On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 12:23 PM Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 2:36 AM Arash Esbati <ar...@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Very strange. I've enabled this option, as shown below:
> > >
> > > [ C-h v LaTeX-electric-left-right-brace RET ]
> > > LaTeX-electric-left-right-brace is a variable defined in ‘latex.el’.
> > >
> > > Its value is t
> > > Original value was nil
> > >
> > > If non-nil, insert right brace with suitable macro after typing left
> > > brace.
> > >
> > > You can customize this variable.
> > >
> > > [back]
> > >
> > > But I still cannot observe the corresponding completion of the
> > > innermost `(' as shown in the attached screenshot.
> >
> > Again, I can only suggest that you try this starting with 'emacs -Q'. I
> > did this, activated AUCTeX for my installation, setq'ed
> > `LaTeX-electric-left-right-brace' to t, opened a minimal .tex file, hit
> > '{[(' and the result in the buffer looks like this:
> >
> > {[(*)]}
> >
> > with * indicating the position of point.
>
> After starting with 'emacs -Q', I tried to do the above test with the
> guidance here [1] to install auctex:
>
> M-x package-install RET auctex RET
>
> But I meet the following:
>
> Install package: auctex RET
>
> no match
>
> OTOH, the following method works as described here [2]:
>
> 1.2 Installing AUCTeX
>
> The modern and strongly recommended way of installing AUCTeX is by
> using the Emacs package manager integrated in Emacs 24 and greater
> (ELPA). Simply do M-x list-packages <RET>, mark the auctex package for
> installation with i, and hit x to execute the installation procedure.
> That’s all.
>
> Any then, I use a minimal tex file:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> Hello world.
> \end{document}
>
> After opening the above file, eval the following setting:
>
> M-: (setq LaTeX-electric-left-right-brace t) RET
>
> Then, I observed the same effect as shown be you.
So, it is obvious that there must be some conflicts in my actual
configuration, which led to incorrect test results reported earlier.
> [1] https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/auctex.html
> [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex.html#Installation
>
> > Best, Arash
>
> Regards,
> Zhao
