Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] Apparent overlap in printing command configuration

[Ralf Angeli]

* Reuben Thomas (2010-04-18) writes:

> I have a bundle of overlapping questions, effectively:
>
> 1. I was trying to print PDF files, having chosen to use PDFTeX minor
> mode. Should I expect the printer command to have been adjusted
> automatically? When I tried to print with C-c C-c P(rint), I got the
> command dvips -f foo | lpr, which would of course have failed to find
> a DVI file.

At the moment there is unfortunately no automatism for switching the
printing command based on the produced output.

> 2. I then tried to find out what to customize, and lit on
> TeX-printer-command, but customizing this didn't change the command I
> was offered.

You probably mean `TeX-print-command'.  There is no variable named
`TeX-printer-command'.

> 3. I then found TeX-printer-list, which contained the command I was
> being offered.
>
> The manual doesn't mention either TeX-printer-command or
> TeX-printer-list AFAICS, so I am puzzled: what is TeX-printer-command
> for, and what is TeX-printer-list for? Is there overlap or redundancy
> to fix here?

See the description of the variable `TeX-printer-list available via
`C-h v TeX-printer-list <RET>'.  And yes, somebody™ should document this
in the manual.

> I see in the ChangeLog for 11.86 "An easy way to switch between TeX
> engines (PDFTeX, LuaTeX, XeTeX, Omega) was added.", so perhaps I
> should install 11.86 and try again?

The code related to printing wasn't touched between 11.85 and 11.86.

> (It would be nice if AuCTeX were
> available to package.el, is that in the works?)

I am not aware of such an effort.

-- 
Ralf