Re: [AUCTeX] running auctex from git directory without installing

[Marcus Frings]

* Tamas Papp <address@hidden> wrote:

> I would like to try the version of AUCTeX from the git repo. Is it
> possible not to install it --- ie do
> git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/auctex.git
> cd auctex 
> ./autogen.sh
> ./configure
> make
> but *not* make install? What else should I do in Emacs, besides 

> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/some-directory/auctex/")

;; Using the development version of AUC TeX and starting it directly
;; from the git folder: 
;;
;; cd ~/.emacs.d/sources/auctex/
;; git pull
;; ./autogen.sh
;; ./configure && make
;; cd doc
;; for x in *.info; do ginstall-info --dir-file=dir $x; done
;;
(setq TeX-data-directory "~/.emacs.d/sources/auctex")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/sources/auctex")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/sources/auctex/preview")
(require 'info)
(add-to-list 'Info-additional-directory-list "~/.emacs.d/sources/auctex/doc")
(load "auctex.el" nil t t)
(load "preview-latex.el" nil t t)

Best regards,
Marcus
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