auc-tex_mgr@IESD.AUC.DK (05/31/91)
A new release of auc-tex.el is now available via anonymous ftp to
[iesd.auc.dk:/pub/emacs-lisp/auc-tex.3.0.tar.Z]
AUC TeX is a LaTeX mode for Emacs, which may be used in place of
tex-mode.el from the official GNU Emacs distribution.
Some general (old-release) features
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o Compiling with error trace (like compile) from within Emacs.
There are help texts for all error messages.
o Running general TeX and LaTeX tools like previewer, printer-
driver, makeindex, BibTeX etc. from within emacs.
o minor-outline-mode and minor-map.el is part of the distribution.
o Indentation by environments.
o Smart environment and sectioning management.
o Intelligent macros for often used commands.
o Lots of parameters making it possible to customize it for your needs.
News
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o The package is split into several individual modules, which
are autoloaded on demand.
The main file is now only 1/6 the size compared to
last release. (20k/130k) This makes the startup much
faster.
o Completion for LaTeX control sequences.
By default bound to \M-\t. If the word being
completed doesn't start with a backslash, the
previous meaning of \M-\t (e.g. lisp-complete-symbol)
is called.
o Special `math' minor mode, with easy access to often used
math symbols and greek letters.
As default this is bound to backquote:
`-a -> \alpha
`-\C-f -> \rightarrow
... -> ...
The prefix char may be customized for your needs
o Comment macros.
- comment out paragraph/region
- un comment region
- un comment `current comment'
o Better regexps for a number of standard Emacs regexps
like paragraph-start and paragraph-separate.
fill-paragraph works much better
General
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As the package has been split up, I can not release patches from older
versions. Anyway - the `architecture' of the package now allows easy
expansion, so further changes at this range will not come in near
future.
The documentation lacks... Actually there is none, except from the
individual documentation for the functions, variables and modes.
Happy LaTeX'in!
/Kresten Krab Thorup