Re: AUCTeX and "builtin latex mode" integration

[Stefan Monnier]

>     1. Why can't latex-mode not be removed/substituted by auctex?

For technical/administrative/historical reasons.

>     2. What's about reftex? Right now, since auctex provides a mayor
>        mode, you can put it in a hook to startup reftex when you open a
>        latex file with auctex installed. Would that be a problem, if
>        auctex is no longer a «real» mayor mode?

The change would/will introduce breakage.  The intention is to minimize
(and fix) as much of it as possible.  I suspect that if you provide
a test for AUCTeX's test suite verifying this behavior, then we'll make
sure it keeps working :-)


        Stefan