I will do
>> anyway.
>
> Untested:
>
> (setq font-latex-match-bold-command-keywords
>      '(("defn" "[{") ("phandefn" "[{")))
>
>> regards,
>>
>> /iaw
>>
>> (In "More", I randomly stumbled over the fact that the "Generated by
>> `...`" is actually a clickable link, which in turn provides a
>> clickable link to font-latex.el.  this was not visually highlighted.)
>
> You're right.  It seems like it should be.  You can report a bug with
> M-x report-emacs-bug RET if you would like.
>
> -Ivan