Hi Joost, 2015-10-13 19:01 GMT+02:00 Joost Kremers <joostkrem...@fastmail.fm>: > On Di, Okt 13 2015, Mandar Mitra <mandar.mi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I use xetex as my default TeX-engine, and it seems to handle pstricks >> without any problems, but style/pstricks.el contains the following: >> >> 780 (unless (member "pst-pdf" TeX-active-styles) >> 781 (TeX-PDF-mode-off)) >> >> So whenever I use the pstricks package, I have to turn TeX-PDF-mode on >> by hand. > > I usually put `TeX-PDF-mode: t` to my local variable block to avoid > this. > > Which, BTW, reminds me of a question I've often been wondering (but > never got round to asking here): AUCTeX inserts a local variable block > into a new TeX file to set the mode and the TeX-master. Is it possible > to customise this block, or is it hard-coded? > > Mmm, ok, so I've looked at the source a bit and it seems to be > hardcoded... So I guess my question becomes: would it be possible to > allow adding custom variables to the local variable block that gets > inserted into new files?
Uhm, no, not really, but you may try to add a function to `TeX-update-style-hook' which is run when the styles are updated, also when creating a new file, that should be what you want. `add-file-local-variable' is very handy for this purpose. Cheers, Mosè _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list auctex@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex
