Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Thanks. Then it makes more sense to keep both auctex and >> preview-latex in the same package (more specifically to do the "mv >> preview/* ./"). > As said, that's fine with me. But auctex/preview/ has its own autotools > build setup that needs to be merged with auctex's. I've never used the

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> I'm not sure you're answering my question, so let me rephrase it: does >> it work with tex-mode.el? > The answer remains "No". Thanks. Then it makes more sense to keep both auctex and preview-latex in the same package (more specifically to do the "mv preview/* ./"). Stefan _

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread David Kastrup
Stefan Monnier writes: >>> I'd be OK with splitting auctex into 2 packages, but does >>> preview-latex work without auctex? >> No. It would be nice to factor out some of its quite sophisticated >> functionality into something independent from AUCTeX, LaTeX and in fact >> also TeX, but at the cur

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
It is not clear to me why the act of importing a runnable version of AUCTeX into ELPA should be precluded from running a Makefile rule. It is not like ELPA can directly access git repositories and extract whatever it wants, so the import will always involve explicit steps. >> Ye

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread David Kastrup
Stefan Monnier writes: >>> It is not clear to me why the act of importing a runnable version of >>> AUCTeX into ELPA should be precluded from running a Makefile rule. >>> It is not like ELPA can directly access git repositories and extract >>> whatever it wants, so the import will always involve

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> It is not clear to me why the act of importing a runnable version of >> AUCTeX into ELPA should be precluded from running a Makefile rule. It >> is not like ELPA can directly access git repositories and extract >> whatever it wants, so the import will always involve explicit steps. Yes, GNU EL

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread Tassilo Horn
David Kastrup writes: >>> No, because: >>> >>>I'd very much prefer not having to run code from >>>the package itself. >>> >>> so I can't just run your makefile rule(s). >> >> Ok, I see. > > It is not clear to me why the act of importing a runnable version of > AUCTeX into ELPA should be p

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread David Kastrup
Tassilo Horn writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > >>> I've hoped that with the new Git ELPA, we could just checkout the >>> savannah auctex repository as submodule, and then add some hacks to the >>> makefiles to produce tarballs suitable for ELPA. Won't work, no? >> >> No, because: >> >>I'd

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-09-03 Thread Tassilo Horn
Stefan Monnier writes: >> I've hoped that with the new Git ELPA, we could just checkout the >> savannah auctex repository as submodule, and then add some hacks to the >> makefiles to produce tarballs suitable for ELPA. Won't work, no? > > No, because: > >I'd very much prefer not having to ru

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-08-30 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I've hoped that with the new Git ELPA, we could just checkout the > savannah auctex repository as submodule, and then add some hacks to the > makefiles to produce tarballs suitable for ELPA. Won't work, no? No, because: I'd very much prefer not having to run code from the package itself.

Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Updating the GNU ELPA package of AucTeX

2013-08-30 Thread Tassilo Horn
Stefan Monnier writes: Hi Stefan, > The GNU ELPA package of AucTeX is ridiculously old. Yep. > As part of updating, I'd like to "streamline" the process, which > mostly involves reducing the difference between the code in the `elpa' > branch and the code in the official auctex repository. I'v