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.TH Update\-AUCTeX\-elisp 8 "1998-02-17" "Debian Project" "Debian GNU/Linux Manual"
.SH NAME
update\-auctex\-elisp \- Update AUCTeX automatically generated TeX macros and
LaTeX styles data
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SY update\-auctex\-elisp
.OP \-\-daemon
.OP \-\-no\-act
.RI [ FLAVOR
.IR .\|.\|. ]
.YS
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B update\-auctex\-elisp
script updates the automatically generated TeX and LaTeX data used by
AUCTeX and stored in
.B /var/lib/auctex/<FLAVOR>,
where
.I <FLAVOR>
stands for any valid installed Emacs flavor.
.PP
It is called automatically by the Debian auctex package (via dpkg triggers)
whenever new (La)TeX macros and style files are installed in the TeX and
METAFONT system trees; beside, it is called on GNU AUCTeX and GNU Emacs flavor
upgrades and installations, to ensure up to date parsing.  It may and should
also be called manually after additions to the local TeX and METAFONT system
tree.
.PP
If no arguments are specified,
.B update\-auctex\-elisp
caters to every supported GNU Emacs flavor installed on the system; else it
updates only the specified flavors, if they are installed.
.SH OPTIONS
.B --daemon
.RS
Detach from the terminal and run in the background.
.RE
.B --no-act
.RS
Describe what would be done without doing nothing.
.RE
.SH EXIT STATUS
The
.B update-auctex-elisp
command returns 0 on success and a positive integer on errors.
.SH FILES
.B /var/lib/auctex:
the hierarchy containing the byte-compiled files.
.SH BUGS
None known.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR emacs (1),
.BR tex (1),
.BR latex (1).
.SH UNRESTRICTIONS
This program is copylefted.  Refer to the GNU General Public License for
conditions of use.
.SH AUTHOR
This program has been written and is actively maintained by Davide
G. M. Salvetti <salve@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.