Re: [AUCTeX] Getting macro completions in large, multi-file projects.

[Tassilo Horn]

Chase Dwelle <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Chase,

> There is a single sentence in section 5.2 of the doumentation that
> addresses this:
>
> "You can also insert the file variable yourself, by putting the following
> text at the end of your files..."
>
> Perhaps this could be made more explicit that this *has* to be at the
> end of the file for it to work?

That hasn't much to do with AUCTeX but is an Emacs feature.

,----[ (info "(emacs)Specifying File Variables") ]
| There are two ways to specify file local variable values: in the first
| line, or with a local variables list.  Here’s how to specify them in the
| first line:
| 
|      -*- mode: MODENAME; VAR: VALUE; … -*-
`----

,----[ (info "(emacs)Specifying File Variables") ]
| Apart from using a ‘-*-’ line, you can define file local variables
| using a "local variables list" near the end of the file.  The start of
| the local variables list should be no more than 3000 characters from the
| end of the file, and must be on the last page if the file is divided
| into pages.
| 
|    If a file has both a local variables list and a ‘-*-’ line, Emacs
| processes _everything_ in the ‘-*-’ line first, and _everything_ in the
| local variables list afterward.  The exception to this is a major mode
| specification.  Emacs applies this first, wherever it appears, since
| most major modes kill all local variables as part of their
| initialization.
| 
|    A local variables list starts with a line containing the string
| ‘Local Variables:’, and ends with a line containing the string ‘End:’.
| In between come the variable names and values, one set per line, like
| this:
| 
|      /* Local Variables:  */
|      /* mode: c           */
|      /* comment-column: 0 */
|      /* End:              */
`----

Bye,
Tassilo