[AUCTeX] LaTeX-default-options ignored (was Re: 11.90.2.2017-07-25; TeX-search-files-by-type: No TeX trees available; configure ‘TeX-tree-roots’ error)

[Ikumi Keita]

Hi Sivaram and all,

>>>>> Sivaram Neelakantan <address@hidden> writes:
> Though it didn't seem to honour this line

> (setq LaTeX-default-options "a4paper,12pt,draft")

> A C-c C-e had a default set by (setq LaTeX-default-style "scrartcl")
> but the options part didn't use the a4paper part

Did that problem begin to occur with the new release?  I guess that the
behavior is the same as before.  I suppose that this would be a separate
issue.

I looked into the current implemetation of `TeX-arg-document' and found
that it consults `LaTeX-default-options' only when the selected class,
e.g. "scrartcl", has the respective `LaTeX-XXXX-class-options' variable
set, usually via the respective style file, e.g. scrartcl.el.

I feel this situation is a bit awkward and am inclined to change
`TeX-arg-document' to reflect `LaTeX-default-options' even when the
respective `LaTeX-XXXX-class-options' doesn't have a meaningful value.
Does anyone find difficulties with it?

Best,
Ikumi Keita