Re: [AUCTeX] Question on texmf.cnf / part II

[David Kastrup]

"Dr. Ing. Dieter Jurzitza" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Mose, hi Ivan,
> the reason why I asked is quite a simple one: the same way auctex depends on 
> the setting
>
> file_line_error_style = t
>
> other programs might depend on the "normal" texmf.cnf setting
>
> file_line_error_style = f
>
> and therefore I would expect side effects when changing the TeX default to 
> fulfill the requirements of auctex, from my point of view the suggestion to 
> modify the calling convention of auctex would be preferrable - as
> suggested.

The only programs able to understand the idiosyncratic default output of
TeX are special TeX shells (like AUCTeX) and those should be able to get
along with file_line_error_style by now and be more reliable when using
it.

All non-TeX specific compilation tools will fare _much_ better with
file_line_error_style.

-- 
David Kastrup