Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] TAB key does not let me insert a non-existing label

[Ralf Angeli]

* Scot Becker (2010-09-13) writes:

> (sorry I can't use reftex-report-bug, it doesn't work ATM since I have
> a problem in my mail setup)

A common workaround is to copy the text generated by `reftex-report-bug'
into a message to be sent through a configured mail client.

> I'm using a recent bzr pull of emacs
> (emacs-version says  24.0.50.4) and standalone Reftex 4.34 under
> Gnome/Ubuntu.  The Reftex manual leads me to believe that when looking
> for a citation key I find I don't have, I can press TAB and type a new
> one out which will then be inserted in the citation command I have
> chosen.  The following:
>
> C-c [ c somregex RET TAB mynewcitekey_2000 RET
>
> should get me:
>
> \cite{mynewcitekey_2000}
>
> Instead all I get is "mynewcitekey_2000" echoed in the echo
> area/minibuffer, and no cite key inserted.

Hm, this is working fine here with a one-year-old development version of
Emacs 23.  Can you check if it works with Emacs 23 for you?

-- 
Ralf