From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: TeX vs LaTeX Date: 17 Jun 2008 12:21:22 GMT Message-ID: References: <87ve09fq79.fsf@mundaneum.com> <877icov340.fsf@mundaneum.com> <87y754thvv.fsf@mundaneum.com> <87tzfsth1c.fsf@mundaneum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213706561 13871 80.91.229.12 (17 Jun 2008 12:42:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:42:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 17 14:43:25 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K8aWq-00081Y-2M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:43:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58820 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K8aW1-0003tW-LZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:42:25 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 38 Original-X-Trace: individual.net UYrx+Rs9GFo+y/UZ31F1mAvcgTplqt5Cv1CPy20RuKVSi/fWj9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:stqa0VJrot+n3DIRwt6R4Gfii58= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Editor: Emacs of course! User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:159570 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:54924 Archived-At: Sébastien Vauban wrote: >>> or >>> >>> ,----[ a short introduction ] >>> | >>> | Marking up text >>> | Emphasis: {\em ...} or \textem{...} >>> `---- >> >> that one's 14 years old. actually, that one's only four years old, my mistake. (or the author's, because i was already using latex in 2004 and i don't think \textem still existed then...) the reason for the namechange (\textem --> \emph) probably lies in the fact that this command toggles between italic and upright shapes, while the other \textxx commands choose a shape/weight unconditionally. > But that doesn't change the essence of my question... ;-) i seem to remember reading on comp.text.tex once that some tex commands are redefined in latex, so that they behave slightly differently when used in latex than when used in tex. (the point being that you should avoid using tex commands in latex unless you *really* know what you're doing.) the general consensus is that you should use either tex or latex, and not mix them. so distinguishing between the two types of commands probably isn't a high priority for many people, which means it isn't implemented in tex/latex modes or auctex. certainly with auctex it isn't impossible to configure the system to do what you want, but you'd probably have to quite a lot of customisation. personally, i don't think it's worth the effort. -- Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9)