Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] Apparent overlap in printing command configuration

[Reuben Thomas]

On 18 April 2010 12:49, Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 2. I then tried to find out what to customize, and lit on
>> TeX-printer-command, but customizing this didn't change the command I
>> was offered.
>
> You probably mean `TeX-print-command'.  There is no variable named
> `TeX-printer-command'.

Sorry, you're quite right.

>> 3. I then found TeX-printer-list, which contained the command I was
>> being offered.
>>
>> The manual doesn't mention either TeX-printer-command or
>> TeX-printer-list AFAICS, so I am puzzled: what is TeX-printer-command
>> for, and what is TeX-printer-list for? Is there overlap or redundancy
>> to fix here?
>
> See the description of the variable `TeX-printer-list available via
> `C-h v TeX-printer-list <RET>'.

Oops, I didn't read it closely enough. OK, so the second element of
the list defaults to TeX-print-command. But there is a default second
element of TeX-printer-list already.

> And yes, somebody™ should document this
> in the manual.

I'd be happy to write some documentation if the situation were a bit
clearer. It seems to me from reading the documentation of
TeX-printer-list again that its default value should be simply
(("Default")), i.e. a single list with only a first element. Then
there would not be two different defaults for the same thing in play,
and it would be clearer to me what to write for the documentation.

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