GNU bug report logs - #30158
11.90.2.2017-07-25; latex from command line is ok, but called from auctex, gives problems

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Package: auctex;

Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 11.90.2.2017

Done: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30158: 11.90.2.2017-07-25;
 latex from command line is ok, but called from auctex, gives problems
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:44:00 +0100

>>> "Mosè" == Mosè Giordano <mose <at> gnu.org> writes: 

   > Hi Uwe, 2018-01-20 14:19 GMT+01:00 Uwe Brauer 
   > <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>: 
   >> So I now started emacs from the command line and then 
   >> everything is fine. Only when I use an icon to start with. 
   >> Strange. 

   > This isn't much strange if you use Ubuntu.  If I remember 
   > correctly, programs started from the desktop environment 
   > don't know about users init files. 

Well in the case of Ubuntu 14.04 it worked. I have to re check the 
machine, but I cannot remember any special setting I did there and 
not in Ubuntu 16. 


   > I never tried myself because I didn't need to, but you may 
   > want to have a look at 
   > https://github.com/purcell/exec-path-from-shell in order to 
   > set your environment variables from the shell. 

I tried to set
'(exec-path-from-shell-variables (quote ("PATH" "MANPATH" 
"TEXINPUTS")))

Via custom but that did not help. Odd situation.

Uwe
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