[OS X Emacs] Re: Wiki code not working: Symbol's function

[Hofert Jan Marius]

Dear Win,

thanks a lot, it's working! [even without (require 'tex-site)]
This is great, I could compile from "non-master-files" without problems, not even specifying the master file :-)

Cheers,

Marius

On 2011-09-12, at 21:47 , Win Treese wrote:

> 
> On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Hofert Jan Marius wrote:
> 
>> Dear David,
>> 
>> thanks for helping.
>> 
>> I tried this:
>> 
>> (require 'tex-site)
>> (defun guess-TeX-master (filename)
>>     "Guess the master file for FILENAME from currently open .tex files."
>>     (let ((candidate nil)
>>           (filename (file-name-nondirectory filename)))
>>       (save-excursion
>>         (dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
>>           (with-current-buffer buffer
>>             (let ((name (buffer-name))
>>                   (file buffer-file-name))
>>               (if (and file (string-match "\\.tex$" file))
>>                   (progn
>>                     (goto-char (point-min))
>>                     (if (re-search-forward (concat "\\\\input{" filename "}") nil t)
>>                         (setq candidate file))
>>                     (if (re-search-forward (concat "\\\\include{" (file-name-sans-extension filename) "}") nil t)
>>                         (setq candidate file))))))))
>>       (if candidate
>>           (message "TeX master document: %s" (file-name-nondirectory candidate)))
>>       candidate))
>> (setq 'LaTeX-mode-hook
>> 	'(lambda ()
>> 		(setq TeX-master (guess-TeX-master (buffer-file-name)))))
>> 
>> I obtained the same error as before:
>> 
>> An error has occurred while loading `~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Preferences.el (or .elc)':
>> Wrong type argument: symbolp, (quote LaTeX-mode-hook)
> 
> Marius,
> 
> A typo on my part. The code should be (towards the end):
> 
> (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
> 		'(lambda ()
> 			(setq TeX-master (guess-TeX-master (buffer-file-name)))))
> 
> add-hook is the proper thing to use, not setq. And setq doesn't like the quoted
> symbol, but add-hook does.
> 
> I should test these things before replying!
> 
> Best,
> 
> - Win