Re: [AUCTeX] AucTeX preview error: DviPS sentinel: Spawning child process: invalid argument

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * mirko vukovic (2007-07-02) writes:
>
>> I am using emacs 22.1 and AucTeX 11.84.  I use the cygwin environment,
>> and ghostscript for windows.
> [...]
>> Running `Preview-DviPS' with ``dvips -Pwww "_region_.dvi" -o 
>> "_region_.prv/tmp43288un"/preview.ps''
>> This is dvips(k) 5.95b Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software 
>> (www.radicaleye.com)
>> ' TeX output 2007.07.02:1432' -> _region_.prv/tmp43288un/preview.ps
>> <tex.pro><texps.pro><special.pro>. <cmr10.pfb><cmmi10.pfb>[1] 
>>
>> Preview-DviPS finished at Mon Jul 02 14:32:18
>> DviPS sentinel: Spawning child process: invalid argument
>
> What happens if you call dvips with the command above from a terminal?

Dvips is not the problem: it is called fine, completes, and the
sentinel is called afterwards.  The problem is in the sentinel, when
it tries calling GhostScript.

M-x preview-report-bug RET

should give enough of a clue to diagnose why this fails.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum