branch: externals/auctex
commit b072f9ca25ff9cc2d6d3a40ab7699eb7ed42f9f6
Author: Mosè Giordano <m...@gnu.org>
Commit: Mosè Giordano <m...@gnu.org>
Make sure there is a working TeX distribution before running *tex.
* tex-buf.el (TeX-command): Check that AUCTeX can find a working
TeX distribution before running some *TeX commands.
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
tex-buf.el | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 20bd1dc..3b4b629 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-10-19 Mos� Giordano <m...@gnu.org>
+
+ * tex-buf.el (TeX-command): Check that AUCTeX can find a working
+ TeX distribution before running some *TeX commands.
+
2015-10-18 Mos� Giordano <m...@gnu.org>
* tex.el (fboundp): Define a `TeX-completing-read-multiple'
diff --git a/tex-buf.el b/tex-buf.el
index 324be7a..ec3653c 100644
--- a/tex-buf.el
+++ b/tex-buf.el
@@ -479,6 +479,18 @@ been set."
(if (get-buffer TeX-error-overview-buffer-name)
(kill-buffer TeX-error-overview-buffer-name)))
+ ;; Before running some commands, check that AUCTeX is able to find "tex"
+ ;; program.
+ (and (member name '("TeX" "LaTeX" "AmSTeX" "ConTeXt" "ConTeXt Full"))
+ (not (executable-find TeX-command))
+ (error (format "ERROR: AUCTeX cannot find a working TeX distribution.
+Make sure you have one and that TeX binaries are in PATH environment
variable%s"
+ (if (eq system-type 'darwin)
+ ".
+If you are using OS X El Capitan or later
+remember to add /Library/TeX/texbin/ to your PATH"
+ ""))))
+
;; Now start the process
(setq file (funcall file))
(TeX-process-set-variable file 'TeX-command-next TeX-command-Show)
