Re: Bug#336400: emacs-goodies-el: please add xdvi-search.el
Hi all,
Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org> wrote:
> Thanks for joining the discussion Frank.
While we're about joining, I'm sending this to Stefan Ulrich, the xdvik
developer most interested in Debian. And I'm taking out the emacsen
people and one of the tetex copies¹
This discussion is about including xdvi-search.el in a Debian package,
which is unclear.
> Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> wrote:
>
>> What does this file offer that AUCTeX doesn't? Is this for the standard
>> TeX mode? Does anybody really use the standard TeX mode?
>
> Now that's funny. I'm not an AucTex power user at all. I don't tend to
> use the mode to run latex and bibtex on the file I edit (I use it mainly
> for font-lock, not too surprisingly). Now I see what I've been missing
> out on. So yes, once you turn on `source specials' in auctex then
> viewing will display the current point (approximately anyway).
>
> So given that fact, should I:
>
> 1- Forget all about xdvi-search.
> or 2- Include it in emacs-goodies-el, but document in the Info file that
> this can also be done using auctex exclusively.
>
> The second option might serve to advertise auctex to potential new
> users, so I'd vote for that.
I'd also like to hear from the xdvik people what the file is meant for
(Emacs' built in TeX mode? Older AUCTeX versions?), and what they think
about integration in AUCTeX/Emacs Goodies/Whatever.
TIA, Frank
¹ did that work? there's no package "tetex"
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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