Re: Value of `TeX-global-input-files'

[Arash Esbati]

Hi Keita,

Ikumi Keita <ikumi@ikumi.que.jp> writes:

>>>>>> Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:
>> Am I missing something here?  My suggestion would be to introduce a
>> variable `LaTeX-global-package-files' (like LaTeX-global-class-files)
>> and set that in `LaTeX-arg-usepackage-read-packages-with-options' once
>> there.
>
> Hmm, it seems reasonable to me.

Thanks.

> Here is a related topic. Your proposed resolution adds a new element to
> the list of global variables which should be initialized when C-u C-c
> C-n and we need another defvar without value to suppress byte compiler
> warnings in the current implementation of `TeX-normal-mode'.

Yes, that would happen.  But besides your proposal below, we could also
add

    (eval-when-compile (require 'latex))

to tex.el and delete the byte compiler silencing defvar's for latex.el.

> How about introducing a new variable to hold the list of such global
> variables and make `TeX-normal-mode' to use that variable, instead of
> hard coding the names of global variables to be initialized?
>
> (defvar TeX-XXX-YYY '(TeX-style-hook-list
> ;            BibTeX-global-style-files
> ;            BibTeX-global-files
> ;            BibLaTeX-global-style-files
> ;            TeX-Biber-global-files
>             TeX-global-input-files
> ;            LaTeX-global-class-files
> ;            LaTeX-includegraphics-global-files
> ;          LaTeX-global-package-files
> )
>
> (defun TeX-normal-mode (&optional arg)
>   [...]
>   (if arg
>      (dolist (var TeX-XXX-YYY)
>         (set var nil)))
>   [...]
>
> (And latex.el and relevant style files such as graphicx.el should add
> their own variables to be initialized into TeX-XXX-YYY by `add-to-list'
> or `cl-pushnew'.)

I like the idea.  What do think about `TeX-normal-mode-reset-list' as a
name for TeX-XXX-YYY?

>> I found that `TeX-global-input-files' can have different values based on
>> which macro is used first in a document.  If I do
>
>>     C-m C-c usepackage RET
>
>> first, the variable holds all available .sty files.  If I reset the
>> variable with `C-u C-c C-n' and do
>
>>     C-m C-c input RET
>
>> it holds all available input files.
>
> They should be "C-c C-m", not "C-m C-c" :-)

That was of course an exercise for the careful readers ;-)  Sorry for the
confusion.

Best, Arash