Yes, I get this response when I open a .org file. I only want it when I
open a .tex file.

Cheers,
Chris

On 9 February 2012 21:08, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Thomas Alexander Gerds <tagteam@sund.ku.dk> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > maybe I cannot follow exactly what you are trying to do, but when I
> > start emacs -q and evaluate (setq-default TeX-master nil) and then open
> > a new file test.tex, then I get the same prompt "Master file:".
> >
>
> I think Chris means that he gets the prompt when he opens a .org file.
> I couldn't reproduce that behavior when I tried it but I have not tried
> it again yet.
>
> Nick
>
>
> > so maybe, if you do not want to get prompted, you could try setting
> > (setq-default TeX-master t).
> >
> > Cheers
> > Tomy
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher Witte <chris@witte.net.au> writes:
> >
> > > OK so using the setq-default inside a hook is probably not a good
> > > idea.
> > > But I can reliably reproduce this problem, I'm surprised you couldn't.
> > > If
> > > I start emacs using emacs -Q and open an org file everything is fine.
> > > If I
> > > then evaluate this
> > >
> > > (setq-default TeX-master nil)
> > >
> > > (defun org-mode-reftex-setup ()
> > >   (load-library "reftex")
> > >   (and (buffer-file-name)
> > >        (file-exists-p (buffer-file-name))
> > >        (reftex-parse-all))
> > >   (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c )") 'reftex-citation))
> > > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-mode-reftex-setup)
> > >
> > > and try to open an org file I get prompted "Master file: ~/".  I'm
> > > running
> > > Ubuntu 11.10 and the emacs-snapshot package: GNU Emacs 23.3.1
> > > (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.5), latest org pulled from git
> > > today.
> > > Is there any more information I could provide to help diagnose this
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Chris.
> > >
> > > On 7 February 2012 19:15, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Christopher Witte <chris@witte.net.au> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I've had a small problem with orgmode and auctex.  Follwing the
> > > auctex
> > >> quickstart I added the
> > >> > following to my .emacs
> > >> >
> > >> > (setq-default TeX-master nil)
> > >> >
> > >> > and then from the orgmode FAQ to setup reftex in orgmode I added
> > > the
> > >> following
> > >> >
> > >> > (defun org-mode-reftex-setup ()
> > >> >   (load-library "reftex")
> > >> >   (and (buffer-file-name)
> > >> >        (file-exists-p (buffer-file-name))
> > >> >        (reftex-parse-all))
> > >> >   (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c )") 'reftex-citation))
> > >> > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-mode-reftex-setup)
> > >> >
> > >> > With both of these, whenever I opened an org file I was asked to
> > > name
> > >> the master file.  If I comment
> > >> > out the setq-default I don't get the behaviour I would like with
> > >> mulitfile tex files.  My solution
> > >> > was to change
> > >> >
> > >> > (setq-default TeX-master nil)
> > >> >
> > >> > to
> > >> >
> > >> > (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook (lambda ()
> > >> >                (setq-default TeX-master nil)))
> > >> >
> > >> > I then appear to get the behaviour I desire.  Is this a good way
> > > to do
> > >> this?  If so I might add it
> > >> > to the FAQ.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Probably not. setq-default sets the default value of the variable
> > >> whereas the hook is supposed to set the local value in order to
> > > override
> > >> the default value: setting the default value from a hook seems
> > > backwards
> > >> to me.
> > >>
> > >> Actually, I added the above code (*without* the TeX-mode-hook mod)
> > > to my
> > >> minimal .emacs and opening org files does not generate any
> > > questions. Are
> > >> you sure you have diagnosed the problem correctly?
> > >>
> > >> Nick
> > >>
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