Re: autoinsert with TeX/LaTeX

[William Thompson]

Hmmm, that does something, but instead of loading the file 
/usr/local/inputs/tex-insert.tex, it tries to build up the initial LaTeX 
commands on the fly.

Thanks anyway,

Bill Thompson


Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> William Thompson wrote:
>
> > I've had the following lines in my .emacs file for a long time.
> >
> > ;  Set Emacs up so that the file "tex-insert.tex" is automatically 
> > inserted
> > ;  into any new ".tex" file.
> >
> > (load "autoinsert")
> > (setq auto-insert-directory "/usr/local/inputs/")
> >
> > However, in Emacs 21.2 this doesn't seem to work.  I don't get the 
> > file /usr/local/inputs/tex-insert.tex inserted into new ".tex" files.  
> > Is there a new syntax I should be using?
>
>
>  From emacs-21.3/lisp/autoinsert.el:
>
> ;;  To use:
> ;;     (add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'auto-insert)
> ;;     setq auto-insert-directory to an appropriate slash-terminated value
> ;;
> ;;  You can also customize the variable `auto-insert-mode' to load the
> ;;  package.  Alternatively, add the following to your .emacs file:
> ;;  (auto-insert-mode 1)