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12.1; view with okular crashes

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From: Ernst Reissner <rei3ner <at> arcor.de>
To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: 12.1; view with okular crashes
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 15:09:13 +0200

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In newest version of auctex, there is no tex view list any more.
The old one was
 '(TeX-view-program-list
   (quote
    (("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n%(masterdir)./%b"))
    ))

but as masterdir seems no longer supported, view crashes.
I modified:

 '(TeX-view-program-list
   (quote
    ;(("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n%(masterdir)./%b"))
     (("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n./%b"))
    ))

This works better but sometimes causes a crash with okular
if tried to tap on a menu item.
There is a workaround.
But of course this config is a workaround itself.


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
3.24.13)
Package: 12.1

current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-date "2017-12-10"
 window-system 'x
 LaTeX-version "2e"
 TeX-style-path '("/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/auto"
          "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/style"
          "/home/ernst/.emacs.d/auctex/auto"
          "/home/ernst/.emacs.d/auctex/style" "auto" "style")
 TeX-auto-save nil
 TeX-parse-self nil
 TeX-master t
 TeX-command-list '(("TeX"
             "%(PDF)%(tex) %(file-line-error) %`%(extraopts)
%S%(PDFout)%(mode)%' %t"
             TeX-run-TeX nil
             (plain-tex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help
             "Run plain TeX")
            ("LaTeX" "%`%l%(mode)%' %T" TeX-run-TeX nil
             (latex-mode doctex-mode) :help "Run LaTeX")
            ("Makeinfo" "makeinfo %(extraopts) %t" TeX-run-compile nil
             (texinfo-mode) :help "Run Makeinfo with Info output")
            ("Makeinfo HTML" "makeinfo %(extraopts) --html %t"
             TeX-run-compile nil (texinfo-mode) :help
             "Run Makeinfo with HTML output")
            ("AmSTeX" "amstex %(PDFout) %`%(extraopts) %S%(mode)%' %t"
             TeX-run-TeX nil (ams-tex-mode) :help "Run AMSTeX")
            ("ConTeXt"
             "%(cntxcom) --once --texutil %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t"
             TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help "Run ConTeXt once")
            ("ConTeXt Full" "%(cntxcom) %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t"
             TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help
             "Run ConTeXt until completion")
            ("BibTeX" "bibtex %s" TeX-run-BibTeX nil t :help
             "Run BibTeX")
            ("Biber" "biber %s" TeX-run-Biber nil t :help "Run Biber")
            ("View" "%V" TeX-run-discard-or-function t t :help
             "Run Viewer")
            ("Print" "%p" TeX-run-command t t :help "Print the file")
            ("Queue" "%q" TeX-run-background nil t :help
             "View the printer queue" :visible TeX-queue-command)
            ("File" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips t t :help
             "Generate PostScript file")
            ("Dvips" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips nil t :help
             "Convert DVI file to PostScript")
            ("Dvipdfmx" "dvipdfmx %d" TeX-run-dvipdfmx nil t :help
             "Convert DVI file to PDF with dvipdfmx")
            ("Ps2pdf" "ps2pdf %f" TeX-run-ps2pdf nil t :help
             "Convert PostScript file to PDF")
            ("Glossaries" "makeglossaries %s" TeX-run-command nil t
             :help "Run makeglossaries to create glossary file")
            ("Index" "makeindex %s" TeX-run-index nil t :help
             "Run makeindex to create index file")
            ("upMendex" "upmendex %s" TeX-run-index t t :help
             "Run upmendex to create index file")
            ("Xindy" "texindy %s" TeX-run-command nil t :help
             "Run xindy to create index file")
            ("Check" "lacheck %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode)
             :help "Check LaTeX file for correctness")
            ("ChkTeX" "chktex -v6 %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode)
             :help "Check LaTeX file for common mistakes")
            ("Spell" "(TeX-ispell-document \"\")" TeX-run-function nil
             t :help "Spell-check the document")
            ("Clean" "TeX-clean" TeX-run-function nil t :help
             "Delete generated intermediate files")
            ("Clean All" "(TeX-clean t)" TeX-run-function nil t :help
             "Delete generated intermediate and output files")
            ("Other" "" TeX-run-command t t :help
             "Run an arbitrary command")
            )
 )

Message #8 received at 40449 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Ernst Reissner <rei3ner <at> arcor.de>
Cc: 40449 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40449: 12.1; view with okular crashes
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:18:44 +0200

Hi Ernst,

Ernst Reissner <rei3ner <at> arcor.de> writes:

> In newest version of auctex, there is no tex view list any more.

There is still a `TeX-view-program-list' but it is a user customizable
variable which defaults to nil.  The predefined entries are in
`TeX-view-program-list-builtin'.

> The old one was
>  '(TeX-view-program-list
>    (quote
>     (("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n%(masterdir)./%b"))
>     ))
>
> but as masterdir seems no longer supported, view crashes.
> I modified:
>
>  '(TeX-view-program-list
>    (quote
>     ;(("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n%(masterdir)./%b"))
>      (("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n./%b"))
>     ))

`TeX-view-program-list-builtin' has an entry for Okular which goes like
this:

    ("Okular" ("okular --unique %o" (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%a")) "okular")

%a is an expander defined like this in `TeX-expand-list-builtin', note
the comment:

    ;; Okular forward PDF search requires absolute path.
    ("%a" (lambda nil (prin1-to-string (expand-file-name (buffer-file-name)))))

> This works better but sometimes causes a crash with okular
> if tried to tap on a menu item.
> There is a workaround.
> But of course this config is a workaround itself.

I don't use Okular but in theory, it should be sufficient if you check
the above variables for entries quoted (otherwise please update AUCTeX)
and just put something like this in your init file:

    (setq TeX-view-program-selection '((output-pdf "Okular")))

Okular must be in $PATH then.

Best, Arash

Message #11 received at 40449 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Ernst Reissner <rei3ner <at> arcor.de>
Cc: 40449 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40449: 12.1; view with okular crashes
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:03:34 +0100

Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Ernst,
>
> Ernst Reissner <rei3ner <at> arcor.de> writes:
>
>> In newest version of auctex, there is no tex view list any more.
>
> There is still a `TeX-view-program-list' but it is a user customizable
> variable which defaults to nil.  The predefined entries are in
> `TeX-view-program-list-builtin'.
>
>> The old one was
>>  '(TeX-view-program-list
>>    (quote
>>     (("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n%(masterdir)./%b"))
>>     ))
>>
>> but as masterdir seems no longer supported, view crashes.
>> I modified:
>>
>>  '(TeX-view-program-list
>>    (quote
>>     ;(("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n%(masterdir)./%b"))
>>      (("Okular" "okular -unique %o#src:%n./%b"))
>>     ))
>
> `TeX-view-program-list-builtin' has an entry for Okular which goes like
> this:
>
>     ("Okular" ("okular --unique %o" (mode-io-correlate "#src:%n%a")) "okular")
>
> %a is an expander defined like this in `TeX-expand-list-builtin', note
> the comment:
>
>     ;; Okular forward PDF search requires absolute path.
>     ("%a" (lambda nil (prin1-to-string (expand-file-name (buffer-file-name)))))
>
>> This works better but sometimes causes a crash with okular
>> if tried to tap on a menu item.
>> There is a workaround.
>> But of course this config is a workaround itself.
>
> I don't use Okular but in theory, it should be sufficient if you check
> the above variables for entries quoted (otherwise please update AUCTeX)
> and just put something like this in your init file:
>
>     (setq TeX-view-program-selection '((output-pdf "Okular")))
>
> Okular must be in $PATH then.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

No further comments, therefore I'm closing this report.

Best, Arash

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