Take the 2-minute tour ×  I use biblatex, but I still go through
running bibtex on my .bib files, rather than biblatex-biber,
which is/will be preferred. How do I arrange for C-c C-c to run
the relevant biber command, rather than bibtex?  share|improve
this question You can also use latexmk (which automatically runs
biber when it's needed for a document) with emacs, see e.g.
stackoverflow.com/questions/7587287/… –  N.N. Oct 18 '11 at
20:20 You may also want to setup Emacs for editing biblatex
bibliography files. –  N.N. Feb 15 '13 at 15:23 add comment  2
Answers  up vote 21 down vote accepted  First, set AucTeX to use
Biber:  M-x customize-variable RET TeX-command-BibTeX RET  and
enter Biber in the text field.  Then, add the appropriate
command:  M-x customize-variable RET TeX-command-list RET  with
the following options:    • Name: Biber   • Command: biber
%s.bcf   • How: TeX-run-BibTeX  A more elaborate setup could be
made to automatically check the backend and set TeX-command-
BibTeX accordingly.  share|imp