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+;; generate pdf output
+;; creates also a fake dvi file so that tex-dvi-view-command doesn't choke
+(setq latex-run-command
+	  "(TEXFILE=*; pdflatex $TEXFILE && cp ${TEXFILE%.tex}.pdf ${TEXFILE%.tex}.dvi)")
+
+;; xdvi is crap, use evince instead
+(setq tex-dvi-view-command "(DVIFILE=*; evince ${DVIFILE%.dvi}.pdf)")