Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] Re: previewing a picture that is wider than the frame

[David Kastrup]

Andreas Matthias <address@hidden> writes:

> Ralf Angeli wrote:
>
>> * Andreas Matthias (2007-01-24) writes:
>> 
>>> Ralf Angeli wrote:
>>> 
>>>> * Andreas Matthias (2007-01-23) writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> ps: Emacs 22.0.50.1 -- Could this be the reason?
>>>> 
>>>> Probably.  At least it works here with "GNU Emacs 22.0.92.1
>>>> (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2007-01-07 on neutrino".
>>> 
>>> Thank you. That was the real problem. 
>>> 
>>> BTW: 22.0.92.1 works for me, but the very recent 22.0.93.1 doesn't.
>>> (LaTeX: Symbol's function definition is void: sit-for)
>> 
>> Is that a CVS version or the pretest tarball?
>
> Yes.

Not helpful.  It could only have been one of the two with that version
number.  Which of the two?

>> I just compiled a CVS version and doing `C-c C-c LaTeX RET' works
>> just fine.
>
> I just did a `cvs up'. And again the same error.

So apparently the latter of the two.  Has this been the case with your
last attempt, too?

>>  Perhaps something went wrong during the build process?
>
> Yes, definitely. I compiled emacs only with `make', which produced
> the aforementioned error. After compiling it again with `make bootstrap'
> everything's working fine.
>
> Oh my. Maybe bootstrap is not just a waste of time? ;-)

The bare minimum is
cd lisp
make cvs-update
cd ..
make

and even then you might need to bootstrap at some point or other.  It
is nonsensical reporting a compilation bug before you have done so.

-- 
David Kastrup