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authorCarsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>2005-06-29 09:34:46 +0000
committerCarsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>2005-06-29 09:34:46 +0000
commitb878c6c0d39b38a2c3ee5b368300f3fa3fccd9fa (patch)
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downloademacs-b878c6c0d39b38a2c3ee5b368300f3fa3fccd9fa.tar.gz
Some fixes to the RefTeX entry
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@@ -2239,11 +2239,8 @@ the syntax of backslashes in F90 buffers.
---
** Reftex mode changes
-
-*** Changes to the table-of-contents feature
-
-Labels can be renamed globally from the table of contents using the
-key `M-%'.
++++
+*** Changes to RefTeX's table of contents
The new command keys "<" and ">" in the TOC buffer promote/demote the
section at point or all sections in the current region, with full
@@ -2258,25 +2255,29 @@ frame can show the TOC with the current section always automatically
highlighted. The frame is created and deleted from the toc buffer
with the `d' key.
-The new command `reftex-goto-label' jumps directly to a label
-location.
-
The toc window can be split off horizontally instead of vertically.
See new option `reftex-toc-split-windows-horizontally'.
-*** Changes related to citations
+Labels can be renamed globally from the table of contents using the
+key `M-%'.
+
+The new command `reftex-goto-label' jumps directly to a label
+location.
+
++++
+*** Changes related to citations and BibTeX database files
-Inserting citation commands now prompts for optional arguments when
+Commands that insert a citation now prompt for optional arguments when
called with a prefix argument. Related new options are
`reftex-cite-prompt-optional-args' and `reftex-cite-cleanup-optional-args'.
The new command `reftex-create-bibtex-file' creates a BibTeX database
with all entries referenced in the current document. The keys "e" and
"E" allow to produce a BibTeX database file from entries marked in a
-Citation selection buffer.
+citation selection buffer.
-`reftex-citation' uses the word before the cursor as a default search
-string.
+The command `reftex-citation' uses the word in the buffer before the
+cursor as a default search string.
The support for chapterbib has been improved. Different chapters can
now use BibTeX or an explicit `thebibliography' environment.
@@ -2286,26 +2287,31 @@ can be configured with the new option `reftex-bibliography-commands'.
Support for jurabib has been added.
-*** Changes to the Index support
++++
+*** Global index matched may be verified with a user function
During global indexing, a user function can verify an index match.
See new option `reftex-index-verify-function'.
-*** Miscellaneous changes
-
-The macros which input a file in LaTeX (like \input, \include) can be
-configured in the new option `reftex-include-file-commands'.
-
-RefTeX supports global incremental search.
++++
+*** Parsing documents with many labels can be sped up.
Operating in a document with thousands of labels can be sped up
-considerably by allowing RefTeX to derive the type of a lable directly
+considerably by allowing RefTeX to derive the type of a label directly
from the label prefix like `eq:' or `fig:'. The option
`reftex-trust-label-prefix' needs to be configured in order to enable
this feature. While the speed-up is significant, this may reduce the
quality of the context offered by RefTeX to describe a label.
+++
+*** Miscellaneous changes
+
+The macros which input a file in LaTeX (like \input, \include) can be
+configured in the new option `reftex-include-file-commands'.
+
+RefTeX supports global incremental search.
+
++++
** Prolog mode has a new variable `prolog-font-lock-keywords'
to support use of font-lock.