AUCTeX provides a major mode for editing LaTeX file. Normally, you can generate both dvi files and pdf files from a LaTeX source file. AUCTeX provides a minor mode that lets you select the output format. You can customize this minor mode to a default that reflects your preferred output format.
It doesn't seem right to put that in a file's local variables list. This is a personal preference issue. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel