bug#11837: 24.1.50; *Compile-Log* Error: Don't know how to compile nil

[Tassilo Horn]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

Hi Glenn,

>> Good catch.  I've fixed that in AUCTeX CVS.
>
> It hasn't shown up in
>
> http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/auctex/auctex/font-latex.el?view=log
>
> for me yet, so I don't know what change you made,

Ups, I forgot to commit.

> but you could probably just remove the associated code entirely, since
> it seems no one ever noticed it was doing nothing, so this can't be an
> area that is noticeably slow and in need of byte-compilation tricks.

I just corrected the prefix.  My very subjective feeling is that
initially opening a very large latex file is a bit faster now.

>>   I think, it's time for a new AUCTeX release. 11.86 is already 4
>> years old...
>
> Then you could fix http://debbugs.gnu.org/10584 :)

That would be fixed automatically.  I'll ask on the auctex-devel list if
it's the right time for a new release.

> Isn't it "only" 2 years though?
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-02/msg00012.html

Yes, when viewing the info of the ELPA package, there's only a 2008
copyright header so I guessed the latest release was in 2008.

Bye,
Tassilo