>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Gro.AN_johann writes: Kai> Garglemonster writes: >> i recently switched my laptop over to texlive from tetex. now >> i find that i can't get auctex to compile latex files unless i >> start emacs from a terminal window command prompt. (it tells >> me it can't find the latex binary) i've used customise to set >> up the latex commands to reflect the locations of the new >> binaries. i have TEXINPUTS, TEXMF and TEX_PATH set in my >> .bashrc. what am i forgetting? Kai> Maybe $PATH? i have stuff set up like this in my .bashrc : FOO_PATH=/blah/blah:/usr/blah/blah BAR_PATH=/yadda/yadda:/usr/yadda/yadda:/usr/local/yadda/yadda PATH=$FOO_PATH:$BAR_PATH checked again, and i haven't forgotten to add any of the relevant $TEX_STUFF. however, just in case anyone was worried, i don't think this is an emacs/auctex problem since i've discovered that i can no longer compile latex files in console. (this is on slackware linux 9) things do work on an rxvt console in x, though. problem must be elsewhere. thanks for your help, though. -- garglemonster@my-deja.com There are alternatives to war AND oil