[AUCTeX] Default for PDF-mode?

[David Reitter]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to set a site-wide default for TeX-PDF- 
mode in a situation where AUCTeX has not been loaded (yet).
This is the typical situation for a site-wide installation, or, as in  
my case, for an Emacs distribution.

Up to now, I've been using `set-default' on TeX-PDF-mode. This worked  
fine for version 11.82, but (I suspect) since upgrading to 11.84,  
this has broken. PDF-mode is off.

Using a copy of `TeX-global-PDF-mode' is not an option, since `TeX- 
set-mode-name' hasn't been loaded.

I have seen that some people use hooks to engage PDF mode upon  
entering latex-mode, however, that is not a viable option because I  
need to leave users the freedom to revert my choice of TeX-PDF-mode  
setting in their .emacs, and that should be done in a customization  
variable rather than via "remove-hook".

Is there a recommended method to pre-configure TeX-PDF-mode? Do I  
need to patch tex.el directly?

Thanks
- David


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