Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: Probably because auctex wants to be installed using its installer (and not as an XEmacs package), and so the auctex/tex-site.el is never properly modified to contain a correct value for "TeX-lisp-directory", but instead has the value, "＠AUCDIR" (which would normally be edited and changed during the auctex install process). [ Whew! ] -- Darryl Okahata darrylo(a)soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.

|--==> "DO" == Darryl Okahata <darrylo(a)soco.agilent.com&gt; writes: DO> Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: JR> After upgrading to auctex-1.25 ＠AUCDIR shows up in my load-path. JR> Thanks, DO> Probably because auctex wants to be installed using its installer DO> (and not as an XEmacs package), and so the auctex/tex-site.el is never DO> properly modified to contain a correct value for "TeX-lisp-directory", DO> but instead has the value, "＠AUCDIR" (which would normally be edited DO> and changed during the auctex install process). After looking at this, I can't see any reason why "TeX-lisp-directory" shouldn't default to '(locate-data-directory "auctex")'. Anyone disagree before I submit a patch? -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

Darryl> Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: This doesn't work on GNU Emacs, does it? We really should do something that Per can incorporate upstream. Darryl> It's interesting to note that, if you ignore the Darryl> auctex installation instructions and do NOT put the Darryl> following into "~/.xemacs/init.el", everything works fine: Not for me. I get the core tex-mode.el for some reason. Lose, lose, lose. :-P -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.

SY> Well, seeing as though the affected file is 'tex-site.el' SY> (used for site specific customizations), I see no reason why SY> upstream should even hear about it. Because there are some customizations I (for Japanese TeX) need to do in that file, and I have used Per's configure engine for it. SY> If it will put you more at ease, I can backup the original SY> file to 'tex-site.el'. No, as you point out it's a site-specific file. I just think that since we have auto-autoloads and custom-loads, we should try to keep the upstream stuff as pristine as possible. Surely you've been party to some of the PSGML flamewars? If not, take a look for "Lennart Staflin" in the archives. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.