Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 11.83; No way to choose a reasonable viewer for output

[David Kastrup]

Peter Dyballa <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 17.08.2006 um 17:51 schrieb David Kastrup:
>
>> Peter Dyballa <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Am 17.08.2006 um 16:04 schrieb David Kastrup:
>>>
>>>> Peter Dyballa <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't see an option to change the built-in viewer name to
>>>>> something more reasonable, for example texdoc. The previous
>>>>> version had such an option.
>>>>
>>>> The builtin viewer for what?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I didn't see any built-in viewer,
>>
>> For what?  When doing what?
>
> I don't know. You introduced this built-in viewer which never
> introduced to me.

Please read what you wrote above, right below "Hello!".

>>> and it never showed up for me.  There was always xpdf or xdvi opened
>>> without my explicite wish. The only reasonable choice is texdoc, of
>>> course!
>>
>> Last time I looked, texdoc could not deal with source specials and had
>> special search paths wired in.
>>
>> Did you take a look at
>>
>> (info "(auctex) Viewing")
>>                          ^ Press C-x C-e here
>>
>
> No. I instantly thought of customising since I knew what I am
> wishing and what works, with or without special paths or
> applications to handle a particular file format. That's the great
> advantage: make it right once, and save time on the bug-auctex list!

I am afraid that I don't get your point.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum