(reftex-finding-files): New customize group. (reftex-texpath-environment-variables, reftex-use-external-file-finders, reftex-external-file-finders, reftex-search-unrecursed-path-first): New options. (reftex-process-string, reftex-find-file-externally): New functions. (reftex-access-search-path): Execute shell commands to find the search path. (reftex-toggle-auto-view-crossref): When turning on, make sure `reftex-auto-view-crossref' becomes non-nil. (reftex-abbrev-regexp): Constant removed. (reftex-convert-string): Abbrev regexp calculated locally.