Re: [AUCTeX] Is it possible to use the buffer-file-name in a local variable ?

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi Tassilo,

2015-02-03 8:54 GMT+01:00 Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>:
> Denis Bitouzé <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I'd like to use the buffer-file-name in a local variable, like this:
>>
>>   ┌────
>>   │ %%% Local Variables:
>>   │ %%% mode: latex
>>   │ %%% TeX-master: "main"
>>   │ %%% LaTeX-command: "pdflatex 
>> '\includeonly{<buffer-file-name>}\input{main}'"
>>   │ %%% End:                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>   └────
>>
>> Is it possible?
>
> Yes, I think so.  You would use a local variable section with something
> like
>
>   %%% eval: (setq-local LaTeX-command
>   %%%                   (concat "pdflatex '\includeonly{"
>   %%%                           (buffer-file-name)
>   %%%                           "}\input{main}'")
>
> But I don't think `LaTeX-command' is the right variable.  Wouldn't it
> suffice to add the \includeonly to `TeX-command-extra-options'?

I'm not sure this would work, but your suggestion to compile just the
selected section/region can be indeed useful.

Bye,
Mosè


> And as yet another alternative: As I understand, your goal is to speed
> up compilation by only compiling the chapter you're currently writing
> on.  In that case, there are already predefined commands to do exactly
> that.  See especially
>
> ,----[ (info "(auctex)Starting a Command") ]
> | -- Command: LaTeX-command-section
> |      ('C-c C-z') Query the user for a command, and apply it to the
> |      current section (or part, chapter, subsection, paragraph, or
> |      subparagraph).  What makes the current section is determined by
> |      'LaTeX-command-section-level' which can be enlarged/shrunken using
> |      'LaTeX-command-section-change-level' ('C-c M-z').  The given
> |      numeric prefix arg is added to the current value of
> |      'LaTeX-command-section-level'.  By default,
> |      'LaTeX-command-section-level' is initialized with the current
> |      document's 'LaTeX-largest-level'.  The buffer contents are written
> |      into the region file, after extracting the header and trailer from
> |      the master file.  The command is then actually run on the region
> |      file.  See 'TeX-command-region' for details.
> `----
>
> And that doesn't even require that you split your document into one file
> per chapter.
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
>
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