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@chapheading Introduction to @AUCTeX{}
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@node Introduction, Installation, Copying, top
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@chapter Introduction to @AUCTeX{}
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This section of the @AUCTeX{} manual gives a brief overview of what
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@AUCTeX{} is, and the section is also available as a @file{README} file.
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It is @strong{not} an attempt to document @AUCTeX{}. Real documentation
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for @AUCTeX{} is available in the rest of the manual, which you can find
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in the @file{doc} directory.
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Read the @file{INSTALL} or @file{INSTALL.windows} file respectively for
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information about how to install @AUCTeX{}. The files comprise the same
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information as the Installation chapter in the @AUCTeX{} manual.
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If you are upgrading from the previous version of @AUCTeX{}, the latest
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changes can be found in the @file{CHANGES} file. If you are upgrading
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from an older version, read the History chapter in the @AUCTeX{} manual.
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This section of the @AUCTeX{} manual
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gives a brief overview of what @AUCTeX{} is. It is @strong{not} an
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attempt to document @AUCTeX{}. Real documentation for @AUCTeX{} is
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manual, which should be available as an info file after installation.
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@file{INSTALL} or @file{INSTALL.windows} file
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section @ref{Installation}, or @ref{Installation under MS Windows},
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respectively for comprehensive information about how to install
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The installation routine tries to make the modes provided by @AUCTeX{}
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the default for all supported file types. If this does not happen in
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(load "auctex.el" nil t t)
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to your init file and consult the section
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about loading the package in the @file{INSTALL} file.
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@ref{Loading the package}.
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If you want to change the modes for which it is operative instead of the
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@kbd{M-x customize-variable RET TeX-modes RET}
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If you want to remove a preinstalled @AUCTeX{} completely before any of
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its modes have been used,
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(unload-feature 'tex-site)
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should accomplish that.
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If you are considering upgrading @AUCTeX{}, the recent changes are
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the @file{CHANGES} file.
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@AUCTeX{} is a comprehensive customizable integrated environment for
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writing input files for @TeX{}/@LaTeX{}/@ConTeXt{} using GNU Emacs.
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@AUCTeX{} lets you run @TeX{}/@LaTeX{}/@ConTeXt{} and
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@LaTeX{}/@ConTeXt{}-related tools, such as a output filters or post
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processor from inside Emacs. Especially `running @LaTeX{}' is
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interesting, as @AUCTeX{} lets you browse through the errors @TeX{}
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reported, while it moves the cursor directly to the reported error, and
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displays some documentation for that particular error. This will even
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work when the document is spread over several files.
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writing input files for @TeX{}/@LaTeX{}/@ConTeXt{}/Texinfo using Emacs
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It lets you process your source files by running @TeX{} and related
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tools (such as output filters, post processors for generating indices
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and bibliographies, and viewers) from inside Emacs. @AUCTeX{} lets you
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browse through the errors @TeX{} reported, while it moves the cursor
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directly to the reported error, and displays some documentation for that
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particular error. This will even work when the document is spread over
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One component of @AUCTeX{} that @LaTeX{} users will find attractive is
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@previewlatex{}, a combination of folding and in-source previewing
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that provides true ``What You See Is What You Get'' experience in your
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sourcebuffer, while letting you retain full control. @previewlatex{}
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comes with its own manual, see @ref{Top, , preview-latex,
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preview-latex, The @previewlatex{} Manual}.
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For more information, see further below.
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@AUCTeX{} automatically indents your `@LaTeX{}-source', not only as you
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write it --- you can also let it indent and format an entire document.
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Apart from these special features, @AUCTeX{} provides a large range of
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handy Emacs macros, which in several different ways can help you write
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your @LaTeX{}/@ConTeXt{} documents fast and painlessly.
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your documents fast and painlessly.
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All features of @AUCTeX{} are documented using the GNU Emacs online
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documentation system. That is, documentation for any command is just
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@AUCTeX{} is written entirely in Emacs-Lisp, and hence you can easily
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add new features for your own needs. It was not made as part of any
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particular employment or project (apart from the @AUCTeX{} project
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itself). @AUCTeX{} is distributed under the `GNU Emacs General Public
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License' and may therefore almost freely be copied and redistributed.
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The next sections are a short introduction to some `actual' features.
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For further information, refer to the built-in online documentation of
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add new features for your own needs. It has become recently a GNU
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project. @AUCTeX{} is distributed under the `GNU General Public License
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@section Availability
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There has been established a mailing list for help, bug reports, feature
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requests and general discussion about @AUCTeX{}. You're very welcome
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to join. Traffic average at an article by day, but they come in bursts.
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If you are only interested in information on updates, you could refer to
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the newsgroups @samp{comp.text.tex} and @samp{gnu.emacs.sources}.
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If you want to contact the @AUCTeX{} mailing list, send mail to
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@email{auc-tex-subscribe@@sunsite.dk} in order to join. Articles should
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be sent to @email{auc-tex@@sunsite.dk}.
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To contact the current maintainers of @AUCTeX{} directly, email
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@email{auc-tex_mgr@@sunsite.dk}.
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Various mailing lists exist.
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Send a mail with the subject ``subscribe'' to
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@email{auctex-request@@gnu.org} in order to join the general discussion
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list for @AUCTeX{}. Articles should be sent to @email{auctex@@gnu.org}.
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In a similar way, you can subscribe to the @email{info-auctex@@gnu.org}
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list for just getting important announcements about @AUCTeX{}. The list
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@email{bug-auctex@@gnu.org} is for bug reports which you should usually
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file with the @kbd{M-x TeX-submit-bug-report RET} command.
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If you want to address the developers of @AUCTeX{} themselves with
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technical issues, they can be found on the discussion list
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@email{auctex-devel@@gnu.org}.
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