Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] images for preview

[David Kastrup]

TeXnicien de Surface <address@hidden> writes:

> Le 02/09/2013 08:53, Tassilo Horn a écrit :
>> TeXnicien de Surface <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> I've just installed the last git version
>>>
>>> Here is the message given by emacs when I open a latex file:
>>>
>>> Cannot find image file
>>> `/home/novatux/local/git-code/auctex/preview/auctex/images/prvtex24.xpm'
>>>
>>> but in fact this image is in
>>> `/home/novatux/local/git-code/auctex/preview/images/prvtex24.xpm'
>>>
>>> No auctex under preview.
>> 
>> You seem to run auctex from the git checkout.  In that case, you have to
>> set TeX-data-directory to that.
>> 
>>   (setq TeX-data-directory "/home/novatux/local/git-code/auctex/")
>
> I'm sorry, I was not clear at all.
>
> I've setq correctly the TeX-data-directory.
>
> The problem is in the path which is considered by aucTeX to find the
> image. It is expecting the image to be in
> [TeX-data-directory]preview/auctex/images/
> whereas the image really is in
> [TeX-data-directory]preview/images/
>
> There is, in the aucTeX files tree installed on my machine, no auctex
> directory under preview and the image directory is a direct child of
> [TeX-data-directory]preview.
>
> I hope to be clearer this time.

The source tree of AUCTeX is not suitable for running in-place.  Please
configure a suitable place to install AUCTeX to and run "make install".

-- 
David Kastrup