Re: [AUCTeX] setting latex folder

[David Kastrup]

Mat_83 <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi everyone,
> I started using auctex in combination with emacs to edit my tex-files a few
> days ago, so it's pretty new for me.
> Basic information:
> OS: SUSE Linux 9.2 (installed using free ftp-edition)
> Tex/Latex system: Tex Live 2005
> Auctex: vers. 11.14 rel. 69.1 (installed using rpm from http://rpmseek.com/)
> Emacs: vers. 21.3.1 (installed using rpm from http://rpmseek.com/)

Those versions are approximately three years old or so.

> Here's my problem: 
> The Tex Live installer installed the tex-files to /usr/local/texlive/2005/.
> So auctex trys to execute '/bin/bash: pdflatex' and can't find it, because
> it's not in the directory /usr/bin/ .
> I kind of made a quickfix by linking some of the important files to
> /usr/bin/ by ln -s .

You should rather add /usr/local/texlive/2005/bin/i386-linux or so to
the front of your PATH in ~/.profile (assuming a Bourne type shell).

> So now my auctex installation works and I can compile my latex
> code. Is there a better way to solve this problem. I already took a
> look at the options, but did not find a option to set something like
> a 'tex parent directory'. Another problem is that my tex system
> seems to dislike special letters like german 'umlaute'. For example:
> ß, ä, ö, ü. (I hope your mail-readers are able to show these
> letters) I'd be thakful for any suggestions.

You likely are coding your Umlauts in utf-8 and would need to specify
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}.

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