Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 11.86; pngs not being generated by preview-latex

[Ralf Angeli]

* Clark Taylor (2010-10-10) writes:

> I cannot get preview-latex working on my system with Windows Vista.  I
> have all of the other programs properly installed (I have done this
> numerous times on other systems), but when I run preview with the simple
> latex file below, I get a big red stop sign instead of my beautiful
> \mu.

Have you also tried this with a simpler file?  Something like this:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\mu$
\end{document}

You could also check with circ.tex which comes with preview-latex.

> I run gswin32c from the command line (using all the same switches as auctex
> generates) and it properly converts a pdf
> into a png.  In addition, it runs from anywhere in the command line so I
> know the path is set up properly.
>
> Finally, I can look at the output of the preview command (using C-c C-l)
> and look in the directory where it is putting temporary files.  While
> the .dsc is generated, there are not .png files showing up in this
> directory.  I am at a lose as to why.

All the output you included in the mail is not done with TeX PDF mode
active.  It would be interesting to see the output when the mode is
active and the route via the .dsc file is actually chosen.  It would
also be interesting to know if TeX PDF mode being active or not makes a
difference.

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-- 
Ralf