Hopefully last word for now. 1. So I went back to the package quickstart set up. 2. I restarted emacs with the problem present. 3. I explicitly loaded tex-site ie again. 4. things went to a working auctex state, ie opening a .tex file gives me LaTeX-mode --
Thanks, --Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research) ♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1 🦮 LOC: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97059241.html -- Thanks, --Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research) ♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1 🦮 LOC: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97059241.html