Tassilo Horn <t...@gnu.org> writes: > Jeremy Bryant <j...@jeremybryant.net> writes: > >> Indeed, I agree it is very convenient to upgrade auctex through ELPA. >> >> There are however at least 2 scenarios where there are benefits to >> having auctex, a functional albeit perhaps not the most recent >> version, in a distribution of Emacs. >> >> 1. New LaTeX users can discover and try auctex straightaway. If they >> want to upgrade, they also can. (e.g. case of org-mode) >> >> 2. Some sites don't allow downloading of packages (for policy or >> security reasons), so all users have access to is whatever is included >> in their Emacs distribution (and indeed their system distro). >> (e.g. some corporate environments.) > > That's certainly true. But there are also people who like the simple > (La)TeX modes which ship with Emacs better than AUCTeX. So there would > have to be some feature which would allow users to try out both and then > decide which one to stick to. (Of course, you can already do that but I > mean something that interactively guides you when finding a tex file for > the first time...) > > Bye, > Tassilo
Tassilo, do you know what is the reason given by users to like the less powerful built-in modes? Presumably they don't need preview-LaTeX, but what else?
