Re: [AUCTeX] Re: Actions in multifile documents.

[David Kastrup]

Franz Haeuslschmid <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Franz Haeuslschmid <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> is it -- or will it be -- possible to perform a certain set of
>>> actions for all files of a multifile document?  For instance, I
>>> would like to find all occurrences of a string in my document.  I
>>> know that package `edit-utils' supports searching in many buffers in
>>> its buffer and window management section. Thus to use that facility,
>>> I would have to open all files belonging to a document (which yields
>>> another possible application of doing things for all files in a
>>> multifile document).
>>
>> reftex-search-document is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in 
>> `reftex-global'.
>> [Arg list not available until function definition is loaded.]
>>
>> Regexp search through all files of the current TeX document.
>
> There is even a menu entry for global actions.  However, how
> should I check the spelling of a multifile document?
>
>>> Another feature I would like to see, is to have a function that lets
>>> one directly jump to the file referred to by an `\include' macro
>>> after having placed the cursor into the macro's argument.  So far, I
>>> am not aware that any of these features are part of the multifile
>>> handling in AUCTeX.
>>
>> ffap is an alias for `find-file-at-point' in `ffap.el'.
>> (ffap &optional FILENAME)
>>
>> Find FILENAME, guessing a default from text around point.
>> If `ffap-url-regexp' is not nil, the FILENAME may also be an URL.
>> With a prefix, this command behaves exactly like `ffap-file-finder'.
>> If `ffap-require-prefix' is set, the prefix meaning is reversed.
>> See also the variables `ffap-dired-wildcards', `ffap-newfile-prompt',
>> and the functions `ffap-file-at-point' and `ffap-url-at-point'.
>>
>> See <ftp://ftp.mathcs.emory.edu/pub/mic/emacs/> for latest version.
>>
>> [back]
>
> This works well in the master file of my document.  Other TeX
> files include files using a path that is relative to the master
> file.  Consequently, `ffap' can only suggest the directory of the
> currently opened file in order to give a starting point.
>
> Anyway, thank you very much for pointing out these possibilities.
>
> Franz.
>
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