[AUCTeX] Re: Inverse search with Emacs/AUCTeX

[Alan Ristow]

David Kastrup wrote:
> Alan Ristow <address@hidden> writes:
> > We tracked the problem to the source special embedded in the DVI,
> > which itself does not have the .tex extension (e.g.,
> > c:\files\mychapter). Thus, the filename provided to Emacs during the
> > inverse search does not have the .tex extension, and unless AUCTeX or
> > Emacs adds it implicitly it seems that Emacs cannot possibly find the
> > correct file.
>
> I consider this a MikTeX bug.  I don't see a point in this deliberate
> change and deviation from an established and useful standard practice
> used everywhere else and in previous versions of MikTeX.
>
> Feel free to forward my opinion to Christian Schenk.

Thanks again for your reply, David. Christian has re-opened the original 
bug report, so it looks like he intends to fix it.

Alan