Subject: bug#14596: 24.3.50; Error: Invalid read syntax: ". in wrong context" when compiling AUCTeX's tex-jp.el

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:22:55 -0400

Tassilo Horn wrote:

> tex-jp.el:483:1:Error: Invalid read syntax: ". in wrong context"

I imagine it is the recent "Use utf-8 as default for Elisp files"
(which might need a NEWS entry?).

Anyway, it seems to work if you give the file an explicit coding: cookie
(iso-2022-7bit-unix?).