Hi Ichor.
I did you what you said. There are two scenarios
Scenario 1:
1. Load auctex and set TeX-parse-self to t
2. Create a scratch buffer and type in "\documentclass{article}"
3. Load LaTeX-mode with M-x LaTeX-mode
Scenario 2:
1. Load auctex and set TeX-parse-self to t
2. Create a scratch buffer and type in "\documentclass{amsart}". Note
that this is different from Scenario 1. The difference is that amsart uses
the amstex package. Org export to latex also uses the amstex package.
3. Load LaTeX-mode with M-x LaTeX-mode
With Scenario 1 I don't get an error but with Scenario 2 I
do. reftex-TeX-master-file: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
As I said in a previous email, this may also be a bug with reftex. Looking
at the code of reftex-TeX-master-file, I can see that
(let ((master
(cond
;; AUCTeX is loaded. Use its mechanism.
((fboundp 'TeX-master-file)
(condition-case nil
(TeX-master-file t)
(error (buffer-file-name)))))))
and then later it says
(cond
((null master)
(error "Need a filename for this buffer, please save it first"))
However, TeX-master-file returns "<none>" if the file is not saved instead
of nil, so it seems that reftex-TeX-master-file uses TeX-master-file
wrongly. However, even if reftex-TeX-master-file did use TeX-master-file
correctly, org-mode would still have a problem because it would hit
the (error "Need a filename for this buffer, please save it first").
Because of this I believe that both reftex and org have a bug.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 at 18:40, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote:
> Vangelis E <evange...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Does this mean that you will implement my suggestion in my previous
> email?
> >
> >> On 30 Jun 2025, at 17:42, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <
> paag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for trying! I'm just trying to find a flexible solution for
> >> future requirements like this...
> >> /PA
> >> ...
>
> Before this discussion stray too far away, and before I look into the
> report seriously, I have a suspicion that you are simply running into
> Auctex bug. Try creating a new buffer, not associated with any file,
> add some basic text code inside, and activate auctex there. Will it err?
> If yes, that's a bug in auctex.
>
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> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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