Re: Failed to skip from chapter tex file to master pdf file.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 2:28 PM Ikumi Keita <ikumi@ikumi.que.jp> wrote:
>
> Hi Hongyi,
>
> > Hongyi Zhao wrote (Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 01:50:41PM +0800):
> >> But, how to let auctex do this trivial job for me automatically?
>
> I recommend you to consult the relevant manual:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/Multifile.html
>
> ,----
> | If you insert
> | the following in your init file ('init.el' or '.emacs'), AUCTeX will use
> | a more advanced algorithm.
> |
> |      (setq-default TeX-master nil) ; Query for master file.
> |
> |    In this case, AUCTeX will ask for the name of the master file
> | associated with the buffer.  To avoid asking you again, AUCTeX will
> | automatically insert the name of the master file as a file variable
> `----

I've already set this:

$ grep TeX-master .emacs.d/init.el
(setq-default TeX-master nil) ; Query for master file.


> ,----
> |  -- Command: TeX-master-file-ask
> |      ('C-c _') Query for the name of a master file and add the
> |      respective File Variables (*note (emacs)File Variables::) to the
> |      file for setting this variable permanently.
> |
> |      AUCTeX will not ask for a master file when it encounters existing
> |      files.  This function shall give you the possibility to insert the
> |      variable manually.
> `----
>

I didn't understand the above command well until I read this email.

> N.B. The web manual falls behind the recent revise of the document and
> contains obsolete sentence "If AUCTeX finds the line indicating the end
> of the header in a master file (TeX-header-end), it can figure out for
> itself that this is a master file.", which isn't true.
>

I've read the above descriptions in the web manual and hence think all
things will be done intelligently.

> >>>>> Mandar Mitra <mandar.mitra@gmail.com> writes:
> > When I open a new .tex file, I'm prompted for the master file. If I provide 
> > a
> > file name, it's automatically quoted.
>
> More precisely, that occurs when TeX-master is customized to nil, as
> described above.
>
> > I don't remember giving auctex any special instructions to achieve
> > this.
>
> That's TeX-master-file-ask, bound to C-c _ and available in menu item
> LaTeX->Multifile/Parsing ->Set Master File also.
>
> Regards,
> Ikumi Keita

Regards
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
No. 473, Quannan West Street, Xindu District, Xingtai, Hebei province