[AUCTeX-devel] Re: Regarding temporary files

[Colin Jia Zheng]

I realize that in 11.85 _region_* files are removed after
Clean.  I wonder if it'll cause problems with multiple tex
files open in the same folder?

Still, _region_.prv/ and auto/ don't get removed.



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:03:48PM +0000, Colin Jia Zheng wrote:
> AUCTEX leaves a bunch of temporary files in the tex file's directory.
> This is annoying:
> * Messy, and you cannot configure AUCTEX to remove _region_* files
>   and the auto/ folder on closing the tex file
> * Fails when the directory is read-only
> 
> Is it possible NOT to write intermediate files in the same directory?
> eg /tmp/tmpXXXXX?  (This is what LyX does)
> 
> There's the Clean command, but its purpose is not to remove the
> _region_* files, _region_.prv/, etc.
> 
> Regards,
> Colin