Document new features of TeX mode

* doc/emacs/text.texi (TeX Print): Document
'tex-print-file-extension'.
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Misc for Programs): Document support
for Prettify Symbols mode in TeX mode.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/programs.texi b/doc/emacs/programs.texi
index 8423b70203c02b3302aaf70865a830eefb18ab40..83695b12134d2832725b51119fe7f9363855508c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/programs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/programs.texi
@@ -1530,14 +1530,16 @@ with the Foldout package (@pxref{Foldout}).
   Prettify Symbols mode is a buffer-local minor mode that replaces
 certain strings with more attractive versions for display purposes.
 For example, in Emacs Lisp mode, it replaces the string @samp{lambda}
-with the Greek lambda character @samp{λ}.  You may wish to use this in
-non-programming modes as well.  You can customize the mode by adding
-more entries to @code{prettify-symbols-alist}.  More elaborate
-customization is available via customizing
-@code{prettify-symbols-compose-predicate} if its default value
-@code{prettify-symbols-default-compose-p} is not appropriate.  There
-is also a global version, @code{global-prettify-symbols-mode}, which
-enables the mode in all buffers that support it.
+with the Greek lambda character @samp{λ}.  In a @TeX{} buffer, it will
+replace @samp{\alpha} @dots{} @samp{\omega} and other math macros with
+their Unicode characters.  You may wish to use this in non-programming
+modes as well.  You can customize the mode by adding more entries to
+@code{prettify-symbols-alist}.  More elaborate customization is
+available via customizing @code{prettify-symbols-compose-predicate} if
+its default value @code{prettify-symbols-default-compose-p} is not
+appropriate.  There is also a global version,
+@code{global-prettify-symbols-mode}, which enables the mode in all
+buffers that support it.
 
   The symbol at point can be shown in its original form.  This is
 controlled by the variable @code{prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point}:

diff --git a/doc/emacs/text.texi b/doc/emacs/text.texi
index bab660e1e10be3efe7025a9fa834fc026a035fbe..3e8e0ace5871d9c6c93957cfdf30ef4eb7e1cac9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/text.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/text.texi
@@ -1717,6 +1717,7 @@ such as @code{"/tmp"}.
 @vindex latex-run-command
 @vindex tex-dvi-view-command
 @vindex tex-dvi-print-command
+@vindex tex-print-file-extension
   The buffer's @TeX{} variant determines what shell command @kbd{C-c
 C-b} actually runs.  In Plain @TeX{} mode, it is specified by the
 variable @code{tex-run-command}, which defaults to @code{"tex"}.  In
@@ -1725,7 +1726,12 @@ defaults to @code{"latex"}.  The shell command that @kbd{C-c C-v} runs
 to view the @file{.dvi} output is determined by the variable
 @code{tex-dvi-view-command}, regardless of the @TeX{} variant.  The
 shell command that @kbd{C-c C-p} runs to print the output is
-determined by the variable @code{tex-dvi-print-command}.
+determined by the variable @code{tex-dvi-print-command}.  The variable
+@code{tex-print-file-extension} can be set to the required file
+extension for viewing and printing @TeX{}-compiled files.  For
+example, you can set it to @file{.pdf}, and update
+@code{tex-dvi-view-command} and @code{tex-dvi-print-command}
+accordingly.
 
   Normally, Emacs automatically appends the output file name to the
 shell command strings described in the preceding paragraph.  For

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 10d516bc23f0a286a401e01945621ba654d9cc01..80e999956c7bd6b1e80d1b496de3ca2bf57de83b 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -885,9 +885,11 @@ name patterns (e.g. all "FOR_DOXYGEN_ONLY_*") to be excluded.
 
 ** TeX mode
 
++++
 *** New custom variable `tex-print-file-extension' to help users who
 use PDF instead of DVI.
 
++++
 *** TeX mode now supports Prettify Symbols mode.  When enabling
 `prettify-symbols-mode' in a tex-mode buffer, \alpha ... \omega, and
 many other math macros are displayed using unicode characters.