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emacs 26.3 : tex-mode.el : tex & latex compile failures

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From: RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs 26.3 : tex-mode.el : tex & latex compile failures
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:25:12 -0700

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emacs /path/to/src.tex -> C-c C-f -> ok
  buffer *tex-shell* pwd -> /path/to

emacs /path/to -> C-x d -> src.tex -> C-c C-f -> src.tex not found
(many other variations lead to similar failure)
  buffer *tex-shell* pwd -> /tmp

Problem traced to function tex-send-tex-command(...).
It does *not* change directory to location of src.tex

Remove or comment out this conditional stanza

  (unless (or (equal dir (let ((buf (tex-shell-buf-no-error)))
                           (and buf (with-current-buffer buf
                                      default-directory))))
     (not dir))
    (let (shell-dirtrack-verbose)
      (tex-send-command tex-shell-cd-command dir)))

Replace with

  (let (shell-dirtrack-verbose) (tex-send-command tex-shell-cd-command dir))

solves this error. Proper solution requires unless... to be repaired.

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From: RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com>
To: 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs 26.3 : tex-mode.el : tex & latex compile failures
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 19:27:07 -0700

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Alternative repair. In the troublesome lines

  (unless (or (equal dir (let ((buf (tex-shell-buf-no-error)))
                           (and buf (with-current-buffer buf
                                      default-directory))))
      (not dir))
    (let (shell-dirtrack-verbose)
      (tex-send-command tex-shell-cd-command dir)))

change

   equal dir -> equal "garbage" in the line with unless.

This will force the cd command to always execute.

Here's the patch I made

--- tex-mode.0.el 2020-07-31 16:22:30.380924724 -0700
+++ tex-mode.1.el 2020-07-31 14:00:36.344874591 -0700
@@ -2482,7 +2482,8 @@
     (tex-send-tex-command compile-command dir)))

 (defun tex-send-tex-command (cmd &optional dir)
-  (unless (or (equal dir (let ((buf (tex-shell-buf-no-error)))
+  (setq nodir "garbage") ;; dir -> nodir  force a cd  nodir!=dir
+  (unless (or (equal nodir (let ((buf (tex-shell-buf-no-error)))
                            (and buf (with-current-buffer buf
                                       default-directory))))
        (not dir))

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From: RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com>
To: 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Additional solutions
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:09:35 -0700

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I have found two other code modifications that fix the problem.

(define-derived-mode tex-shell shell-mode "TeX-Shell" ;; line 2000
  (setq-local compilation-error-regexp-alist tex-error-regexp-alist)
  (setq-local default-directory "") ;; My addition; most anything(?) inside
quotes is ok
  (compilation-shell-minor-mode t))

or

(defun tex-send-tex-command (cmd &optional dir) ;; line 2484
  (unless (or (equal dir (let ((buf)) ;; removed (tex-shell-buf-no-error)
;; buf is nil
                           (and buf (with-current-buffer buf
                                      default-directory))))

Among all the proposals (& there are certainly more), I can *not* choose
because I do not understand all the conditions that must be satisfied for
proper functioning of the entire module. My choices work for my restricted
situations. That is probably not enough for more general cases.

RDS

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Message #14 received at 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com>
To: 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: More info
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:35:30 -0700

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More info

The function tex-file() is ok. It yields the correct tex/latex command,
file name, & directory. The trouble is the routines that create the
tex-shell. Note that the function tex-set-buffer-directory(...) is *never*
called. If it is used thusly

(defun tex-send-tex-command (cmd &optional dir) ;; line 2484
  (setq default-directory (tex-set-buffer-directory "*tex-shell*" "/tmp"))
;; new statement here
  (unless (or (equal dir (let ((buf (tex-shell-buf-no-error)))
                           (and buf (with-current-buffer buf
                                      default-directory))))

it works; yet another solution. This new addition could certainly be placed
elsewhere as well.

RDS

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Message #17 received at 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com>
To: 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 42570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: emacs - tex-mode.el - build failure - not a bug
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 17:33:11 -0700

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A test using a Fedora 32 Live image + emacs + texlive-collection-latex
could not replicate the build failure described on this reporter's machine.
The latter has some problem with configuration or missing packages. As
such, these postings should be removed; it is not a bug.

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Message #20 received at 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 42624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 42570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42570: emacs - tex-mode.el - build failure - not a bug
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:08:16 +0200

RDS <rds1944 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> A test using a Fedora 32 Live image + emacs + texlive-collection-latex
> could not replicate the build failure described on this reporter's
> machine. The latter has some problem with configuration or missing
> packages. As such, these postings should be removed; it is not a bug.

OK; closing the bug report.

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