Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] Re: Auctex do not ask for the master file

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * David Kastrup (2007-04-29) writes:
>
>> Olive <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Ralf Angeli wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The question for the master file is only asked for new files, not for
>>>> existing ones, as explained in the description of
>>>> `TeX-master-file-ask'.  (See (info "(auctex)Multifile").)
>>>
>>> Thank you;
>>>
>>> I have missed this point (have read the manual but too fast -:) )
>>
>> For what it is worth: the current behavior is a bl... nuisance if you
>> want to create a file in any but the default TeX mode
>> (plain/LaTeX/Context) since it nails down the format in a file
>> variable before you have a chance of changing the mode.
>
> You could implement a prompt asking for disambiguation of the mode.

That would happen when creating any new file.  Defeats the point of
having a default mode.

I remain of the opinion that the query of TeX-master and the setting
of the file variables is a nuisance at the point of time where we do
it.

It is really a shame that we were not able to make the old behavior
work in all cases without blowing up Emacs' menus.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum