Re: cdlatex-mode in emacs

[Thibaut Verron]

On 25/08/2022 08:53, wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs 
text editor wrote:
> Aug 25, 2022, 06:33 by eliz@gnu.org:
>
> > > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 06:20:09 +0000
> > > From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > >
> > > > > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:20:04 +0000
> > > > > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anybody know when cdlatex-mode was introduced into Emacs? I am using Emacs 
> > > > > 27.2
> > > >
> > > > There's no cdlatex-mode in Emacs, only org-cdlatex-mode.
> > > Is there texmathp.el in emacs, which is a Gnu Package.
> > No, not in Emacs.
> It is part of AUCTeX which is a Gnu Package.  It comes with Emacs Support for 
> writing
> Latex Files.  Could the functionality be included in Emacs.  cdlatex-mode is 
> useful for
> rapid writing latex templates and symbols rapidly.
>
> Could improve using tex-mode and latex-mode immensely in Emacs.

AUCTeX is on GNU Elpa, and cdlatex is on NonGNU Elpa, so both can be 
directly installed with the package manager. In my opinion, it is the 
right place for such packages, rather than emacs core: this way they can 
release new versions without having to wait for the emacs release cycle. 
(See: org-mode)

tex-mode and latex-mode are extremely basic modes in comparison, I don't 
know anybody using them. And it's unfortunate that they preempted the 
tex- and latex- namespaces, forcing AUCTeX to capitalize its mode names 
and variables -- but I digress.

Best wishes,

Thibaut