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Removing recommendation for out-xtra.el

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From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: "auctex-bugs" <bug-auctex <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Removing recommendation for out-xtra.el
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 22:47:49 +0200

Hi all,

we have the following paragraph in auctex.texi[1]:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
@c FIXME: Isn't this much outdated?
You may want to check out the unbundled @file{out-xtra} package for even
better outline support.  It is available from your favorite emacs lisp
archive.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Searching the net, I found only one reference to out-xtra.el here[2].
Looking at the library, it provides the functions
`outline-hide-sublevels' and `outline-hide-other' which are provided by
outline.el as well.  Loading out-extr.el sounds like asking for trouble.
Should we follow the comment and remove that recommendation from the
manual?

Best, Arash

Footnotes:
[1]  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/auctex.git/tree/doc/auctex.texi#n3053
[2]  https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/user/jtkohl/elisp/out-xtra.el

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