Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Suggestion for TeX-arg-label/ref

[David Kastrup]

Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:

> Mads Jensen <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Mads,
>
>> If you mark something, and want to use that marked text as an argument
>> in \ref, you're still met with the dialogue for RefTeX. Would it be
>> possible to add (I don't mind having a shot at this) a test to insert
>> the marked text, instead of doing the automatic reftex/auctex argument
>> prompt?
>
> I have no clue how that could work.  When you put an active region
> around some label text (that's what I think you mean with mark), then
> point is at the beginning or end of that label text, and almost
> certainly you don't want to insert the \ref inside the \label.
>
> So I guess you probably want to use the top entry of the kill-ring as
> argument of the \ref.  But then how can auctex know when you want to do
> that?

It could just place \ref{...} around the active region.

-- 
David Kastrup