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Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Master file set with "%% Master:" at the beginning of
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Master file set with "%% Master:" at the beginning of the file |
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Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:32:06 +0100 |
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On 2015-11-19, at 00:07, Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I don't know how many of you knew that in AUCTeX the master file can
> be also set with the line
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> %% Master: file.tex
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> at the beginning of the file. I didn't, for one, until a few minutes
> ago. This feature has been introduced («under protest!») in 1994 and
> marked to be phased out later. I'm writing to you just to let you
> know that this feature, deprecated more than 20 years ago, has been
> now completely removed. I hope none of you will miss it.
What was the rationale behind the deprecation/removal? Does any other
editor support that? If yes, it /might/ be a good idea to restore this.
(BTW, TeXworks - which is kind of "official" TeX editor nowadays -
supports its own set:
http://www.texdev.net/2011/03/24/texworks-magic-comments/ . It /might/
be a good idea to support those, too.)
> Bye,
> Mosè
Best,
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Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University