Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Typeset LaTeX files with non-ascii file name in TeXLive 2018

[Arash Esbati]

Ikumi Keita <address@hidden> writes:

> The difference between my two patches are summarized below:
> 1. Previous patch
>    Good points:
>    - LaTeX format version banner is not discarded in the log file. [1]
>    - First line parsing is not disabled. [2]
>    - Bug#25276 is fixed. [3]
>    Bad points:
>    - Users cannot put TeX codes in a command line by default.
> 2. New patch
>    Good points:
>    - Users still can put TeX codes in a command line.
>    Bad points:
>    - LaTeX format version banner is discarded in the log file by default.
>    - First line parsing is disabled by default.
>    - Bug#25276 remains.
>
> I still prefer the approach of the previous patch, but will honor your
> opinion if you are still against it.

Hi Keita,

many thanks for working on this.  I haven't looked at the patch, but I
think we should keep `TeX-command-extra-options' working.  It is a very
flexible way to control the binary invoked on a file basis.  E.g., all
files which \usepackage{minted} need this:

    %%% TeX-command-extra-options: "-shell-escape"

I'm not sure if first line parsing is so important.  The issue described
here[1] can be solved with

    %%% TeX-command-extra-options: "--fmt=foo.fmt"

Hence, I'm voting to keep this feature running and drop something else.

Best, Arash

Footnotes: 
[1]  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex/2018-05/msg00004.html