Re: [AUCTeX-devel] reftex patch to support resolved labels

[Ralf Angeli]

* Tim Toolan (2008-12-01) writes:

> The concern is that someone:
> 1) Runs latex and generates the typeset document along with the .aux files.
> 2) Edits a large portion somewhere early on in the document, and  
> regenerates previews for the entire document.
> 3) Uses the method provided by this patch to refer to an equation in  
> the later portion of the document using the equation number they see  
> in the typeset preview.

I see.

> Because there is currently no way to get the .aux information from the  
> generated previews this will produce the wrong label.  The reason it  
> is wrong is because that label has been renumbered, but it was not  
> recorded in any .aux file.

Hm, but there is a similar problem if labels are inserted after a LaTeX
run.  The more one is editing labels in the buffer, the more outdated
the information in the .aux file becomes.  Are there provisions in your
code dealing with this problem?

-- 
Ralf