Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Nick Dokos wrote: > > Not in my case: (latex-mode) loads the standard tex mode. How do you get > > auctex loaded? I thought it was a separate package that needs special > > initialization: (load "auctex.el" nil t t) is what the documentation says. > > And I have 11.86 which I believe is latest available, but I might be behind > > the times: I haven't worried about it in a few years. > > 11.86 is still the latest, dating back from one year or two, something like > that. > > Regarding installing it, I have: > > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/Downloads/emacs/site-lisp/auctex-11.86/lisp") > (add-to-list 'load-path > "~/Downloads/emacs/site-lisp/auctex-11.86/lisp/auctex") > > (when (locate-library "auctex") > (load "auctex.el") t) > > But you must pay attention to the following: > > - (la)tex-mode :: default Emacs built-in (La)TeX mode > - (La)TeX-mode :: AUCTeX (`LaTeX/P' in the modeline?) > > and AUCTeX aliases `(la)tex-mode' to `(La)TeX-mode'. > > Something very bad IMHO (having very different packages bound to the same > name, but in a different capitalization) for the sake of simplicity... >
Yes, but in order to get LaTeX-mode when you ask for latex-mode, auctex must already be loaded, otherwise emacs won't know about the alias. Not sure how Christopher Schmidt's initialization goes: he uses ELPA packages and something seems to go awry. > But, apart from that, it's a great package -- until you find out about Org > ;-). > It's a great package even after you find out about Org :-) Nick