Re: Supporting LatexMK in AUCTeX OOTB

[Arash Esbati]

Hi Keita,

Ikumi Keita <ikumi@ikumi.que.jp> writes:

> It would need to write a new sentinel for latexmk if we are going to
> provide the most suitable candidate in all cases.

And I was hoping we can avoid that :-|

> AUCTeX users can deginate latex binary file names through
> `TeX-engine-alist' and `LaTeX-command', which can be different from
> standard "latex", "xelatex" and "lualatex".  If we are to support such
> non-standard binary names, we need %l.  (However, maybe this isn't much
> meaningful because fixed binary names of "latexmk" and "dvipdfmx" after
> all in my patch. :-))

So the question is: What is the best course of action?  I have no
problems with %l, but breaking Windows compatibility is bad.

Best, Arash