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:
>> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:
>>> * David Kastrup (2007-04-29) writes:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>
> Sure, but it might be more convenient for people writing documents
> in a lot of different "TeX variants".  I'm not sure, however, if
> this is a relevant use case.

People writing more than just a single format?  Sure.

> In any case you can do `M-x context-mode RET' or similar once you
> opened a new file.  You just have to adapt the "mode:" line.

Uh, that was what I was complaining about: the thing you "just" have
to do. Namely move to the line, edit it, move back, change the mode
(possibly by reloading the file), start editing.

It is inconvenient.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum