Re: Auctex/LaTeX/Emacs problem
Richard Cobbe <cobbe@airmail.net> wrote:
> Lo, on Monday, February 4, Ryan Claycamp did write:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 04:08:52PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> > > Lo, on Sunday, February 3, Ryan Claycamp did write:
> > >
> > > > I have lost the color markings in xemacs when I edit a LaTeX file. I
> > > > am running woody and I think it happened after I updated to the new
> > > > version of auctex. I noticed that when auctex installed, it said
> > > > something like emacsen ignoring flavor xemacs. How do I get the color
> > > > back in xemacs when it is editing LaTeX files? I really enjoyed that
> > > > feature.
Thanks!
> > > IIRC, xemacs comes with its own copy of AUCTeX, which explains the
> > > `ignore' error message.
> > >
> > > Assuming that you've got font-locking on in other editing modes, simply
> > > adding (require 'font-latex) to your .emacs file should do the trick.
> >
> > Thank you. That did the trick, at least for xemacs. I put the
> > command in both my .emacs file and .xemacs/init.el. It didn't work
> > for emacs, but I don't have any color in emacs. That is another worry
> > for another time as I mainly use xemacs for my editor.
>
> It's been a while since I've used plain FSF emacs, but I think
> font-latex will work with both.
It does, but it's actually designed on Emacs (not XEmacs).
> However, it assumes that you've already
> got basic font locking turned on, and the method for doing that differs
> between the two editors: check the manuals for details. (My .emacs file
> is set up in such a way that I can't easily look this up and paste it
> here.)
On Emacs:
(global-font-lock-mode t)
Or simply, in Emacs21, select it in th "Options" pull-down menu.
Peter
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