TeXworks
Completion in references, citations
Since I haven't seen this on the list of planned features, I'd like to put
in a request for automatic completion of labels in \ref{} respectively
citation keys in \cite{} commands (a la Kile/Texmate et al.), if this is
not considered as a too advanced feature. (I've always found this to be
extremely helpful.)
Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 12 Aug 2008 at 11:40
Agreed, this is a valuable feature, though I don't guarantee it'll get done for
the first release.
(It would be good to have this in a generalized way, so as to support ConTeXt
or other packages in addition to
LaTeX.)
Original comment by [email protected] on 13 Aug 2008 at 9:03
- Changed state: Accepted
- Added labels: Type-Enhancement
- Removed labels: Type-Defect
See also description in http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=51
(issue closed as duplicate).
Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Oct 2008 at 1:53
I used to use Winedt as a pretty advanced user, but I like Texwork's simplicity
and I
am trying to switch to it.
However, I have to admit that the auto-complete function for \ref and \cite is
definitely a "must have". I think this should be the absolute priority among
the
enhancements.
Thank you and congratulations for your excellent work!
Paolo
Original comment by [email protected] on 15 Feb 2010 at 11:01
This feature would be relatively straightforward to implement in a script. I
contributed one such implementation
for the Sublime Text editor, using Python. I would be happy to port it to
Texworks. The only obstacle is the fact
that right now Texworks scripts cannot bring up any kind of GUI element---say,
a pop-up menu when you type
\ref{ or \cite{, or launch the appropriate script, or else a dialog box in case
there are many possible choices.
This is what my Sublime Text package does (imitating Textmate).
I'm just waiting for GUI capabilities to appear :-)
Original comment by [email protected] on 16 Feb 2010 at 1:24
Issue 330 has been merged into this issue.
Original comment by st.loeffler on 14 Apr 2010 at 3:15
Is this still unsolved?!Disappointing...
Original comment by [email protected] on 4 May 2011 at 2:14
It is solved in a script. Check this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=261
So maybe it makes sense to close this issue here.
Original comment by [email protected] on 4 May 2011 at 3:16
David: Could you tell me which one of the scripts there works for autocomplete
the command \cite{}?
Original comment by [email protected] on 4 May 2011 at 7:49
Issue 526 has been merged into this issue.
Original comment by st.loeffler on 22 Aug 2011 at 7:02
The functionality is in a raw form available in the script
autocompleterForTexworks available at [1]. The autocompleter currently searches
in all the open files for words that can be used to complete the current word
in front of the cursor (and for filenames for completing input and
includegraphics).
All interaction with the script consists of activating it through its shortcut
(default crtl + m).
See a video of the script in use at [2].
Best
Henrik
[1]
http://raw.github.com/henrikmidtiby/autocompleteForTexworks/master/scripts/autoc
omplete.js
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRSq_OSxPec
Original comment by [email protected] on 19 Oct 2011 at 3:17
Well, I don't think that having *all words* of the text that from the first
letter you type [ for instance \citep{d...] is exactly the functionality
expected...
Original comment by [email protected] on 27 Nov 2012 at 10:57
Regarding comment 11.
The autocompletion script have been moved and can now be found at [1].
The script is context aware so the generated suggestions depends on the context
of the cursor. As an example take the following small document.
"""
eqnOne
eqnTwo
eqnPTesting
eqnPower
\label{eqnPython}
\label{eqnPythagoras}
"""
If you start to write a reference (\ref), only labels present in other
references and labels (\label, \ref, \pageref, \eqref) will be suggested.
The four lines below will illustrate what happens when the script is activated.
Each newline indicates an invocation of the script.
\ref{eqnP // Initial input when the script is activated
\ref{eqnPythagoras // First suggestion
\ref{eqnPython // Second suggestion
\ref{eqnPythagoras // Back to first suggestion as all suggestions have now
been shown.
If autocompletion is activated for the string "eqnP" the following would be
suggested.
eqnP // Initial input when the script is activated
eqnPTesting // First suggestion
eqnPower // Second
eqnPythagoras // ...
eqnPython // ..
eqnPTesting // Back to first suggestion as all suggestions have now
been shown.
As you can see there is a different set of suggestions for the two different
contexts.
[1] https://github.com/henrikmidtiby/TeXworks-scripts/tree/master/autocomplete
Original comment by [email protected] on 27 Nov 2012 at 11:27
cfa6b57 implements "Edit > Insert Citations..." to choose citations based on .bib-files specified using a
%! TeX bibfiles = first.bib, second.bib
modline at the beginning of the file.
