[Bug-AUCTeX] Re: previewing a picture that is wider than the frame

[Andreas Matthias]

David Kastrup wrote:

> Andreas Matthias <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Ralf Angeli wrote:
>> 
>>> * Andreas Matthias (2007-01-24) writes:
>>> 
>>>> Ralf Angeli wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> * Andreas Matthias (2007-01-23) writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ps: Emacs 22.0.50.1 -- Could this be the reason?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Probably.  At least it works here with "GNU Emacs 22.0.92.1
>>>>> (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2007-01-07 on neutrino".
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you. That was the real problem. 
>>>> 
>>>> BTW: 22.0.92.1 works for me, but the very recent 22.0.93.1 doesn't.
>>>> (LaTeX: Symbol's function definition is void: sit-for)
>>> 
>>> Is that a CVS version or the pretest tarball?
>> 
>> Yes.
> 
> Not helpful.  It could only have been one of the two with that version
> number.  Which of the two?

Sorry. It was the CVS version.

>>> I just compiled a CVS version and doing `C-c C-c LaTeX RET' works
>>> just fine.
>> 
>> I just did a `cvs up'. And again the same error.
> 
> So apparently the latter of the two.  Has this been the case with your
> last attempt, too?

Yes. The CVS I checked out in the morning. Compilation with `make'
seemed to run fine; no error messages. But M-x preview-buffer did
not preview anything and the error message was:

  LaTeX: Symbol's function definition is void: sit-for


>>>  Perhaps something went wrong during the build process?
>> 
>> Yes, definitely. I compiled emacs only with `make', which produced
>> the aforementioned error. After compiling it again with `make bootstrap'
>> everything's working fine.
>> 
>> Oh my. Maybe bootstrap is not just a waste of time? ;-)
> 
> The bare minimum is
> cd lisp
> make cvs-update
> cd ..
> make

Oh. I didn't know about `make cvs-update'.

> and even then you might need to bootstrap at some point or other.  It
> is nonsensical reporting a compilation bug before you have done so.

Ok. Maybe I'll become an aficionado of bootstrap.

Ciao
Andreas