Re: AucTeX problems on Mac OSX

[Mark Trettin]

Hallo,

* D. D. Brierton <darren@dzr-web.com> wrote:

[ latex isn't found by Emacs ]

> Now I'm a bit puzzled. The commands not working from within AucTeX was
> something I assumed was wrong with tex-site.el. But the fact that latex
> isn't found in Emacs from either M-! or M-x shell whilst there are no
> problems in OS X's terminal is puzzling me. 

What happens if you *start* your *emacs* from that "xterm" and try those
commands again?  

> Emacs doesn't maintain it's own $PATH variable does it? 

Not that I know.  (getenv "PATH")
                                 ^---Put the Cursor here and hit C-x C-e.

This should print the $PATH Emacs uses.

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Greetings

         Mark
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