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Problem using TeX from Emacs under OS/2 v2.0

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From: Tony Coates
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:17
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I have just install the latest beta version of EmTeX386 on my machine running
OS/2 v2.0.  When running it from under Emacs, two things happen
(i) in the `*TeX-shell*' window, the first thing that appears is an error to
    say that the command processor 'CMD.EXE' could not be found in the given
    path (though I believe that I have the environment variables set properly).
    This, however, is little more than a nuisance, as the command processor seems
    to start up properly anyway.  The real problem is
(ii) if there is an error in my LaTeX source, the system stops and prompts me for
     what to do (e/x/... etc.), but when I type a letter and hit return, nothing
     happens.  I also tried 'sending' the 'x' to the process using 'send-string',
     but to no avail.  The only way that I have found to terminate the TeX386
     process is to close it from the Window List, and then kill the buffer.

Is this really happening to everyone else?  I suspect that I must have done something
wrong, though I have no idea what.  Thanks in advance if anyone can give me some clues
on what best to do.

Also, thanks to the people who answered my earlier questions on DVISCR and DVIPM.  I
am about to use DVIPM, after wasting a day generating fonts only to discover that
because the beta version of METAFONT uses a different macro format, every one of the
665 font files was written to the same name.  But, I fixed that ...

Thanks again.
						Cheers,
								Tony.
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From: coates@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Tony Coates)
Subject: Problem using TeX from Emacs under OS/2 v2.0
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Keywords: TeX, Emacs, OS/2
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Organization: Physics Dept. The University of Queensland
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:17:32 GMT
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