Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 2008-05-30; highlighting of \citep[][]{} commands

[David Kastrup]

emacs user <address@hidden> writes:

> OK, the problem was mine.  I did activate parsing etc, but was trying
> to run auctex after make and without make install.  there was also
> some old customization I had which highlighted citep without loading
> the natbib style.  I've been using auctex for too long without
> updating my settings.  Thanks for helping me to track this down.
> given that one can run emacs itself without a make-install, wouldn't
> it be nice if one could do the same with auctex?

Emacs being runnable in place comes at a large cost in complexity.  This
price is paid for being able to bootstrap and dump a preloaded Emacs.

There is no corresponding benefit for AUCTeX.  I see no point whatsoever
in not installing AUCTeX if you want to use it.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum