Re: LaTeX doesn't find the source file

[Oscar Bruno]

Dear Ikumi --

I'm curious whether the latter runs successfully on the command prompt.
Can you test it? (It would be necessary to manipulate PATH environment
variable to give higher priority to TeX Live 2020/W32TeX on the command
prompt.)

Indeed it does run successfully: here is the command prompt output:

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C:\tmp>pdflatex test.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./test.tex
LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5
L3 programming layer <2020-06-03>
(c:/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2019/12/20 v1.4l Standard LaTeX document class
(c:/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(c:/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdfmode.def)
(./test.aux) [1{c:/texlive/2020/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
(./test.aux) )<c:/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.
pfb>
Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 12700 bytes).
Transcript written on test.log.

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And it seems that you are using cygwin bash terminal, not w32 command
prompt. There is possibility that those discrepancy is the source of
trouble. Could you include the output of M-x TeX-submit-bug-report in
your next reply? I'd like to know that your emacs binary is cygwin or
w32-native, in particular.

The emacs binary is w32-native. Below please find the bug-report you requested.

Thanks!

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Emacs  : GNU Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-04-13
Package: 13.1.1

current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-date "2022-02-22"
 window-system 'w32
 LaTeX-version "2e"
 TeX-style-path '("~/.emacs.d/auctex"
 "c:/Users/bruno/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/auctex-13.1.1/style" "c:/Users/bruno/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/auctex/auto" "c:/Users/bruno/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/auctex/style" "auto" "style")
 TeX-auto-save nil
 TeX-parse-self nil
 TeX-master t
 TeX-command-list '(("TeX"
    "%(PDF)%(tex) %(file-line-error) %`%(extraopts) %S%(PDFout)%(mode)%' %(output-dir) %t"
    TeX-run-TeX nil
    (plain-tex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help
    "Run plain TeX")
   ("LaTeX" "%`%l%(mode)%' %T" TeX-run-TeX nil
    (latex-mode doctex-mode) :help "Run LaTeX")
   ("Makeinfo" "makeinfo %(extraopts) %(o-dir) %t"
    TeX-run-compile nil (texinfo-mode) :help
    "Run Makeinfo with Info output")
   ("Makeinfo HTML"
    "makeinfo %(extraopts) %(o-dir) --html %t"
    TeX-run-compile nil (texinfo-mode) :help
    "Run Makeinfo with HTML output")
   ("AmSTeX"
    "amstex %(PDFout) %`%(extraopts) %S%(mode)%' %(output-dir) %t"
    TeX-run-TeX nil (ams-tex-mode) :help "Run AMSTeX")
   ("ConTeXt"
    "%(cntxcom) --once --texutil %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t"
    TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help "Run ConTeXt once")
   ("ConTeXt Full" "%(cntxcom) %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t"
    TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help
    "Run ConTeXt until completion")
   ("BibTeX" "bibtex %(O?aux)" TeX-run-BibTeX nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode context-mode)
    :help "Run BibTeX")
   ("Biber" "biber %(output-dir) %s" TeX-run-Biber nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Run Biber")
   ("Texindex" "texindex %s.??" TeX-run-command nil
    (texinfo-mode) :help "Run Texindex")
   ("Texi2dvi" "%(PDF)texi2dvi %t" TeX-run-command nil
    (texinfo-mode) :help "Run Texi2dvi or Texi2pdf")
   ("View" "%V" TeX-run-discard-or-function t t :help
    "Run Viewer")
   ("Print" "%p" TeX-run-command t t :help "Print the file")
   ("Queue" "%q" TeX-run-background nil t :help
    "View the printer queue" :visible TeX-queue-command)
   ("File" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips t
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Generate PostScript file")
   ("Dvips" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Convert DVI file to PostScript")
   ("Dvipdfmx" "dvipdfmx -o %(O?pdf) %d" TeX-run-dvipdfmx nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Convert DVI file to PDF with dvipdfmx")
   ("Ps2pdf" "ps2pdf %f %(O?pdf)" TeX-run-ps2pdf nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Convert PostScript file to PDF")
   ("Glossaries" "makeglossaries %(d-dir) %s" TeX-run-command
    nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Run makeglossaries to create glossary file")
   ("Index" "makeindex %(O?idx)" TeX-run-index nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Run makeindex to create index file")
   ("upMendex" "upmendex %(O?idx)" TeX-run-index t
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Run upmendex to create index file")
   ("Xindy" "texindy %s" TeX-run-command nil
    (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode
     texinfo-mode)
    :help "Run xindy to create index file")
   ("Check" "lacheck %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode)
    :help "Check LaTeX file for correctness")
   ("ChkTeX" "chktex -v6 %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode)
    :help "Check LaTeX file for common mistakes")
   ("Spell" "(TeX-ispell-document \"\")" TeX-run-function nil
    t :help "Spell-check the document")
   ("Clean" "TeX-clean" TeX-run-function nil t :help
    "Delete generated intermediate files")
   ("Clean All" "(TeX-clean t)" TeX-run-function nil t :help
    "Delete generated intermediate and output files")
   ("Other" "" TeX-run-command t t :help
    "Run an arbitrary command")
   )
 )

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On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:57 PM Ikumi Keita <ikumi@ikumi.que.jp> wrote:

Hi Oscar,

>>>>> Oscar Bruno <obruno@caltech.edu> writes:
> 1. Go where the source file is (e.g., "cd c:/tmp") and run pdflatex
>> directly (without involving emacs):
>> pdflatex SOURCEFILE.tex
>> Does that run normally or stop with the same error?

> This does not result in error. In fact, this is the method I have been
> using to do my work since I found this problem. Below please find a sample
> output:

Thanks for providing console output. According to it, it seems that you
have two (or more) instances of TeX Live installation, TeX Live
2015/Cygwin and TeX Live 2020/W32TeX.

> ****************
> abbey $ pdflatex test.tex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/Cygwin)
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^
In your first message, it is reported as follows:
> Running `LaTeX' on `ParallelIFGF' with ``pdflatex  -file-line-error
>  -interaction=nonstopmode "ParallelIFGF.tex"''
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX)
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^
I'm curious whether the latter runs successfully on the command prompt.
Can you test it? (It would be necessary to manipulate PATH environment
variable to give higher priority to TeX Live 2020/W32TeX on the command
prompt.)

And it seems that you are using cygwin bash terminal, not w32 command
prompt. There is possibility that those discrepancy is the source of
trouble. Could you include the output of M-x TeX-submit-bug-report in
your next reply? I'd like to know that your emacs binary is cygwin or
w32-native, in particular.

> 2. If that doesn't cause error, try diabling your personal setting for
>> emacs according to AUCTeX FAQ.
>> (The paragraph which begins with
>> Second, you can try to figure out if...
>> in https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/FAQ.html#FAQ )
>> On windows, the command `emacs -q -no-site-file -l auctex' should be
>> replaced with `runemacs -q -no-site-file -l auctex'.

> This test did provide an interesting result -- although I cannot say what
> the problem is, it may give you a useful hint.

> The test is as you suggested:

> ****************
> abbey $ ls
> test.aux  test.log  test.pdf  test.tex  test.tex~  texput.log
> abbey $ runemacs -q -no-site-file -l auctex test.tex
> ****************

> As a result of this an emacs window opened with the following error message:

> ****************
> Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, auctex
> ****************

Ah, sorry. For ELPA installation, the activation must been done in
another way... Well, the revised command line is
runemacs -q -no-site-file --eval "(progn (require 'package) (package-activate 'auctex))"
(This quotation is for w32 command prompt. I'm not sure it works for
cygwin bash terminal.)

Regards,
Ikumi Keita
#StandWithUkraine #StopWarInUkraine