nejdl@polya.Stanford.EDU (wolfgang) (07/30/88)
I usually use a subshell of Emacs for all c-shell commands. However, I have not been able to use the edit feature of TeX in a subshell, as I cannot start another emacs in the subshell. Is there a way of setting TEXEDIT to something special, to get into emacs again after giving the TeX command "e", when an error occurs? Thanks Wolfgang
nejdl@polya.Stanford.EDU (wolfgang) (08/01/88)
By accident, I got the answer as mail instead of as posting. So this is the (partial) answer: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Return-Path: <gaynor@aramis.rutgers.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 88 02:04:14 EDT From: gaynor@aramis.rutgers.edu (Silver) To: nejdl@polya.stanford.edu Subject: Re: GNU Emacs and TeX In-Reply-To: USENET article <3450@polya.Stanford.EDU> nejdl@polya.Stanford.EDU (wolfgang) writes: > [I do all my work in a subshell within [GNU?] Emacs. I want to > be able to use the edit feature of TeX in a subshell. How?] This is my original reply: Oh, I don't expect that you should have any problems with this. Simply do the following: 1. `setenv TEXEDIT <emacsdir>/src/emacsclient' somewhere in your initialization stuff. 2. Give the command `server-start' in your emacs (maybe start up your emacs like so: emacs -f server-start). 3. This should bring you up in a buffer within your emacs, which you should finish off with a C-x # (don't bother writing this down - it's advertised). Regards, [Ag] gaynor@rutgers.edu I thought that I should take a whack at it before I sent everything off, expecting it to work easily and gracefully. However, I got this error in the subshell: ? e No pages of output. Transcript written on foo.log. Usage: /usr/local/gnuemacs/etc/emacsclient [filename] ! Trouble executing command /usr/local/gnuemacs/etc/emacsclient Anybody recognize this? Regards, [Ag] gaynor@rutgers.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your answer. I tried it with 1. `setenv TEXEDIT <emacsdir>/etc/emacsclient %s' and it worked, so only the <filename> argument was missing. However, I found no possibility of setting the cursor to the right line (where the error is found). Using emacs I can use 'setenv TEXEDIT emacs +%d %s' but I found no way to pass an argument to emacsclient. Any ideas? Wolfgang
ilham@athena.mit.edu (Ilhamuddin Ahmed) (08/01/88)
In article <3468@polya.Stanford.EDU> nejdl@polya.Stanford.EDU (wolfgang) writes: > >I tried it with > 1. `setenv TEXEDIT <emacsdir>/etc/emacsclient %s' >and it worked, so only the <filename> argument was missing. > >However, I found no possibility of setting the cursor to the right >line (where the error is found). > >Using emacs I can use > 'setenv TEXEDIT emacs +%d %s' >but I found no way to pass an argument to emacsclient. > >Any ideas? > >Wolfgang I have an Emacs Lisp code for server.el written by Micheal Platoff of Siemens RTL which does exactly what you want. Drop me a note if you want this then I'll mail it to you. - Ilham ============================================================================== \\\!/// From : Ilhamuddin Ahmed (MIT '91) _ _ UUCP : {backbone}!mit-eddie!athena!ilham ( Q Q ) Arpa : ilham@athena.mit.edu ---,,,,-------U-------,,,,--- USnail: MIT Lab. for Computer Science 545 Technology Sq, Room 213 HELLO!!! Cambridge, MA 02139 ----------------------------- (617)-253-3578 ==============================================================================
squires@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Matt Squires) (08/02/88)
> / hpcvlx:comp.emacs / nejdl@polya.Stanford.EDU (wolfgang) / 11:05 pm Jul 29, 1988 / > Is there a way of setting TEXEDIT to something special, to get into > emacs again after giving the TeX command "e", when an error occurs? No promises... but have you tried setting your default editor ($EDITOR) to emacsclient? You can run one main GNUemacs, and call (server-start nil) in your .emacs file. Then every time you use the editor "emacsclient", your current emacs will get interrupted, and start editing this new file. C-x # will send this interrupting buffer back to the client. This is useful if you have job control, or beter yet, a windowing system (like screen or X). I've never actually tried using emacsclient from emacs shell mode, though, and the current implementation of emacs I use does not have emacsclient or emacsserver, or I could tell you for sure if this works. Good luck! > Thanks > Wolfgang mcs
aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM (08/02/88)
>> Is there a way of setting TEXEDIT to something special, to get into >> emacs again after giving the TeX command "e", when an error occurs? > >I never actually tried using emacsclient from emacs shell mode, I do not use TeX, but I regularly run non-fullscreen applications in an Emacs shell window, with emacsclient as my default editor. When emacsclient is invoked, Emacs neatly opens a window for editing; \ gets rid of the window and sends the buffer to the application. I have occasionally used Emacs' terminal-mode for running full-screen applications, with emacsclient as my editor. Occasionally this works, but there are too many fullscreen applications that require a full 24x80 screen (terminal-mode is 22x78 or similar) and/or require a real terminal type, like VT100. Running on a Sun with variable sized windows solves the first problem; as for the second, a terminal emulator that emulates a terminal, instead of screaming about non-use of termcaps, has been on my list of things to do for a while.