RE: [AUCTeX] Editing of a beamer file if \documentclass{beamer} is absent?

[mirko.vukovic]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Kastrup [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 2:32 AM
> To: Ralf Angeli
> Cc: TTCA Vukovic, Mirko; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [AUCTeX] Editing of a beamer file if 
> \documentclass{beamer} is absent?
> 
> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > * mirko vukovic (2007-07-27) writes:
> >
> >> I compile by beamer files by doing
> >>
> >> Pdfetex "&beamtikz" file.tex
> >>
> >> The preamble of file.tex is: 
> >>
> >> %%\documentclass{beamer}  !!! Commented out
> > [...]
> >> The \documentclass command is commented out, because the 
> format file 
> >> contains the beamer definitions.  So AucTeX does not know 
> that it is 
> >> looking at a beamer file.  How do I inform it of that?
> >
> > You could use something like
> > \iffalse
> > \documentclass{beamer}
> > \fi
> 
> I think it would be less confusing and more flexible if he 
> used mylatex.ltx for creating the format.
> 
> --
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
> 

That will be my next move.  When I first went through this exercise, I was
not aware of mylatex.ltx

As for my lines being too long, I'll look in Outlook for the setting.

Thanks,

Mirko