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revision 1.31 by dak, Sat Jun 18 00:18:43 2005 UTC revision 1.32 by dak, Mon Jun 20 17:45:54 2005 UTC
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13  of graphical elements like math formulas right in the Emacs source  of graphical elements like math formulas right in the Emacs source
14  buffer, by virtue of its preview-latex component.  buffer, by virtue of its preview-latex component.
15    
16  Interfaces in this release remain a moving target with the  One part of the preview-latex subsystem is the central `preview.sty'
17  documentation lagging somewhat.  We need volunteers in particular for  file that is independently useful for a number of applications and is
18  non-programming tasks: documentation writing, tutorials, translations,  available in unbundled form from CTAN.[1]
19  reference material, sleuth work, testing.  
20    Interfaces and installation procedures in this release remain a moving
21    target.  If you feel you need to consult third-party installation
22    instructions for some reason, be sure that they refer to the same
23    version of AUCTeX as you are installing.  For installing AUCTeX
24    itself, the installation instructions in the AUCTeX package should be
25    preferred.
26    
27    AUCTeX needs volunteers in particular for non-programming tasks:
28    documentation writing, tutorials, translations, reference material,
29    sleuth work, testing.
30    
31    
32  New features and fixed bugs in this release  New features and fixed bugs in this release
# Line 25  New features and fixed bugs in this rele Line 35  New features and fixed bugs in this rele
35  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
36  preview-latex subsystem, previously available separately.  preview-latex subsystem, previously available separately.
37    
38  The installation now also installs startup files as part of the  The installation procedures have been overhauled and now also install
39  installation (those had to be copied manually previously).  startup files as part of the process (those had to be copied manually
40  Installation procedures have been overhauled.  previously).  You are advised to remove previous installations of
41    AUCTeX and preview-latex before starting the installation procedure.
42    A standard installation from an unmodified tarball no longer requires
43    Makeinfo or Perl.
44    
45  Other new features include support for commands of the babel package,  Other new features include support for commands of the babel package,
46  generalization of language-specific quotation mark and hyphen  generalization of language-specific quotation mark and hyphen
# Line 36  insertion, and tooltips for folding mode Line 49  insertion, and tooltips for folding mode
49  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
50  with filling Japanese text.  with filling Japanese text.
51    
52    The encoding support of preview-latex has been further improved: it
53    should be able to deal with most encoding systems including utf-8
54    transparently.
55    
56  More detailed information can be found in the CHANGES file included in  More detailed information can be found in the CHANGES file included in
57  the distribution or the "Changes" section in the manual.  the distribution or the "Changes" section in the manual.
58    
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67  Requirements  Requirements
68  ------------  ------------
69    
70  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.
71  AUCTeX.  Support for Emacs 20 has been dropped in favor of getting  XEmacs requires at least version 1.84 of the xemacs-base package
72  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
73  of the xemacs-base package (released on 01/27/2004) or a sumo tarball  for compiling AUCTeX: please use the XEmacs package system for
74  dated 02/02/2004 or newer for compiling AUCTeX because of non-trivial  upgrading if necessary.  Warning: release 21.4.16 of XEmacs is
75  changes in easy-mmode.el: please use the XEmacs package system for  severely broken.  This leads to crashes and hangs; don't use it.
76  upgrading if necessary.  The current developers don't have the  
77  resources for providing backward compatibility to earlier versions.  The preview-latex subsystem requires image support.  This is available
78  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
79  crashes and hangs; don't use it.  Carbon[3] or native GTK+ toolkit support[4], a developer version[5] of
80    GNU Emacs (to be released as 22.1) is definitely required.  A recent
81  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
82  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
83  installation and Ghostscript.  dvipng[1] (version 1.4 or later:  21.4.10 or later.
84  teTeX-3.0 works, TeXlive2004 not), a very fast dvi converter, can be  
85  used to speed up the conversion.  For Windows[2], MacOS Carbon[3] or  You'll also need a working LaTeX installation and Ghostscript.
86  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
87  (to be released as 22.1) is definitely required; for other platforms,  very fast dvi converter, can be used to speed up the conversion.
 use of it is advantageous.  
88    
89  Availability  Availability
90  ------------  ------------
# Line 96  contributors.  The principal authors and Line 112  contributors.  The principal authors and
112  so, but it would require a diligent and diplomatic volunteer to find  so, but it would require a diligent and diplomatic volunteer to find
113  and ask the rest.  and ask the rest.
114    
115  Current project manager is David Kastrup <mailto:dak@gnu.org>.  While  Current project manager is David Kastrup.  While Paypal contributions
116  Paypal contributions are appreciated, volunteering for tasks remains  to <URL:mailto:auctex@gnu.org> are appreciated, volunteering for tasks
117  the most effective way of helping AUCTeX development.  remains the most effective way of helping AUCTeX development.
118    
119  The following people contributed to this release series (in  The following people contributed to this release series (in
120  alphabetical order): Ralf Angeli, Masayuki Ataka, Thomas Baumann,  alphabetical order): Ralf Angeli, Masayuki Ataka, Thomas Baumann,
# Line 109  Reiner Steib, Christian Schlauer, Shiro Line 125  Reiner Steib, Christian Schlauer, Shiro
125  apologies if we forgot somebody.)  apologies if we forgot somebody.)
126    
127  Footnotes:  Footnotes:
128  [1]  dvipng is currently available via its current project page  
129  <URL:http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng> and from CTAN.  [1]  <URL:ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview/>
130    
131  [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
132  <URL:http://nqmacs.sourceforge.net> or  <URL:http://nqmacs.sourceforge.net> or
# Line 127  contains build instructions. Line 143  contains build instructions.
143  you, instructions for checking out the CVS version straight from the  you, instructions for checking out the CVS version straight from the
144  GNU's mouth can be found at  GNU's mouth can be found at
145  <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs>  <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs>
146    
147    [6]  dvipng is currently available via its current project page
148    <URL:http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dvipng> and from CTAN.

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