[AUCTeX-devel] Re: pdfopen not returning

[Ralf Angeli]

* David Kastrup (2006-08-18) writes:

> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Which brings us back to the original problem that it does not return
>> if pdfopen is called after texify when being used with TeX-run-TeX.
>
> Which should tell us that we should at some point of time implement
> command chains executed under the control of AUCTeX instead of an
> inferior shell.

Hey, _I_ wanted to make that remark!  But a bit more humoristic. (c;

> Or we start the TeX command with pdfclose, and make
> the View command pdfopen.  People will still have to start their
> viewer like before, but at least pdflatex will not bomb out because of
> this abomination of an operating system's file handling.

I thought of this solution as well.  Unfortunately pdfclose will bring
the viewer to the front.  So this "solution" is rather unacceptable
from a user's point of view.

-- 
Ralf