Re: [AUCTeX] automatic insertion of labels

[David Romano]

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Ralf Angeli wrote:

> * David Romano (2010-02-24) writes:
>
> > Two questions, really:
> >
> > 1) When I use TeX-insert-macro to insert "\label", I get the message
> > "Symbol's function definition is void: nil" instead of being prompted for
> > an argument.  Is this normal?  How can I change this so that I am prompted
> > for an argument?
>
> I cannot reproduce this with
> emacs -Q -l auctex file.tex
>
> Perhaps you could provide a full bug report with `M-x
> TeX-submit-bug-report <RET>' which should contain a recipe for
> reproducing the problem; ideally with Emacs started as shown above.

I submitted a bug report only to learn soon after that the problem was 
in the file I was collaborating on.  A new section command was introduced
that apparently interefered with creating label within that section.  I'd 
like to cancel the bug report, but am not sure how.

> > 2) Is is possible to have labels automatically inserted for theorem-like
> > environments the way they can be for equation-like environments?  I
> > haven't been able to find out what the corresponding variables might be.
>
> Could it be that you haven't discovered RefTeX yet?
> (info "(reftex)Top") <-- Type `C-x C-e' here.

I've spent some time with the AUCTeX and RefTeX manuals, and can't seem to 
make any progress with this.  I've changed the RefTeX label alist to 
include some theorem-like environments, and C-c C-m \label works fine, but 
the labels are not being generated automatically when I use C-c C-e. 
Section and equation labels, however, are still being generated 
automatically with either C-c C-s or C-c C-e.  Have I missed a variable 
that needs changing?

Thanks,
David Romano