[AUCTeX] RE: Successful Installation under MS Windows

[Morrell S. Chance]

Thanks for the responses so far.

My installation of Auctex is mostly working. I get the command item in emacs,
eg. The problem with creation of a directory c:\Program was, I think, from my
using the recommended options:
 
 --prefix=c:/Program Files/emacs and 
 --with emacs=c/Program Files/emacs
 
The installation correctly parsed these blanks but created a new directory
c:/Program where it placed the 'info' and 'var' folders. I manually placed
the 'info' folder in the info directory of the Emacs installation and the
Auctex manual comes up properly, but don't know how or where to move the
other files. However even without this all else seems to be working.
Suggestions welcome here.
 
I am inserting only the beginning of the config.log file here - to save space
- down to where it says that 'no' to 'checking for c:/Program. If needed I
can post the whole file. 
 
Thanks again
 
 
 
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while

running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by auctex configure 11.55, which was

generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure --prefix=c:/Program Files/emacs --with-emacs=c/Program
Files/emacs

## --------- ##

## Platform. ##

## --------- ##

hostname = Morrell-M70

uname -m = i686

uname -r = 1.0.10(0.46/3/2)

uname -s = MINGW32_NT-5.1

uname -v = 2004-03-15 07:17

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown

/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = unknown

/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown

/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown

hostinfo = unknown

/bin/machine = unknown

/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown

/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: .

PATH: /usr/local/bin

PATH: /mingw/bin

PATH: /bin

PATH: /c/WINDOWS/system32

PATH: /c/WINDOWS

PATH: /c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem

PATH: /c/Program Files/Hummingbird/Connectivity/10.00/Accessories/

PATH: /c/program files/emacs/bin

PATH: /c/program files/texmf/miktex/bin

PATH: /c/program files/ghostgum/ghostview/gsview/

PATH: /c/usr/local/bin

PATH: /c/program files/ghostgum/gs/gs8.51/lib

PATH: /c/program files/ghostgum/gs/gs8.51/bin

 

## ----------- ##

## Core tests. ##

## ----------- ##

configure:1250: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)

configure:1270: result: yes

configure:1317: checking for a BSD-compatible install

configure:1372: result: /bin/install -c

configure:1413: checking for c/Program

configure:1446: result: no

configure:1413: checking for emacs

configure:1431: found /c/program files/emacs/bin/emacs

configure:1443: result: /c/program files/emacs/bin/emacs

configure:1460: checking if /c/program files/emacs/bin/emacs is XEmacs

/c/program files/emacs/bin/emacs -batch -eval (let* ((x (if (string-match
"XEmacs" emacs-version) "yes" "no"))) (write-region (if (stringp x) x
(prin1-to-string x)) nil "./conftest-3956"))

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

> I just followed the directions in the AUCTEX manual. Using sh in MSYS. And
> installed from the directory into which I extracted AUCTEX.
> 
> NOTE: on reboot I get a warning message that a directory c:\Program
> was created that could cause problems later and suggested that I
> change its name.

That sounds like you did not quote c:\Program Files properly when
passing it as an option.

Please include the file config.log with your report so that one can
see what happened.

I consider it likely that your installation is hosed.
 
> Where should the file tex-mik.el be placed and shouldn't it have
> been installed during the installation?

I think so, but we should be able to see that from the log file, and I
might be mistaken about that in 11.55.  In the current installation it
would be installed.

Please don't quote the whole preceding mail at the _bottom_ of your
mails.  Just quote what you are actually referring to, and keep it at
the top of the post.

The normal reading order in Western Europe is top to bottom.

I am copying the AUCTeX list since there are quite a few subsystems
where I am not the most qualified correspondent.  Please keep it
copied in any replies so that we can get to the bottom of this fast:
if there are any problems in the installation procedure or its
documentation, we want to get them cleared up before the next release.

Thanks,

--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum


 
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