Variable: LaTeX-default-environment
LaTeX-default-environment is a customizable and buffer-local variable
defined in latex.el.
Documentation
The default environment when creating new ones with LaTeX-environment.
It is overridden by LaTeX-default-document-environment when it
is non-nil and the current environment is "document".
Source Code
;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/auctex-14.1.2/latex.el
(defcustom LaTeX-default-environment "itemize"
"The default environment when creating new ones with `LaTeX-environment'.
It is overridden by `LaTeX-default-document-environment' when it
is non-nil and the current environment is \"document\"."
:group 'LaTeX-environment
:type 'string
:local t)