Re: binding emacs key combination to external program?

[Roger Levy <sinoslav@gmail.com>]

On Sep 19, 10:06 am, Joost Kremers <joostkrem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Roger Levy wrote:
> > Name: latex2pdf
> > Command: latex2pdf %S &
> > Modes: Plain TeX, LaTeX
>
> > However, after saving this modification and setting it for the current
> > session, C-c C-c in LaTeX mode still doesn't trigger the latex2pdf
> > command.  Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong?
>
> well, you press C-c C-c and then you still have to select the command you
> want to run. so press l and then hit TAB, it will expand to latex2pdf. then
> hit ENTER.
>
> however, i don't think your command is right. first, the %S is for the
> source special options. you probably want %t, which expands to the tex
> file.
>
> i also don't think you need the ampersand. instead, you need to set the
> How: options, probably to TeX-run-command. that also gives you the ability
> to watch the output of your command by typing C-c C-l.

Thank you, that helped!

Best

Roger