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1. Introduction to AUC TeX

This section of the AUC TeX manual gives a brief overview of what AUC TeX is, and the section is also available as a `README' file. It is not an attempt to document AUC TeX. Real documentation for AUC TeX is available in the rest of the manual, which you can find in the `doc' directory.

Read the `INSTALLATION' file for information about how to install AUC TeX. It is identical to the Installation chapter in the AUC TeX manual.

If you are upgrading from the previous version of AUC TeX, the latest changes can be found in the `CHANGES' file. If you are upgrading from an older version, read the History chapter in the AUC TeX manual.

AUC TeX is a comprehensive customizable integrated environment for writing input files for LaTeX using GNU Emacs.

AUC TeX lets you run TeX/LaTeX and other LaTeX-related tools, such as a output filters or post processor from inside Emacs. Especially `running LaTeX' is interesting, as AUC TeX lets you browse through the errors TeX reported, while it moves the cursor directly to the reported error, and displays some documentation for that particular error. This will even work when the document is spread over several files.

AUC TeX automatically indents your `LaTeX-source', not only as you write it -- you can also let it indent and format an entire document. It has a special outline feature, which can greatly help you `getting an overview' of a document.

Apart from these special features, AUC TeX provides a large range of handy Emacs macros, which in several different ways can help you write your LaTeX documents fast and painlessly.

All features of AUC TeX are documented using the GNU Emacs online documentation system. That is, documentation for any command is just a key click away!

AUC TeX is written entirely in Emacs-Lisp, and hence you can easily add new features for your own needs. It was not made as part of any particular employment or project (apart from the AUC TeX project itself). AUC TeX is distributed under the `GNU Emacs General Public License' and may therefore almost freely be copied and redistributed.

The next sections are a short introduction to some `actual' features. For further information, refer to the built-in online documentation of AUC TeX.


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