Re: [AUCTeX] Adding commands to Command menu

[Ralf Angeli]

* David Scott (2007-12-11) writes:

> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Ralf Angeli wrote:
>
>> Does it work if you use "start \"\" %s.ps"?
>
> Yes and no.
>
> Firstly noting appears to happen for quite some time. Then gsview does 
> start with the required file, but there is also a message from cmd.exe 
> saying that the file "myfile.ps" cannot be found. (While it is just being 
> displayed---isn't Windows simply a wonderful operating system?)

This is odd.  I currently cannot check why this happens, though.

> Why does the addition of \"\"  make a difference? I understand it adds in 
> quotes.

`start' uses a quoted command line paramater right after the command
as a name for the terminal.  `start /?' should tell you more.

-- 
Ralf