Re: LaTeX on Emacs

[Joel J. Adamson]

trajan <trajan3@mac.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
>    Wanted to post a LaTeX-related question.  Is LaTex part
> of the Emacs application or package?

LaTeX is its own piece of software; it's actually part of a much
larger TeX system if it's on your machine.  Most Linux distributions
include a TeX system and install it along with the OS because it's a
pretty huge piece of software.  There is a free TeX system for Mac
called MacTeX.

> If not, can it be after installing and configuring?  I'm running
>Emacs v.21 on a Mac OS Terminal window.  Any information is
>appreciated.  Thanks.

It sounds like what you want is a mode specialized for editing LaTeX;
that's called AUCTeX, which also supports many other TeX programs
(e.g., BibTeX).

Look up any of the above camelCased words on Wikipedia for some
excellent explanations and history.

Joel

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