David Reitter writes: > While it seems like the "TeX-master" statement is clearly wrong, I > think Emacs should tolerate that or give a useful error message rather > than bailing out. The patch below takes care of that. I think you have a good point. But it is probably better to check if the file is a regular and then also check if it is actually readable. Patch attached. Kind regards /arne -- Arne Jørgensen