Re: AucTeX: TeX-master in verbatim environment

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"duinhir.imf.au.dk:0" <daleif@imf.au.dk> writes:

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> In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>  of 2003-01-02 on radagast
> configured using `configure  --prefix=/home/daleif/bin/emacs-21.2'
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: nil
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: en_US
>   locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
>   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
> 
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
> 
> I'm using AucTeX 11.13.
> 
> If one has the following code in a LaTeX file, presses C-c C-n
> (by accident) then Emacs actually think that by C-c C-c RET it should
> run latex on a (non-existent) masterfile named master-name-tex.
> 
> \begin{verbatim}
> %%% Local Variables: 
> %%% mode: latex
> %%% TeX-master: "master-name"
> \end{verbatim}
> 
> Isn't there any rule on where to place the lines 
> 
> %%% Local Variables: 
> %%% mode: latex
> %%% TeX-master: "master-name"
> ??

Near the end of the file.  This is a feature, not a bug.  If you
really need to have something that looks like a local variables
section in your file, you can always make do by adding a _real_ local
variables section that is empty right to the end of the file.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum