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Re: Some LaTeX commands, such as \boldsymbol and \hspace, can't be compl
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Arash Esbati |
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Re: Some LaTeX commands, such as \boldsymbol and \hspace, can't be completed in AUCTeX. |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:41:51 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 |
Denis Bitouzé <denis.bitouze@univ-littoral.fr> writes:
> Le 09/12/21 à 12h44, Arash Esbati a écrit :
>
>> You can always drop a line to auctex-devel asking for an addition. Or
>> even better provide code for the missing package/command. I think for
>> most of packages out there providing only user macros it's not hard to
>> write AUCTeX styles.
>
> Agree, but tedious. That's why I proposed to benefit from the `.cwl`
> completion files of TXS: it's also probably not so hard to provide
> a converter (maybe I will have a look when I'll have some spare time).
Highly welcome. There will be a question reg. licence, but we can be
worried about that later.
> Agree but, in case of `\includegraphics`, I would say the `width` or
> `height` options are mandatory ;) It is indeed usual to want the
> included graphic to not be at its natural dimensions (and, often, the
> user doesn't know these dimensions).
Agreed, but \includegraphics is indeed more an exception.
>> Why do start to type after 'width='. Just hit TAB and the backslash is
>> inserted in the minibuffer and you can go on with 'l TAB'.
>
> Ah, OK but that's not easy to figure out. IMO, if `width` is chosen and
> obtained by completion, it should completed into `width=`.
True, but then again this is by design that you give Emacs a hint about
your selection -- you could take the completion 'width' and extend it to
'widthfoo'.
>> While we're at it, does TXS has something like `C-c C-m' or does it
>> inline completion like company for Emacs where you start typing and get
>> a drop-down list to select of? I admit I've never used anything else
>> than (X)Emacs so I don't know.
>
> It provides inline completion, which is IMO much easier to use. For
> instance about `\includegraphics`, if you type `\includeg`, the
> following appears in the TXS' completion window:
>
> ┌────
> │ \includegraphics{imagefile}
> │ \includegraphics[keyvals]{imagefile}
> │ \includegraphics*{imagefile}
> │ \includegraphics*[keyvals]{imagefile}
> └────
Ok, understood, so more like company. For me, the way AUCTeX handles
the completion was always great because I didn't need to hit the
backslash which is hard to reach on a German keyboard. I thought it is
the same issue on French layout?
> If you choose the second entry, `keyvals` is immediately selected and if
> you type `w`, you're immediately prompted with `width=` in the
> completion window ; if you accept it (RET), `width=` is written (with
> the cursor just after `=`) and you're immediately prompted with:
>
> ┌────
> │ \linewidth
> │ \textheight
> └────
>
> (OK, last option is a bit odd for a width) in the completion window ; at
> this stage, either you choose one of the propositions or you start to
> type something else (e.g. `15cm`).
I see, this can be useful. Maybe we should extend the completion at
point in AUCTeX, I'm not familiar with it, though.
> Another interesting feature provided by TXS is wizards. For instance for
> the floating figures, a pop up window appears with all what the user might
> want for such floats:
>
> ┌────
> │
> https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio/master/utilities/manual/usermanual_en.html#SECTION110a
> └────
>
> From this point of view, `C-c C-e fig TAB RET` is much less rich but,
> more generally, with all done in the minibuffer by AUCTeX, the user
> doesn't have an general overview of the different fields it has to fill
> and, to a certain extent, fills them blindly (`C-c C-e minipage RET` is
> a typical example): by contrast, in the TXS wizard, he can look at each
> field at his own rhythm.
>
> I know pop up windows such as the TXS ones is not the way Emacs is
> working, but such a feature might be approximated with something à la
> yasnippet with placeholders (some of these placeholders providing
> completions).
I thinks nowadays people use the table features in org-mode and then
export them.
>> That's one impressive number. But again, dropping a line to
>> auctex-devel requesting a package or better providing code directly is
>> the best way to increase the number styles provided by AUCTeX.
>
> Better to write a converter from `.cwl` to AUCTeX completion files :)
See above :-)
> WDYT about my examples in:
>
> ┌────
> │ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex/2021-12/msg00013.html
> └────
Sorry, I don't get that? What do you mean? AUCTeX can also parse
\newcommand{\congru}[2][x]{#1\equiv #2\,\modulo}
and offer completion with C-c C-m congru RET, or am I missing something?
Out of curiosity: Can TXS also parse new environments defined with
fancyvrb package? I mean something like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\DefineVerbatimEnvironment{MyVerbatim}{Verbatim}{%
gobble=2,numbers=left,numbersep=2mm,
frame=lines,framerule=0.8mm}
\begin{document}
Try `C-c C-e MyVerbatim RET Optional fancyvrb keyvals RET'?
\end{document}
Best, Arash
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