[OS X Emacs] AquaMacs reftex hook

[Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD]

On Nov 29, 2007, at 7:49 AM, David Reitter wrote:

> Joe,
>
>> In carbon emacs, I have
>> (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'turn-on-reftex)
>> (setq reftex-plug-into-AUCTeX t)
>>
>> in my .emacs file to cause reftex mode to be enabled whenever I  
>> load a latex document. This doesn't work in Aquamacs. How do I add  
>> this hook in aquamacs? It seems to be getting ignored.
>
> You don't need these lines - these settings are the default in  
> Aquamacs.
>
> So, when you load a latex document, there is no "Ref" menu and  
> reftex-mode is not enabled?
> This shouldn't be.
> I suggest you start Aquamacs without any customizations, e.g. like  
> this:
>
> /Applications/Aquamacs\ Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Aquamacs\ Emacs -q
>
> Does the problem go away? In that case, check your customizations  
> (.emacs, Preferences.el and customizations.el).
>
> Let me know how you get on.
>

OK. That's it. I'm not used to not customizing Emacs. I must be  
breaking it with my .emacs file. It's hard to let go of habits. Sorry  
to waste your time. I just didn't conceive that doing nothing could be  
the solution.
Joe