Re: oddity with TeX-style-private ?

[Tassilo Horn]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>> On a related topic, the doc string for the variable 'TeX-auto-global'
>> says that it "must end with a directory separator". To me, a
>> directory separator is the oblique symbol '/' commonly called a
>> back-slash.

/ is a slash, \ is a backslash. ;-)

>> However, the default setting for this variable, given in
>> 'tex-site.el' is "/usr/local/var/auctex", which does not end in '/'.
>
> Right, this also crossed my mind and I tried it out.
> The '/' did not make any difference. I was also wondering.

Probably a relict of ancient times where paths were build using `concat'
rather than `expand-file-name' and friends, I don't know...

Bye,
Tassilo

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