Re: [AUCTeX] auctex/miktex/windows problem: "specified path is invalid"

[David Kastrup]

Please keep your replies on the list.  I don't even use Windows
myself, so I can't really help you myself.

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"Emin.shopper Martinian.shopper" <address@hidden> writes:

> If I run
>
> latex "\input" "report.tex"
>
> in a command window obtained from Start->Run->cmd, everything works fine, but
> if I run it in a shell from emacs generated via M-x shell (which prints
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft 
> Corp.
> on startup), I get the same error as with auctex in emacs. Do I have to tell
> auctex/preview-latex/miktex to do something special with the paths when called
> from emacs?
>
> Thanks,
> -Emin
>
> P.S., both the successful and unsuccessful invocations of latex claim to "This
> is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (MikTeX 2.5)"
>
> On 3/23/07, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     "Emin.shopper Martinian.shopper" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>     > Dear Experts,
>     >
>     > I downloaded and installed the version of emacs for windows with auctex
>     > built-in along with miktex, but I get the following problem when trying
>     to
>     > compile a file:
>     >
>     > -------------------------
>     > Running `LaTeX' on `report' with ``latex  -interaction=nonstopmode "\
>     input" "
>     > report.tex"''
>     > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.5)
>     > entering extended mode
>     > LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
>     > Babel <v3.8g> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
>     nohyphenation, ge
>     > rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
>     > (report.texlatex: Windows API error 161: The specified path is invalid.
>     >
>     >
>     > LaTeX exited abnormally with code 1 at Fri Mar 23 16:28:07
>     >
>     > ------------------------
>     >
>     > It seems like auctex is finding MiKTeX properly, but then it complains
>     about an
>     > invalid path. Any thoughts?
>
>     What happens if you call
>
>     latex "\input" "report.tex"
>
>     on the command line?
>
>     --
>     David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
>
>

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum