auctex: Wishlist
A.3.2 Wishlist
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* Documentation lookup for macros
A parser could gather information about which macros are defined in
which LaTeX packages and store the information in a hashtable which
can be used in a backend for 'TeX-doc' in order to open the
matching documentation for a given macro. The information could
also be used to insert an appropriate '\usepackage' statement if
the user tries to insert a macro for which the respective package
has not been requested yet.
* Improvements to error reporting
Fringe indicators for errors in the main text would be nice.
* A math entry grid
A separate frame with a table of math character graphics to click
on in order to insert the respective sequence into the buffer (cf.
the "grid" of x-symbol).
* Crossreferencing support
It would be nice if you could index process your favorite
collection of '.dtx' files (such as the LaTeX source), just call a
command on arbitrary control sequence, and get either the DVI
viewer opened right at the definition of that macro (using Source
Specials), or the source code of the '.dtx' file.
* Better plain TeX support
For starters, 'LaTeX-math-mode' is not very LaTeX-specific in the
first place, and similar holds for indentation and formatting.
* Page count when compiling should (optionally) go to modeline of the
window where the compilation command was invoked, instead of the
output window. Suggested by Karsten Tinnefeld
<tinnefeld@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>.
* Command to insert a macrodefinition in the preamble, without moving
point from the current location. Suggested by "Jeffrey C. Ely"
<ely@nwu.edu>.
* A database of all commands defined in all stylefiles. When a
command or environment gets entered that is provided in one of the
styles, insert the appropriate '\usepackage' in the preamble.
* A way to add and overwrite math mode entries in style files, and to
decide where they should be. Suggested by Remo Badii
<Remo.Badii@psi.ch>.
* Create template for (first) line of tabular environment.
* I think prompting for the master is the intended behaviour. It
corresponds to a 'shared' value for TeX-master.
There should probably be a 'none' value which wouldn't query for
the master, but instead disable all features that relies on
TeX-master.
This default value for TeX-master could then be controled with
mapping based on the extension.
* Use index files (when available) to speed up 'C-c C-m include
<RET>'.
* Option not to calculate very slow completions like for 'C-c C-m
include <RET>'.
* Font menu should be created from 'TeX-font-list'.
* Installation procedure written purely in emacs lisp.
* Included PostScript files should also be counted as part of the
document.
* A nice hierarchical by-topic organization of all officially
documented LaTeX macros, available from the menu bar.
* 'TeX-command-default' should be set from the master file, if not
set locally. Suggested by Peter Whaite '<peta@cim.mcgill.ca>'.
* Make AUCTeX work with 'crypt++'. Suggested by Chris Moore
'<Chris.Moore@src.bae.co.uk>'.
* Make AUCTeX work with 'longlines'. This would also apply to
preview-latex, though it might make sense to unify error processing
before attempting this.
* The 'Spell' command should apply to all files in a document. Maybe
it could try to restrict to files that have been modified since
last spell check? Suggested by Ravinder Bhumbla
'<rbhumbla@ucsd.edu>'.
* Make <.> check for abbreviations and sentences ending with capital
letters.
* Use Emacs 19 minibuffer history to choose between previewers, and
other stuff. Suggested by John Interrante
'<interran@uluru.Stanford.EDU>'.
* Documentation of variables that can be set in a style hook.
We need a list of what can safely be done in an ordinary style
hook. You can not set a variable that AUCTeX depends on, unless
AUCTeX knows that it has to run the style hooks first.
Here is the start of such a list.
'LaTeX-add-environments'
'TeX-add-symbols'
'LaTeX-add-labels'
'LaTeX-add-bibliographies'
'LaTeX-largest-level'
* Outline should be (better) supported in TeX mode.
At least, support headers, trailers, as well as TeX-outline-extra.
* 'TeX-header-start' and 'TeX-trailer-end'.
We might want these, just for fun (and outlines)
* Plain TeX and LaTeX specific header and trailer expressions.
We should have a way to globally specify the default value of the
header and trailer regexps.
* Get closer to original 'TeX-mode' keybindings.
A third initialization file ('tex-mode.el') containing an emulator
of the standard 'TeX-mode' would help convince some people to
change to AUCTeX.
* Use markers in 'TeX-error-list' to remember buffer positions in
order to be more robust with regard to line numbers and changed
files.
* Finish the Texinfo mode. For one thing, many Texinfo mode commands
do not accept braces around their arguments.
* Hook up the letter environment with 'bbdb.el'.
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