[AUCTeX-devel] problems with make install for auctex-11.84 with XEmacs on WinXP

[Daniel Winkelmann]

Hello,

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So here it goes: I'm trying to get up and running with a TeXLive2007 
distribution on WinXP installed in

D:\TeXLive2007

and with XEmacs-21.4.21 installed in

D:\XEmacs

during the installation of XEmacs I also checked the box for AUCTeX but 
when I opened a *.tex file the LaTeX and Command menus didn't appear in 
XEmacs.

I downloaded auctex-11.84.zip and followed the instructions as best I 
could to install with configure and make in a cygwin bash:

address@hidden /cygdrive/d/auctex-11.84
$ 
./configure --prefix="D:\\XEmacs" --with-xemacs="/cygdrive/d/XEmacs/XEmacs-21.4.21/i586-pc-win32/xemacs.exe" 
--with-packagedir="D:\\XEmacs\\xemacs-packages" --with-auctexstartfile="auctex.el" 
--disable-preview

configure ran without problems 
(using --with-xemacs="D:\\XEmacs\\Xemacs-21.4.21\\i586-pc-win32\\xemacs.exe" 
did not work)

make also ran without problems

but make install in the end (how far from the and am I?) produced the 
following error message

make[1]: *** [install-metadata] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/d/auctex-11.84'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Still no LaTeX nor Commands menus, LaTeX mode works, so I have syntax 
higlighting and I can call pdflatex as a shell command but AUCTeX should 
give me much more, right?

cygwin with non-cygwin xemacs is a problem ? yes, at least in my case 
but I couldn't tell you why. Maybe you can tell me.

ok, so I try MSYS

here --with-xemacs="D:\\XEmacs\\Xemacs-21.4.21\\i586-pc-win32\\xemacs.exe"
and  --with-xemacs="D:/XEmacs/Xemacs-21.4.21/i586-pc-win32/xemacs.exe"
both work and I hope that my problems will be gone, but  the last lines 
of make install RET read:

Generating autoloads for tex-info.el...
Generating autoloads for tex-jp.el...
Unbalanced parentheses
xemacs exiting
.
make[1]: *** [install-metadata] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/auctex-11.84'
make: *** [install] Error 2

my fault or not ? any help is appreciated

Daniel Winkelmann