Re: AUCtex & Errors while compiling

[Andreas Politz]

Claudius Hubig <claudiushubig@arcor.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm happily using emacs together with AUCtex (at least I believe so,
> I'm quite new to emacs, but it says "PDFLaTex" in the status line).
>
> Compiling also works fine, but when it encounters an error, it tells
> me to press C-c `. Being on a German keyboard with deadkeys enabled,
> I first press C-c, then Shift-' (key left of backspace) and then
> space. It then asks me for a master file:
>

M-g n
also works.

> Master file: (default this file) ~/Desktop/TeX Live 2009/
>
> But since I have none, I just press enter. Navigating to the file I'm
> trying to compile (~Desktop/mfp-1.tex) leads to the same results as
> just hitting enter.
>
> I then get a vertically divided screen, with a *TeX help* tab on the
> right hand which shows me some information about the error and an
> empty tab called "Debian" on the left hand.
>

`tabs' are termed windows in emacs-speak.

> Is there now any way to
> a) get my original file automatically into the buffer on the left and
> b) get "links" from the "faulty" lines mentioned on the right to the
> corresponding lines on the left?
>

This sounds like what actually should happen.


[...]
> ;LaTeX-mode
> (setq-default TeX-master nil);
[...]

Try to change `nil' with `t', and see if it helps (Needs restart), or

M-: (setq TeX-master t) RET

in the latex buffer.

-ap