Auctex pkg: summary and state of art

[Uwe Brauer]

>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Angeli <angeli at iwi.uni-sb.de> writes:

    Ralf> * Uwe Brauer (2004-09-08) writes:
    >>>>>>> "Reiner" == Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s at nurfuerspam.de>
    >>>>>>> writes:
  
    >>
    >> Right I brought that up.
    Ralf> [...]
    >> (eval-after-load "tex" '(unless TeX-macro-global (message
    >> "`TeX-macro-global' is not set.")  (sit-for 3) (message "Do C-h
    >> v `TeX-macro-global' for further information.")  (sit-for 3)
    >> ;	   (view-lossage)
    >> ))

    Ralf> Now I know what I don't like about this proposal.  If one
    Ralf> follows this approach consequently it will be a major
    Ralf> annoyance for the user.  It should be possible to install
    Ralf> AUCTeX (more or less without interaction) and start editing
    Ralf> your documents right away.

    Ralf> This is ugly.

Right, I know.


    Ralf> I'd just provide a sane default and drop a note in the
    Ralf> installation or configuration instructions (and maybe even
    Ralf> in the package description) for variables which should be
    Ralf> checked by XEmacs users.  This means to step back into the
    Ralf> AUCTeX 11.14 era with respect to the affected variables but
    Ralf> at least it would not be so annoying.  We might use such an
    Ralf> approach for _really_ important variables, though.



Problem is that users _usually_ do not read this information. If users
were about  to install some package it  can be expected that they read
the installation file or something of this kind.  However I doubt that
the same is true for a Xemacs pkg.