Re: [AUCTeX] file mode specification error

[Ralf Angeli]

* Peter Rayner (2006-07-05) writes:

> I'm getting this when trying to access a latex document.
> I'm using emacs 22.050 out of the cvs and auctex 11.83.I have the
> following in my .emacs 
>  (load "auctex.el" nil nil t); notify if loaded ...  it is loaded 
> (setq TeX-auto-save t)
> (setq TeX-parse-self t)
>
> A traceback from turning on debug-on-error and running find-file on a
> latex source file looks like  
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function tex-mode)

Do you have an old AUCTeX installation somewhere in your load-path?
Does `M-x list-load-path-shadows RET' show something suspicious,
especially with regard to tex-site.el?

BTW, congratulations to the French soccer team for reaching the
finals.

-- 
Ralf