I like emacs tex-mode to have following capabilities:

        . have a TeX-view function so that one can preview .dvi file
by using appropriate command specified by TeX-view-command var.(I add
this to my own tex-mode.el by following TeX-print, even though I'm
lisp-illiterate :-)
        . Have a TeX-tmp directory in addition to TeX-directory, so
that TeX working directory is default-directory, but tmp files(#tz*)
are created in the tmp-dir.(Of course a user can specify his
preference using mode-hook). This way TeX-mode can work correctly even
if the working TeX-file have inputs from other subdirectories.

I tried to hack this out on my own, but my lisp-illiteracy presents quite a
big challenge to me in adding a TeX-tmp directory. After working for
10 min., I guess that maybe the net could help. Does anyone care to
fix this ?

Thank you for your help.
-- Jun

Can anybody suggest a solution?  Is there a small change in the
compilation of EMACS to allow it to use the shared libraries?  Do I
need to do a separate X implementation on my machine which will put
the header and library files in the place and format that EMACS will
expect?  Is there some other directory with the libraries I need?

compare-windows:
Compare text in current window with text in next window.
Compares the text starting at point in each window,
moving over text in each one as far as they match.

Dr> I would be most grateful for any pointers as to where to get it.
Dr> Thankyou all and any for your help. Please use e-mail, save the net.

How does one set the left and right margins?

In the .emacs file, how can I load my abbrev file and how do I set the
variable abbrev-file-name (in VMS)?

BTW, many thanks to those who sent me examples of their .emacs files!

Thanks,
Tim Waters  
"An emacs neophyte"

Hello!

I picked up ``webster.el'' from the net: it is an Emacs interface to
Webster dictionary servers, allowing to retrieve the definition and spelling.
The idea is great, but  when I tried to use it, neither of the Internet
addresses given in the text of ``webster.el'' (bu-it.bu.edu and
sri.nic) seemed to work as a Webster server. I found out that
bu-it.bu.edu has discontinued the ftp services, so I tried its
replacement, bu.edu---no luck there either.
  Please pass me on any information on this topic you might have.
PLEASE E-MAIL if possible.

        Greetings

1)      Compare-windows (seems to be part of distribution),
        unfortunately not really what I wanted, this needs a fair
        amount of manual keying to perform the updates I am doing.

2)      emerge. Written by Dale R Worley (d...@math.mit.edu). This is
        the package I ended up using. It allows you to work on two
        files or buffers and with very few keystrokes update a 'final'
        image with the correct diffs. Generates a very nice 3 window
        screen showing you the 2 files and the final version.
        This is apparently available thru ftp (although the provider
        of this snippet indicated it may be an older version):

        tut.cis.ohio-state.edu pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is:\
                13627 Jun 21  1990 emerge.el.Z

3)      A package from richard stallman which allows you to do diffs
        more than compare-windows does. Unfortunately the version of
        emacs I have appears to be missing some of the functions used
        so I could not use it (sorry richard).

And then significant a number of other peoples individual packages
that do their own things using diff. Thankyou all for your replies.
I'm afraid I just didn't have the time to use/test them all, but after
receiving a number of people all recommending 2) I went that route.