Re: How to get xetex/xelatex option in the Emacs menu?

[Teemu Likonen]

* 2010-04-23 12:04 (-0700), Tariq wrote:

> Thank you so much for the code for two hooks. Consider this my naivity
> but I cannot tell the difference (if any) in the behaviour of Emacs
> when using the first or the second (fancier) hook. Specifically, I see
> the appearance of XeLaTeX under the Command menu after opening a .tex
> file and this is the case with either code. Similarly, when I select
> (in TeXing Options) PDF Mode, I still need to press XeLaTeX in Command
> menu.

The "fancy" version sets the default compiler command for the document
when you load a tex file or switch to latex-mode. I think you'll notice
the difference when you use C-c C-c to compile a document. With the
"fancy" version it's either XeLaTeX or LaTeX, depending on whether there
is \usepackage{fontspec} (or mathspec) within the first 3000 characters
of the document.

Or that's how it works in my system. I don't know Auctex very deeply and
its different versions may behave differently.