Re: [AUCTeX] showing xdvi messages

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Currently it is not.  The viewer is started by means of
> `TeX-run-discard' which discards the process output, see
> `TeX-command-list'.  Formerly `TeX-run-silent' was used which would
> generally allow for the output to be gathered and shown, but this
> did not work with xdvi detaching itself from the terminal in case
> source specials were used.  I played a bit with
> `process-connection-type' and when this is set to nil,
> `TeX-run-silent' can be used with source specials.  But with this
> setting the xdvi process dies as soon as font creation comes into
> play.  I am running out of options ...

Thanks for the information.  What about communication via sockets or
files?  Note that I'm a complete layman w.r.t. inter-process
communication -- maybe I'm talking nonsense.


    Werner