Re: [AUCTeX] Compiling with pdflatex or latex+dvipdf

[Tassilo Horn]

Arnaud Carayol <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Arnaud,

>> Exactly as you've stated.  latex+dvipdf is the default.  For those
>> documents where you want to use pdflatex instead, add an entry
>>
>>     eval: (TeX-PDF-mode 1)
>>
>> to your master file's file variables section.
>
> Thanks a lot for your answer. It works perfectly if I compile (C-c
> C-c) on the master file but it does not if I compile from the
> non-master files.

Ok, I see.

> Is there something to do for auctex to read the local variables of the
> master file?

No, not that I know.  Seems you have to put it into every file.  Or
alternatively, try out directory-local variables.

,----[ (info "(emacs)Directory Variables") ]
| Sometimes, you may wish to define the same set of local variables to
| all the files in a certain directory and its subdirectories, such as
| the directory tree of a large software project.  This can be
| accomplished with "directory-local variables".
`----

I think those were introduced in emacs 23.

Bye,
Tassilo