Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 11.83; No way to choose a reasonable viewer for output

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 17.08.2006 um 17:51 schrieb David Kastrup:

> Peter Dyballa <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Am 17.08.2006 um 16:04 schrieb David Kastrup:
> >
> > > Peter Dyballa <address@hidden> writes:
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I can't see an option to change the built-in viewer name to  
> > > > something
> > > > more reasonable, for example texdoc. The previous version had  
> > > > such an
> > > > option.
> > >
> > > The builtin viewer for what?
> >
> > I didn't see any built-in viewer,
>
> For what?  When doing what?

I don't know. You introduced this built-in viewer which never  
introduced to me.

> > and it never showed up for me.  There was always xpdf or xdvi opened
> > without my explicite wish. The only reasonable choice is texdoc, of
> > course!
>
> Last time I looked, texdoc could not deal with source specials and had
> special search paths wired in.
>
> Did you take a look at
>
> (info "(auctex) Viewing")
>                          ^ Press C-x C-e here

No. I instantly thought of customising since I knew what I am wishing  
and what works, with or without special paths or applications to  
handle a particular file format. That's the great advantage: make it  
right once, and save time on the bug-auctex list!

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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

  Pete

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