Re: On the usage and function of TeX-auto-generate-global and TeX-auto-global.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 9:42 PM Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     > On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 9:19 PM Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Hello Hongyi
>     >>
>     >> I'm curious - what's your setting for the variable
>     >> "TeX-auto-local"?
>
>     > `M-x describe-variable RET TeX-auto-local RET'
>
>     > TeX-auto-local is a variable defined in ‘tex.el’.
>
> Thanks. I asked because I've set my TeX-auto-local to
> ~/.emacs.d/auctex/auto-local. It seems to be the only 'TeX-local'
> variable that ever gets used. I have set TeX-auto-global to
> ~/.emacs.d/auctex/auto-global and it's always empty.

You must run the following command to generate the stuff populated in
this directory:

`M-x TeX-auto-generate-global RET'

See [1] for more detailed information.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/Customizing.html


> I guess all the
> work is being done by TeX-auto-local. I have certainly wondered when
> Tex-auto-global is ever used.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Colin.

HY
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