[AUCTeX] Extraneous double quotes in command

[Alan Ristow]

Hi,

I'm trying to add a ps2pdf command to my TeX-command-list and having 
some difficulty. I know that the answer must be relatively simple, but I 
seem to be rather thick-headed when it comes to parsing and 
understanding the Emacs Lisp manual, as I'm just not able to figure it 
out. I'm using Windows XP and the precompiled Emacs/AUCTeX bundle dated 
2007-01-26.

I've defined my ps2pdf command like this in my .emacs file:

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;; Setup additional commands
(setq alan-tex-commands-extra
      (list
       (list "ps2pdf" "ps2pdf %s.ps && start %s.pdf" 'TeX-run-command 
nil t :help "Generate PDF file")
))

;; Add the new commands to the command list
(require 'tex); need this to define TeX-command-list
(setq TeX-command-list (append TeX-command-list alan-tex-commands-extra))
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The first question, I suppose, is whether the way I've done this is good 
practice. It generates a PDF file just fine, so I know it works, I just 
don't know if this is the best way to go about it.

Second, while it generates a PDF file just fine, it fails to open it. 
It's easy to see why if you look at the actual command that AUCTeX 
generates when I convert a file called test.ps:

ps2pdf "test".ps && start "test".pdf

Ghostscript apparently can handle "test".ps as an input file name, but 
start cannot, presumably because it is not a legal filename in Windows. 
With the double quotes present, it simply doesn't find the file. Is 
there any way to write my .emacs file such that the double quotes will 
not appear?

Thanks for the help, and apologies if I'm being a dimwit.

Alan