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<span id="Using-the-Local-Variables-List"></span><h3 class="section">19.7 Using the Local Variables List</h3>
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<p>Yet another way to apply the TeX formatting command to a Texinfo file
is to put that command in a <em>local variables list</em> at the end of the
Texinfo file. You can then specify the <code>tex</code> or <code>texi2dvi</code>
commands as a <code>compile-command</code> and have Emacs run it by typing
<kbd>M-x compile</kbd>. This creates a special shell called the
<samp>*compilation*</samp> buffer in which Emacs runs the compile command.
For example, at the end of the <samp>gdb.texi</samp> file, after the
<code>@bye</code>, you could put the following:
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<pre class="example">Local Variables:
compile-command: "texi2dvi gdb.texi"
End:
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<p>This technique is most often used by programmers who also compile programs
this way; see <a href="../emacs/Compilation.html#Compilation">Compilation</a> in <cite>The GNU Emacs Manual</cite>.
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