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bug#25127: reftex: Highlight all missing references/citations
From: |
Arash Esbati |
Subject: |
bug#25127: reftex: Highlight all missing references/citations |
Date: |
Fri, 13 May 2022 20:48:59 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net> writes:
>
>> It would be a nice feature if reftex can highlight all missing
>> references/citations in the buffer. For example, references/citations
>> such as \ref{nonexistence} or \cite{nonexistence} point to nonexistent
>> entries, which should be highlighted as errors.
>
> I've added bug-auctex to the CCs; perhaps they have some comments here.
Such a functionality is provided by AUCTeX (I can't tell about Emacs
stock LaTeX mode). Take for example this file:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\begin{document}
Hit \verb|C-c C-t C-w| to set \verb|TeX-debug-warnings| to \verb|t|.
Run LaTeX on the file with \verb|C-c C-c RET|
Choose from the menu \verb|Command->Error Overview|
\cite{lamp1:94}
\cite{mitt1:97}
\begin{thebibliography}{}
\bibitem[Mittelbach et al.(1997)]{mitt:97} Goossens, Michel; Rahtz,
Sebastian; Mittelbach, Frank: The LaTeX Graphics Companion --
Illustrating documents with TeX and PostScript. Addison-Wesley.
1997.
\bibitem[Lamport(1994)]{lamp:94} Lamport, Leslie: LaTeX -- A Document
Preparation System: User's Guide and Reference Manual, Second
Edition. Pearson/Prentice Hall. 1994.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
%%% Local Variables:
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End:
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
If you follow the steps mentioned above, you get this:
I think this is what the request is about, so we don't need to teach
RefTeX the same thing what LaTeX is actually doing and AUCTeX is
parsing. I also think this is the right order.
So I'd say this is wontfix.
> (Does auctex have a separate bug tracker? I think I asked once before,
> but I forgot the answer.)
No, it uses debbugs as well. You have to reassign the bug to AUCTeX and
you have one report less on your plate 😉
Best, Arash