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Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?
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Tassilo Horn |
Subject: |
Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX? |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Sep 2013 19:01:57 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>>> At any rate: while there was a wagonload of work invested in that
>>> area, it would appear that some of that meets the label "too
>>> clever".
>>
>> Seems so, especially wrt the single-user install. AUCTeX is the only
>> elisp package I know that you can't just unpack/clone, optionally
>> configure & make and then add that directory to load-path and be done.
>
> Huh? How are any other package's info files going to end up compiled
> and placed within the Emacs info tree?
Ok, ok, you also need to add the package's doc dir to
Info-directory-list, and possibly generate a dir file in there with
install-info.
>> Nevertheless, it works fine for me, and is less hassle than the
>> documented way. I wonder if it would make sense to document that
>> instead of the current advice for user-installs in the docs.
>
> No. It never makes sense in the long run to document how to work
> around the design of software.
>
> If you ever feel the urge to do that, resist it. Change the design
> instead.
It's doing just fine with normal system installs, building XEmacs
packages and what not. But therefore it's complicated. I'm not brave
enough to put my hands on it.
Bye,
Tassilo
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Tassilo Horn, 2013/09/02
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Tassilo Horn, 2013/09/04
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, David Kastrup, 2013/09/04
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Tassilo Horn, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Nicolas Richard, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Tassilo Horn, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, David Kastrup, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Tassilo Horn, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, David Kastrup, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?,
Tassilo Horn <=
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, David Kastrup, 2013/09/05
- Re: [AUCTeX] how to use the git repository to obtain the latest aucTeX?, Nicolas Richard, 2013/09/05