Re: [AUCTeX-devel] [PATCH] Add support for SumatraPDF viewer

[Fabrice Popineau]

2016-02-09 10:14 GMT+01:00 Mosè Giordano <address@hidden>:

Hi Arash and Rasmus,

2016-02-08 21:37 GMT+01:00 Arash Esbati <address@hidden>:
> Hi all,
>
> following Mosč adding support for Zathura, it occured to me that on
> Windows, SumatraPDF is missing.  Please find attached a patch adding
> support for this viewer.

Patch applied, thanks!

Rasmus, regarding the problem with PATH, what prevents you from adding
the path of Sumatra to your PATH environment variable?  I don't see
how hard-coding a path in `TeX-view-program-list-builtin' would be a
better solution.

From experience, under Windows, the vast majority of users don't know how to change their PATH.

So either assume the installer did change their PATH for them or let them hardcode the SumatraPDF location

into some emacs configuration file. 

BTW, I do the later for myself.

I hate to surcharge my PATH with too many locations. I overwrite my own default Windows PATH

from emacs init.el with the minimum vital locations to run/work with emacs.

Fabrice