[ESS] ESS in XEmTeX

[Andrew Robinson]

I seem to recall having this problem with Windows before, but with
Xemacs.  I solved it be searching for the binary itself in the choose
program dialog.  Once Windows had found the binary, all was well.

I hope that this helps,

Andrew

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:17:51AM +0100, Stephen Eglen wrote:
> Michael Sumner writes:
>  > Hello, I really don't know if this is an ESS or XEmTeX issue, so I would 
>  > appreciate some pointers towards making a more useful contribution.
>  > 
>  > Windows XP SP2
>  > 
>  > I installed XEmTeX (xemtex-0.5-rc0.msi) in the default place (C:/Program 
>  > Files/XEmTeX), then placed the file site-start.el into 
>  > /XEmTeX/site-packages/lisp/ with just the line
>  > 
>  > (load "c:/emacs/site-lisp/ess-5.2.8/lisp/ess-site.el")
>  > 
>  > Now .tex files open fine with XEmTeX with syntax highlighting and 
>  > compile buttons.
>  > 
>  > But, I cannot open .R files by double clicking and specifying "Open 
>  > With", XEmTeX just does not show up in the choose program dialog, nor in 
>  > the Right-Click Properties/ OpensWith/Change dialog.  (This is the same 
>  > for other file extensions that aren't already associated with XEmTeX).
>  > 
>  > I can open R files from within XEmTeX and all the ESS buttons, syntax 
>  > hightlighting and functionality is fine, but only when I go and delete 
>  > the site-start.el does the LaTeX functionality return.  It works on 
>  > restarting XEmTeX, and still works on restarting the OS, both for .tex 
>  > and .R.
>  > 
>  > Thanks for listening.  I have reported same to the XEmTeX maintainer.
>  > 
>  > Cheers, Mike.
>  > 
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can you tell us what xemtex is -- is it a version of XEmacs bundled
> with other stuff.
> 
> I'm not familiar with Windows, so can't say how you should get xemtex
> as one of the programs available in the "Opens with" program, but
> presumably xemtex wouldn't know to claim .R files for itself.
> 
> Stephen
> 
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