[AUCTeX] Re: How to get rid of intermediate files?

[marcuirl]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Ralf,

> * René (2006-02-03) writes:
>
>> I would like to be able to compile my latex file and only keep the
>> important outputs (i.e., .pdf, .bbl).  I don't want the other files
>> (i.e., .aux, .log, .blg, .out, etc.) to clutter my directories.  Is
>> there a way to redirect those files to /tmp for instance.
>
> As far as I know this is not possible.  As an alternative you could
> invoke a function for cleaning up generated files.  I am occasionally
> using this:
>
> (defcustom TeX-clean-extensions
>   '("aux" "bbl" "blg" "dvi" "fot" "glo" "gls" "lof" "idx" "ilg" "ind"
>     "log" "lot" "pdf" "toc" "url")
>   "List of extensions of files to be deleted by `TeX-clean'.")
>
> (defun TeX-clean ()
>   "Delete all generated files associated with current master file."
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((basename (TeX-active-master nil t)))
>     (when (y-or-n-p "Delete generated files? ")
>       (dolist (ext TeX-clean-extensions)
>       (let ((file (concat basename "." ext)))
>         (when (file-exists-p file)
>             (delete-file file)))))))
>
> I guess I should generalize this, i.e. make it work and configurable
> with all AUCTeX modes, and check it in.  Although it is not a truely
> external command I'd like it to show up in the Command menu or `C-c
> C-c' and friends respectively.

Can I make a vote for this feature! I use this in my .emacs.auctex
file

  (add-to-list 
               'TeX-command-list 
               '("purge" 
                 "rm %s.log %s.aux %s.out %s.exa %s.ilg 
                     %s.idx %s.ind %s.lof %s.lot %s.toc 
                     %s.bbl %s.blg %s.rel %s.end
                     %s.dvi" TeX-run-command nil))

Which I use after the final version of a document (*.pdf or *.ps) is
generated! Your version seems a little more elegant!

marcu
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