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of graphical elements like math formulas right in the Emacs source |
of graphical elements like math formulas right in the Emacs source |
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buffer, by virtue of its preview-latex component. |
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Interfaces in this release remain a moving target with the |
One part of the preview-latex subsystem is the central `preview.sty' |
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documentation lagging somewhat. We need volunteers in particular for |
file that is independently useful for a number of applications and is |
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non-programming tasks: documentation writing, tutorials, translations, |
available in unbundled form from CTAN.[1] |
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reference material, sleuth work, testing. |
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Interfaces and installation procedures in this release remain a moving |
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instructions for some reason, be sure that they refer to the same |
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version of AUCTeX as you are installing. For installing AUCTeX |
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itself, the installation instructions in the AUCTeX package should be |
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preferred. |
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documentation writing, tutorials, translations, reference material, |
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sleuth work, testing. |
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New features and fixed bugs in this release |
New features and fixed bugs in this release |
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The most important feature of AUCTeX 11.80 is the inclusion of the |
The most important feature of AUCTeX 11.80 is the inclusion of the |
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preview-latex subsystem, previously available separately. |
preview-latex subsystem, previously available separately. |
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The installation now also installs startup files as part of the |
The installation procedures have been overhauled and now also install |
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installation (those had to be copied manually previously). |
startup files as part of the process (those had to be copied manually |
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Installation procedures have been overhauled. |
previously). You are advised to remove previous installations of |
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AUCTeX and preview-latex before starting the installation procedure. |
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A standard installation from an unmodified tarball no longer requires |
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Makeinfo or Perl. |
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Other new features include support for commands of the babel package, |
Other new features include support for commands of the babel package, |
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generalization of language-specific quotation mark and hyphen |
generalization of language-specific quotation mark and hyphen |
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Of course, a lot of bugs have been fixed as well, such as problems |
Of course, a lot of bugs have been fixed as well, such as problems |
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with filling Japanese text. |
with filling Japanese text. |
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The encoding support of preview-latex has been further improved: it |
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should be able to deal with most encoding systems including utf-8 |
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transparently. |
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More detailed information can be found in the CHANGES file included in |
More detailed information can be found in the CHANGES file included in |
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the distribution or the "Changes" section in the manual. |
the distribution or the "Changes" section in the manual. |
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Requirements |
Requirements |
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It is required that you use at least GNU Emacs 21 or XEmacs 21.4 with |
It is required that you use at least GNU Emacs 21 or XEmacs 21.4. |
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AUCTeX. Support for Emacs 20 has been dropped in favor of getting |
XEmacs requires at least version 1.84 of the xemacs-base package |
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more important work done. For XEmacs, you need at least version 1.84 |
(released on 01/27/2004) or a sumo tarball dated 02/02/2004 or newer |
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of the xemacs-base package (released on 01/27/2004) or a sumo tarball |
for compiling AUCTeX: please use the XEmacs package system for |
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dated 02/02/2004 or newer for compiling AUCTeX because of non-trivial |
upgrading if necessary. Warning: release 21.4.16 of XEmacs is |
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changes in easy-mmode.el: please use the XEmacs package system for |
severely broken. This leads to crashes and hangs; don't use it. |
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upgrading if necessary. The current developers don't have the |
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resources for providing backward compatibility to earlier versions. |
The preview-latex subsystem requires image support. This is available |
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Warning: release 21.4.16 of XEmacs is severely broken. This leads to |
with GNU Emacs 21.3 under the X window system. For Windows[2], MacOS |
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crashes and hangs; don't use it. |
Carbon[3] or native GTK+ toolkit support[4], a developer version[5] of |
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GNU Emacs (to be released as 22.1) is definitely required. A recent |
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The preview-latex subsystem requires GNU Emacs-21.3 under the X window |
developer version of GNU Emacs appears like the best choice even on |
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system or XEmacs-21 in version 21.4.10 or later, a working LaTeX |
X11, however. If you prefer XEmacs-21, it will work in version |
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installation and Ghostscript. dvipng[1] (version 1.4 or later: |
21.4.10 or later. |
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teTeX-3.0 works, TeXlive2004 not), a very fast dvi converter, can be |
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used to speed up the conversion. For Windows[2], MacOS Carbon[3] or |
You'll also need a working LaTeX installation and Ghostscript. |
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native GTK+ toolkit support[4], a developer version[5] of GNU Emacs |
dvipng[6] (version 1.4 or later: teTeX-3.0 works, TeXlive2004 not), a |
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(to be released as 22.1) is definitely required; for other platforms, |
very fast dvi converter, can be used to speed up the conversion. |
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use of it is advantageous. |
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Availability |
Availability |
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so, but it would require a diligent and diplomatic volunteer to find |
so, but it would require a diligent and diplomatic volunteer to find |
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and ask the rest. |
and ask the rest. |
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Current project manager is David Kastrup <mailto:dak@gnu.org>. While |
Current project manager is David Kastrup. While Paypal contributions |
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Paypal contributions are appreciated, volunteering for tasks remains |
to <URL:mailto:auctex@gnu.org> are appreciated, volunteering for tasks |
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the most effective way of helping AUCTeX development. |
remains the most effective way of helping AUCTeX development. |
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The following people contributed to this release series (in |
The following people contributed to this release series (in |
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alphabetical order): Ralf Angeli, Masayuki Ataka, Thomas Baumann, |
alphabetical order): Ralf Angeli, Masayuki Ataka, Thomas Baumann, |
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apologies if we forgot somebody.) |
apologies if we forgot somebody.) |
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Footnotes: |
Footnotes: |
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[1] dvipng is currently available via its current project page |
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<URL:http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng> and from CTAN. |
[1] <URL:ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview/> |
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[2] You can get a precompiled version of CVS Emacs for Windows at |
[2] You can get a precompiled version of CVS Emacs for Windows at |
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<URL:http://nqmacs.sourceforge.net> or |
<URL:http://nqmacs.sourceforge.net> or |
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you, instructions for checking out the CVS version straight from the |
you, instructions for checking out the CVS version straight from the |
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GNU's mouth can be found at |
GNU's mouth can be found at |
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<URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs> |
<URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs> |
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[6] dvipng is currently available via its current project page |
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<URL:http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng> and from CTAN. |