Re: [AUCTeX] Biber support

[Ken Brown]

On 9/14/2012 1:16 PM, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Good to hear.  Since I don't use Biber (at least not yet), it would be
> very cool if someone could check if the documentation needs to be
> complemented.

I took a quick look and saw two things.

1. doc/tex-ref.tex has to be updated.  In addition to the obvious stuff 
at the beginning (version, date,...), I suggest something like the 
following:

--- tex-ref.tex.~1.26.~ 2010-02-21 07:22:14.000000000 -0500
+++ tex-ref.tex 2012-09-14 14:55:46.549469600 -0400
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
 \key{Appropriate previewer}{View}
 \key{Print the output}{Print}
 \key{Bib\TeX}{BibTeX}
+\key{Biber}{Biber}
 \key{MakeIndex}{Index}
 \key{LaCheck}{Check}
 \key{Make (PostScript) File}{File}

(Or should the second 'Biber' be '\star Biber'?  I don't really 
understand the significance of the star.)

2. Somewhere we should mention the variable LaTeX-always-use-Biber. 
Here's one possibility, but maybe there's a better place:

--- auctex.texi.~1.310.~        2012-08-17 02:59:49.000000000 -0400
+++ auctex.texi 2012-09-14 15:20:13.595379900 -0400
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@
 @AUCTeX{}, see @ref{Top,,Introduction,preview-latex,The @previewlatex{}
 Manual}.

+If you use the biblatex package, you may want to put the following in
+your @file{.emacs} file:
+
address@hidden
+(setq LaTeX-always-use-Biber t)
address@hidden lisp
+
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Ken