RefTeX

RefTeX is a package for managing Labels, References, Citations and index entries with GNU Emacs.

This manual documents RefTeX version 4.34 from 2009-08-09.

Don't be discouraged by the size of this manual, which covers RefTeX in great depth. All you need to know to use RefTeX can be summarized on two pages (see RefTeX in a Nutshell). You can go back later to other parts of this document when needed.


• Introduction		Quick-Start information.
• Table of Contents		A Tool to move around quickly.
• Labels and References		Creating and referencing labels.
• Citations		Creating Citations.
• Index Support		Creating and Checking Index Entries.
• Viewing Cross-References		Who references or cites what?

• RefTeXs Menu		The Ref menu in the menubar.
• Key Bindings		The default key bindings.
• Faces		Fontification of RefTeX's buffers.
• Multifile Documents		Document spread over many files.
• Language Support		How to support other languages.
• Finding Files		Included TeX files and BibTeX .bib files.
• AUCTeX		Cooperation with AUCTeX.
• Optimizations		When RefTeX is too slow.
• Problems and Work-Arounds		First Aid.
• Imprint		Author, Web-site, Thanks

• Commands		Which are the available commands.
• Options		How to extend and configure RefTeX.
• Keymaps and Hooks		For customization.
• Changes		A List of recent changes to RefTeX.
The Index
• Index		The full index.
--- The Detailed Node Listing --- Introduction
• Installation		How to install and activate RefTeX.
• RefTeX in a Nutshell		A brief summary and quick guide.
Labels and References
• Creating Labels
• Referencing Labels
• Builtin Label Environments		The environments RefTeX knows about.
• Defining Label Environments		... and environments it doesn't.
• Reference Info		View the label corresponding to a \ref.
• Reference Styles		Macros to be used instead of \ref.
• xr (LaTeX package)		References to external documents.
Defining Label Environments
• Theorem and Axiom		Defined with `\newenvironment`.
• Quick Equation		When a macro sets the label type.
• Figure Wrapper		When a macro argument is a label.
• Adding Magic Words		Other words for other languages.
• Using \eqref		How to switch to this AMS-LaTeX macro.
• Non-Standard Environments		Environments without \begin and \end
• Putting it Together		How to combine many entries.
Citations
• Creating Citations		How to create them.
• Citation Styles		Natbib, Harvard, Chicago and Co.
• Citation Info		View the corresponding database entry.
• Chapterbib and Bibunits		Multiple bibliographies in a Document.
• Citations Outside LaTeX		How to make citations in Emails etc.
• BibTeX Database Subsets		Extract parts of a big database.
Index Support
• Creating Index Entries		Macros and completion of entries.
• The Index Phrases File		A special file for global indexing.
• Displaying and Editing the Index		The index editor.
• Builtin Index Macros		The index macros RefTeX knows about.
• Defining Index Macros		... and macros it doesn't.
The Index Phrases File
• Collecting Phrases		Collecting from document or external.
• Consistency Checks		Check for duplicates etc.
• Global Indexing		The interactive indexing process.
AUCTeX
• AUCTeX-RefTeX Interface		How both packages work together
• Style Files		AUCTeX's style files can support RefTeX
• Bib-Cite		Hypertext reading of a document
Options, Keymaps, Hooks
• Options (Table of Contents)
• Options (Defining Label Environments)
• Options (Creating Labels)
• Options (Referencing Labels)
• Options (Creating Citations)
• Options (Index Support)
• Options (Viewing Cross-References)
• Options (Finding Files)
• Options (Optimizations)
• Options (Fontification)
• Options (Misc)

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