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I have just upgraded to AUCTeX 11.89.1 in emacs and find the new command (TeX-command-run-all) quite convenient. One problem is that after modifying the file and typing C-c C-a, confirmation is needed to save the file first.
I suspect that I kind of only need to set something to nil to deactivate this confirmation step, but I have not found a way. Any suggestions? Many thanks!
It is hard to say what the best tips is for you. Especially if you do not give a more detailed description of your workflow. The best way to find this might be to read the manual from cover to cover. Also make sure to read the RefTeX manual since it is included in Emacs and you should use its commands for handling citations and cross-references. Other places to find tips is to peek at other peoples .emacs and go through emacs, auctex, reftex and the equivalent tags on Stack Overflow and Super User.
Learning and configuring Emacs is a never-ending process as described in A simpleton's guide to (...)TeX workflow with emacs. Thus, you will learn more and more as you go. That you learn something new is not necessarily a sign of that you have been inefficient before that.
The following are some that tips I would like to share. They might be irrelevant for you and therefore the advice above might be the best.
Find the AUCTeX and RefTeX commands that are useful for you and learn them, see Useful shortcuts or key bindings or predefined commands for emacs+AUCTeX.
Use folding to fold macros and environments and it will be easier to focus on the content of your document. To use folding you have to activate TeX-fold-mode. This can be done by either activating it temporarily, by M-x TeX-fold-mode, or permanently, by placing the following in your .emacs
(add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook #'TeX-fold-mode) ;; Automatically activate TeX-fold-mode.
In both cases you have to also do C-c C-o C-b to fold every item in the buffer (there are other commands to fold parts of buffers). Here follows a simple buffer without folding:
The following is the same buffer but with folding. If the cursor is placed on a folded item it is unfolded, e.g. if the cursor is placed on an emphasized part it unfolds to \emph{an emphasized part}.
Use the function to expand " into csquotes macros (see also AUCTeX's csquotes integration does not work together with babel).
Use AUCTeX's integration with language packages, see How can I make AUCTeX use the spelling dictionary in the same language as babel is loaded with? and How can I make AUCTeX use the spelling dictionary in the same language as polyglossia is loaded with?
Use LaTeX-math-mode for efficient insertion of math as described in https://stackoverflow.com/a/8055820/789593 under "AUCTeX's LaTeX-math-mode".
Do not use AUCTeX only. Use YASnippet to make it easier to insert often inserted structures, see Working with templates. Draft with Org-mode as described in Everyday LaTeX and workflow?
Please search this forum for latexmk, which does exactly what you ask.
EDIT: See here: Compile using latexmk in emacs
There are more threads in this forum, if you search for 'latexmk' and 'emacs'.
Best Answer
The variable
TeX-save-querycontrols this behavior:Add the following line to your init file