B.2 Wishlist

• Spell checking of macros

  A special ispell dictionary for macros could be nice to have.

• Quick error overviews

  An error overview window (extract from the log file with just the error lines, clickable like a "grep" buffer) and/or fringe indicators for errors in the main text would be nice.

• A math entry grid

  A separate frame with a table of math character graphics to click on in order to insert the respective sequence into the buffer (cf. the "grid" of x-symbol).

• Crossreferencing support

  It would be nice if you could index process your favorite collection of `.dtx' files (such as the LaTeX source), just call a command on arbitrary control sequence, and get either the DVI viewer opened right at the definition of that macro (using Source Specials), or the source code of the `.dtx' file.

• Better plain TeX support For starters, LaTeX-math-mode is not very LaTeX-specific in the first place, and similar holds for indentation and formatting.

• Poor man's Source Specials In particular in PDF mode (and where Source Specials cause problems), alternatives would be desirable. One could implement inverse search by something like Heiko Oberdiek's `vpe.sty', and forward search by using the `.aux' file info to correlate labels in the text (possibly in cooperation with RefTeX) with previewer pages.

• Page count when compiling should (optionally) go to modeline of the window where the compilation command was invoked, instead of the output window. Suggested by Karsten Tinnefeld <tinnefeld@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>.

• Command to insert a macrodefinition in the preamble, without moving point from the current location. Suggested by "Jeffrey C. Ely" <ely@nwu.edu>.

• A database of all commands defined in all stylefiles. When a command or environment gets entered that is provided in one of the styles, insert the appropriate \usepackage in the preamble.

• A way to add and overwrite math mode entries in style files, and to decide where they should be. Suggested by Remo Badii <Remo.Badii@psi.ch>.

• Create template for (first) line of tabular environment.

• I think prompting for the master is the intended behaviour. It corresponds to a `shared' value for TeX-master.

  There should probably be a `none' value which wouldn't query for the master, but instead disable all features that relies on TeX-master.

  This default value for TeX-master could then be controled with mapping based on the extension.

• Multiple argument completion for `\bibliography'. In general, I ought to make , special for these kind of completions.

• Suggest `makindex' when appropriate.

• Use index files (when available) to speed up C-c C-m include RET.

• Option not to calculate very slow completions like for C-c C-m include RET.

• Font menu should be created from TeX-font-list.

• Installation procedure written purely in emacs lisp.

• Included PostScript files should also be counted as part of the document.

• The parser should catch warnings about undefined crossreferences. Suggested by Richard Hirsch `i3080501@ws.rz.tu-bs.de'.

• A nice hierarchical by-topic organization of all officially documented LaTeX macros, available from the menu bar.

• TeX-command-default should be set from the master file, if not set locally. Suggested by Peter Whaite `<peta@cim.mcgill.ca>'.

• Make AUCTeX work with `crypt++'. Suggested by Chris Moore `<Chris.Moore@src.bae.co.uk>'.

• The `Spell' command should apply to all files in a document. Maybe it could try to restrict to files that have been modified since last spell check? Suggested by Ravinder Bhumbla `<rbhumbla@ucsd.edu>'.

• Make . check for abbreviations and sentences ending with capital letters.

• Use Emacs 19 minibuffer history to choose between previewers, and other stuff. Suggested by John Interrante `<interran@uluru.Stanford.EDU>'.

• Make features.

  A new command TeX-update (C-c C-u) could be used to create an up-to-date dvi file by repeatedly running BibTeX, MakeIndex and (La)TeX, until an error occurs or we are done.

  An alternative is to have an `Update' command that ensures the `dvi' file is up to date. This could be called before printing and previewing.

• Documentation of variables that can be set in a style hook.

  We need a list of what can safely be done in an ordinary style hook. You can not set a variable that AUCTeX depends on, unless AUCTeX knows that it has to run the style hooks first.

  Here is the start of such a list.

  LaTeX-add-environments

  TeX-add-symbols

  LaTeX-add-labels

  LaTeX-add-bibliographies

  LaTeX-largest-level

• Completion for counters and sboxes.

• Outline should be (better) supported in TeX mode.

  At least, support headers, trailers, as well as TeX-outline-extra.

• TeX-header-start and TeX-trailer-end.

  We might want these, just for fun (and outlines)

• Plain TeX and LaTeX specific header and trailer expressions.

  We should have a way to globally specify the default value of the header and trailer regexps.

• Get closer to original TeX-mode keybindings.

  A third initialization file (`tex-mode.el') containing an emulator of the standard TeX-mode would help convince some people to change to AUCTeX.

• Make TeX-next-error parse ahead and store the results in a list, using markers to remember buffer positions in order to be more robust with regard to line numbers and changed files. This is what next-error does. (Or did, until Emacs 19).

• Finish the Texinfo mode. For one thing, many Texinfo mode commands do not accept braces around their arguments.

• Hook up the letter environment with `bbdb.el'.