> Maybe we could start by stating some goals:
>
> - AUCTeX should not set the `major-mode` to point to
> non-AUCTeX functions (even if/when it overrides those functions).
>
> - Cleanup the mode function names. Currently, AUCTeX's LaTeX mode is
> variously called:
>
> latex-mode
> TeX-latex-mode
> LaTeX-mode
>
> AUCTeX should pick one and stick to it as much as possible (e.g. fix
> all the docs and have the auxiliary user-exposed variables be named
> accordingly to the base major mode name).
Maybe other goals could be to reduce user-confusion by having only "one"
mode, tho it's not clear what that would mean. But I think we should
come up with a long-term plan (which can include changes in Emacs's
built-in `tex-mode.el`: co-evolution is more difficult, but if we can
agree on a long term plan, we can then figure out how to get there
incrementally).
Stefan
PS: For the record, I'm one of the those Emacs users who doesn't use
AUCTeX: I stopped using AUCTeX many years ago when I decided
that since AUCTeX couldn't be part of Emacs, I should "dogfeed".
Now that it's in GNU ELPA that reason doesn't really apply any more,
but I keep using that mode out of habit. I'd be just as happy with AUCTeX
which I was using quite happily before.
