OK, forget it, I'll try myself to see if I can reproduce...
Thanks for your help and patience, /PA
On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 at 11:09, Vangelis Evangelou <evange...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Pedro.
>
> I tried what you said, but for some reason the local variables text doesn't
> get printed. Could it be because the error occurs before the export filter?
>
> In any case, I don't think this is a path towards a solution because local
> variables are set when the file is visited (opened). Here, the text is
> inserted in the buffer, so the local variables won't be set. I tried a
> "manual" approach where in the org latex export buffer I did M-: (setq
> TeX-master t) and then did M-: (reftex-TeX-master-file), but I still got the
> same error.
>
> TeX-master is a variable defined in ‘tex.el’.
>
> Its value is t
> Local in buffer *Org LATEX Export*; global value is the same.
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 at 09:42, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez
> <paag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>> This is a very trick case indeed. Apart from discerning if we want to
>> blame it or not, what I would also like to take profit is from this
>> for the future.
>> If we encounter other cases and appending local variables to the
>> export buffer solves out headache, we catch several flies with one
>> stroke.
>>
>> What about trying:
>>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :exports none :results none :eval export
>> (defun add-lvars-filter (output backend info)
>> "Ser TeX-master-file. in the lvars"
>> (when (eq backend 'latex)
>> (replace-string "\\end{document}"
>> (concat "\\end{document}\n"
>> "\n"
>> "%%% Local Variables:\n"
>> "%%% TeX-master-file: t\n"
>> "%%% End:\n" ) output)))
>>
>> (make-variable-buffer-local 'org-export-filter-final-output-functions)
>> (add-to-list 'org-export-filter-final-output-functions
>> 'add-lvars-filter)
>> #+END_SRC
>>
>> Put that in your test document and evaluate it before C-c C-e l L.
>>
>> Thanks a ton... /PA
>>
>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 at 10:27, Vangelis Evangelou <evange...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Ichor.
>> >
>> > I did you what you said. There are two scenarios
>> > Scenario 1:
>> >
>> > Load auctex and set TeX-parse-self to t
>> > Create a scratch buffer and type in "\documentclass{article}"
>> > Load LaTeX-mode with M-x LaTeX-mode
>> >
>> > Scenario 2:
>> >
>> > Load auctex and set TeX-parse-self to t
>> > 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.
>> > 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.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
>> >> Org mode maintainer,
>> >> Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
>> >> Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
>> >> or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden
>> Georg Kreisler
>>
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