2017-01-08 19:49 GMT+01:00 Arash Esbati <arash.esbati...@gmail.com>: > Hi Mosè, > > Mosè Giordano <m...@gnu.org> writes: > >> 2017-01-08 19:13 GMT+01:00 Arash Esbati <arash.esbati...@gmail.com>: >>> I suggest that we also >>> emphasize more in the official documentation that ELPA is the preferred >>> way to go. WDYT? >> >> The installation section of the manual starts with >> >> The simplest way of installing AUCTeX is by using the Emacs package >> manager >> integrated in Emacs 24 and greater (ELPA). >> >> and the description of the process takes more or less one other line. >> It looks pretty clear to me, but this isn't probably sufficient, since >> sometimes I see people in trouble trying to compile the package from >> source. If you have ideas on how to improve it, please go ahead. > > I think one point that may be confusing is your quote above from section > "1.2 Installing AUCTeX" and this part from "1.3 Quick Start": > > If AUCTeX is installed, you might still need to activate it, by > inserting > > (load "auctex.el" nil t t) > > in your user init file.(1) If you’ve installed AUCTeX from the Emacs > package manager (ELPA), you must not have this line in your user init > file. The installation procedure already cares about loading AUCTeX > correctly. > > My suggestion is to have in "1.2 Installing AUCTeX" something like: > > The modern and strongly recommended way of installing AUCTeX is by > using the Emacs package manager integrated in Emacs 24 and greater > (ELPA) ... That’s all. See section "1.3 Quick Start" for further > instructions after this step. > > Before I write some text: If I get it right, one can have > (package-initialize) in his .emacs and then the sentence from "1.3 Quick > Start" does not apply anymore. Is this correct?
One must *not* manually load AUCTeX when it's installed via ELPA, no matter if `package-initialize' is called or not. Indeed, this is sometimes another source of ambiguity for newcomers. Bye, Mosè _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list auctex@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex