Adding a sublist to a list on startup

[Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@eku.edu>]

Hi,

I need to customize the variable LaTeX-environment-list in Auctex. To
get the behaviour I want, I have included the following in my .emacs:

(defun my-LaTeX-hook ()
  (push '("choices" . LaTeX-insert-choice) LaTeX-item-list)
  (push '("parts" . LaTeX-insert-part) LaTeX-item-list)
  (push '("questions" . LaTeX-insert-question) LaTeX-item-list)
  (push '("choices" LaTeX-env-item) LaTeX-environment-list)
  (push '("questions" LaTeX-env-item) LaTeX-environment-list)
  (push '("parts" LaTeX-env-item) LaTeX-environment-list))

(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'my-LaTeX-hook)

However, the last three push commands aren't doing what I expect. If I
evaluate them from a buffer that is in Auctex/LaTeX mode, the value of
LaTeX-environment-list contains:

Value: 
(("abstract")
 ("array" LaTeX-env-array)
 ("center")
 ("choices" LaTeX-env-item)
;; Extra lines snipped
 ("verse"))

However, my hook doesn't work properly - it gives me this instead:

Value:
((LaTeX-env-item)
 ("abstract")
 ("array" LaTeX-env-array)
 ("center")
 ("choices")
;; Extra lines snipped
 ("verse"))

So the two-element list I'm trying to add to LaTeX-environment-list is
getting split into two atoms, each added as a separate list. I guess I'm
modifying something at the wrong time, but I'm not sure exactly what.

Help?

Thanks,

Tyler