[AUCTeX] TeX-clean in multifile document

[Greg Bognar]

Hi,

Say you are working on a multifile document with file1.tex, file2.tex, etc, and
with the master file masterfile.tex. It's handy to clean up the generated files
with TeX-clean. However, TeX-clean will only delete files which have the base
name of the master file, i.e., masterfile.*. But TeX also generates .aux files
for file1.tex, file2.tex, etc., and these are not deleted. Is there a way to
have TeX-clean delete these files as well? Or is there any reason this would
not be a good idea?

(I tried putting "*\\.aux" in TeX-clean-default-intermediate-suffixes list of
extensions, but it didn't work.)

This is mostly a matter of convenience, but I'm curious if it's possible.

All the best,
Greg

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi Greg,

Post by Greg Bognar
Hi,
Say you are working on a multifile document with file1.tex, file2.tex, etc, and
with the master file masterfile.tex. It's handy to clean up the generated files
with TeX-clean. However, TeX-clean will only delete files which have the base
name of the master file, i.e., masterfile.*. But TeX also generates .aux files
for file1.tex, file2.tex, etc., and these are not deleted. Is there a way to
have TeX-clean delete these files as well? Or is there any reason this would
not be a good idea?
(I tried putting "*\\.aux" in TeX-clean-default-intermediate-suffixes list of
extensions, but it didn't work.)
This is mostly a matter of convenience, but I'm curious if it's possible.

I guess you're "\include"ing the files, rather than "\input"ting them,
right? I agree it would be a good idea to clean up the auxiliary
files for secondary files, but the way AUCTeX currently records the
names of the included files this isn't supereasy. They're listed in
`TeX-active-styles', but mixed together with classes and packages, so
it's difficult to extract just the names of the included files.

Unless you have a real need to use "\include", with "\input" you don't
have multiple auxiliary files.

Bye,
Mosè

[Greg Bognar]

Hi Mosè,

Yes, I'm using \include. I understand that \input does not create extra .aux
files, so there it's not an issue, but then I cannot use \includeonly. So I
guess it's a trade off between two convenience features.

Thanks for the clarification!
Greg

Post by Mosè Giordano
Hi Greg,

Post by Greg Bognar
Hi,
Say you are working on a multifile document with file1.tex, file2.tex, etc, and
with the master file masterfile.tex. It's handy to clean up the generated files
with TeX-clean. However, TeX-clean will only delete files which have the base
name of the master file, i.e., masterfile.*. But TeX also generates .aux files
for file1.tex, file2.tex, etc., and these are not deleted. Is there a way to
have TeX-clean delete these files as well? Or is there any reason this would
not be a good idea?
(I tried putting "*\\.aux" in TeX-clean-default-intermediate-suffixes list of
extensions, but it didn't work.)
This is mostly a matter of convenience, but I'm curious if it's possible.

I guess you're "\include"ing the files, rather than "\input"ting them,
right? I agree it would be a good idea to clean up the auxiliary
files for secondary files, but the way AUCTeX currently records the
names of the included files this isn't supereasy. They're listed in
`TeX-active-styles', but mixed together with classes and packages, so
it's difficult to extract just the names of the included files.
Unless you have a real need to use "\include", with "\input" you don't
have multiple auxiliary files.
Bye,
Mosè