Dear Ikumi -- thanks for the great suggestion. I implemented your option 2
2. Arrange PATH environment variable so that C:\texlive\2020\bin\win32 > comes before C:\cygwin\bin . C-c C-c now correctly finds the source file, and auctex works perfectly. Thanks so much for your insights. Oscar On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 1:24 AM Ikumi Keita <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Ikumi Keita <[email protected]> writes: > > On windows, the delimiter for paths in TEXINPUTS must be ";", not ":". > > Sorry, that isn't accurate. For record, I correct it. The colon ":" for > path delimiter would be valid for cygwin TeX Live commands, provided > that the path name containing drive letter specifier such as "c:" and > path separator "\" are turned into suitable forms for cygwin commands. > > Thus > > 1. Customize `TeX-kpathsea-path-delimiter' to ";". > this option alone wouldn't work because cygwin TeX Live commands would > still see > .;c:/Users/bruno/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/auctex-13.1.1/latex; > as TEXINPUTS value, which they won't understand correctly. > > I think one of the options > > 2. Arrange PATH environment variable so that > > C:\texlive\2020\bin\win32 comes before C:\cygwin\bin . > > 3. Deinstall TeX Live from your cygwin. (Or deinstall cygwin itself.) > is needed. > > Regards, > Ikumi Keita > #StandWithUkraine #StopWarInUkraine >
