From c6ed86de398aa858401fc8c987778e6f43b41fc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ikumi Keita Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 21:40:57 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Remove --jobname arg from LuaLaTeX invocation * tex.el (TeX-engine-alist-builtin): Remove --jobname argument which causes trouble for advanced usages (See https://lists.gnu.org/r/auctex/2026-03/msg00000.html) This argument used to be there for compatibility with very old LuaLaTeX. * NEWS.org: Announce the removal and give instruction for users who need --jobname argument. --- NEWS.org | 7 +++++++ tex.el | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS.org b/NEWS.org index 37fa1d09..614f8020 100644 --- a/NEWS.org +++ b/NEWS.org @@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ ** Changed - Support new language names provided by babel-german v2.99. +- Remove ~--jobname~ argument from default LuaLaTeX invocation. If this + causes trouble for you, we first recommend to update your (very old) + TeX distribution. But if you can't do that for some reason, add the + following entry to the customize option ~TeX-engine-alist~: + #+begin_src emacs-lisp + (luatex "LuaTeX" "luatex" "lualatex --jobname=%(s-filename-only)" "luatex") + #+end_src * [14.1.2] - 2026-01-14 diff --git a/tex.el b/tex.el index 91d29d63..b34ab258 100644 --- a/tex.el +++ b/tex.el @@ -1582,9 +1582,7 @@ Check the `TeX-view-program-selection' variable" viewer))) (defvar TeX-engine-alist-builtin '((default "Default" TeX-command LaTeX-command ConTeXt-engine) (xetex "XeTeX" "xetex" "xelatex" "xetex") - ;; Some lualatex versions before 0.71 would use "texput" as file - ;; name if --jobname were not supplied - (luatex "LuaTeX" "luatex" "lualatex --jobname=%(s-filename-only)" "luatex") + (luatex "LuaTeX" "luatex" "lualatex" "luatex") (omega "Omega" TeX-Omega-command LaTeX-Omega-command ConTeXt-Omega-engine)) "Alist of built-in TeX engines and associated commands. For a description of the format see `TeX-engine-alist'.") -- 2.51.0