Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 11.82; More intelligent handling of starred sectioning commands

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * Frank Küster (2006-04-18) writes:
>
>>   I suggest to always add the star if the previous command was starred
>>   (and no prefix is given); if you think it's necessary the user should
>>   be able to customize that.
>
> I just looked at the code and extending it to support your
> suggestion would be quite a challenge.  AFAICS
> `LaTeX-current-section', `LaTeX-down-section' and `LaTeX-up-section'
> would all have to return more information than just the section
> level.  Namely the section name and a flag indicating if it is a
> starred version.  (Instead of providing a flag the star could be
> part of the section name.)  Juggling with a complex return value in
> and between the functions mentioned above feels a bit odd and
> kludgy, though.

Maybe it would make sense to allow section names "section*" and
"section[" as reply to the C-c C-s query of the section level.  A
starred entry would not ask for a label, and a "section[" would ask
for a toc entry (when using memoir, section[[ might ask for both toc
entry and running header).

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum