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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:21:06+00:00

I think my question is pretty stupid, but here it goes: I am using

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I think my question is pretty stupid, but here it goes:

I am using Aquamacs, and I want to install the WhizzyTeX mode. The website for WhizzyTeX says that “it is designed for Unix platforms”.

I read that Mac OS X is unix certified, but does that mean I can install WhizzyTeX on my mac? If yes, can I install and use it with Aquamacs or do I have to use the Emacs running from the terminal?

PS: I don’t know whether this question should be posted here or on SuperUser, but as Emacs users seem to hang out here more often, this is the place I chose.

EDIT: There are some websites saying I can use WhizzyTeX with Carbon Emacs on mac os x, but some places say I cannot (see for example this pdf document, page 27, which says that “* whizzytex: http://cristal.inria.fr/whizzytex/ mode in latex with ocaml good fo linux, should also work in cygwin, doe not work on osx”). So I am really confused…

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  1. Editorial Team

    If anyone is interested, I managed to make it. It is a bit slow and I think some files have issues, but in any case, it works!

    The trick is to do what is explained here except for step 4. What I did instead was put the whizzytex.sty file in the same place as whizzytex.el and whizzytex (see step 5 in the article) and then I opened the file whizzytex (the one without extension), and where it says:

    name (or full path) of the dump latex2e package file (without the extension)
    PACKAGE=whizzytex.sty

    I changed it to the path where I put whizzytex.sty. In my case I have:

    PACKAGE=/Users/viviannevilar/.emacs.d/packages/whizzytex.sty

    I hope this is useful for someone 🙂

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