Re: emacs interface

[John Conover <john@johncon.johncon.com>]

Mohsen Banan writes:
> 
> Linking bbdb, auc-tex and flexfax would be nirvana!
>

Hi Mohsen. Here is what I have in my ~/.emacs:

(require 'tex-site) ; load the AUC TeX macros
(defvar TeX-printer-list '(("File" "dvips -f %s > %s.ps") ("Local" "dvips -f %s | lpr" "lpq")) "*List of available printers.") ; printers, see tex-site.el and tex.el
(defvar TeX-command-list
    (list (list "TeX" "tex '\\nonstopmode\\input %t'" 'TeX-run-TeX nil t)
        (list "TeX Interactive" "tex %t" 'TeX-run-interactive nil t)
        (list "LaTeX" "%l '\\nonstopmode\\input{%t}'" 'TeX-run-LaTeX nil t)
        (list "LaTeX Interactive" "%l %t" 'TeX-run-interactive nil t)
        (list "LaTeX2e" "latex2e '\\nonstopmode\\input{%t}'" 'TeX-run-LaTeX nil t)
        (if (or window-system (getenv "DISPLAY"))
            (list "View" "%v " 'TeX-run-background t nil)
            (list "View" "dvi2tty -q -w 132 %s " 'TeX-run-command t nil)
        )
        (list "Print" "%p " 'TeX-run-command t nil)
        (list "Queue" "%q" 'TeX-run-background nil nil)
        (list "File" "dvips %d -o %f " 'TeX-run-command t nil)
        (list "BibTeX" "bibtex %s" 'TeX-run-BibTeX nil nil)
        (list "Index" "makeindex %s" 'TeX-run-command nil t)
        (list "Check" "lacheck %s" 'TeX-run-compile nil t)
        (list "Spell" "<ignored>" 'TeX-run-ispell nil nil)
        (list "Fax" "sendfax -R -c \"Comment\" -r \"Regarding\" -x \"Company\" -d \"user@number\" %f" 'TeX-run-command t nil)
        (list "Mail" "metasend -b -e 7bit -m application/postscript -f %f -s \"Subject\" -t \"user@domain.com\"" 'TeX-run-command t nil)
        (list "Other" "" 'TeX-run-command t t)
        (list "Makeinfo" "makeinfo %t" 'TeX-run-compile nil t)
        (list "AmSTeX" "amstex '\\nonstopmode\\input %t'" 'TeX-run-TeX nil t)
    )
    "*List of commands to execute on the current document." ; commands, see tex-site.el and tex.el
)

There is probably a more elegant way of doing this with an
alist/append construct, but this works pretty well (and you don't have
to alter the tex-site.el and tex.el system files,) in spite of a
mini-buffer that is cluttered up with command line arguments. "\C-c
\C-c file" makes a postscript file out of the dvi file, and "\C-c \C-c
fax" shuffles the postscript file off to Hylafax's sendfax, after
prompting for the recipient particulars.  ("\C-c \C-c mail" shuffles
it of to sendmail as a mime application/postscript encapsulation.) The
arguments to sendfax can be piddled with, for example, a -n will not
use the default cover page in case you want to make your own under
LaTeX with fax.sty, etc.

        John

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