Re: Bug#336400: emacs-goodies-el: please add xdvi-search.el
Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> writes:
> On Dec 16 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
>
>> I don't use it personally, but according to the manual AUCTEX does
>> have support for inverse search.
>
> Yes, now I see it does. And I have just dropped some files from my
> home directory...
>
>> I think xdvi-search.el is useful for people that use the standard
>> TeX mode
>
> Right, agreed. Thanks for making me see the light, Frank. :-)
>
> I think that this bug can be closed now... Perhaps, Peter would
> like to add some indication that the functionality of xdvi-search.el
> can be had with AUCTeX and this is the reason why it is not included
> in emacs-goodies-el. One thing less to maintain, better quality.
It should be noted that there is a substantial ratio of users for the
default TeX modes among plain TeX and ConTeXt users: AUCTeX is really
ubiquitous mostly for LaTeX documents. Whether it is worth keeping
xdvi-search.el for those non-AUCTeX users, in particular when it might
confuse the AUCTeX users into trying to mix its operation with that of
AUCTeX, is a different question. How to answer it would depend on the
objectives of the emacs-goodies maintainer. Even if it is included,
it might be worth documenting prominently that it is not required for
AUCTeX operation.
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