[AUCTeX-devel] Re: Accessing TeX-related documentation

[Ralf Angeli]

* David Kastrup (2005-11-18) writes:

> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Unrelated to MikTeX: Now I only need a way to access the return value
>> and/or stdout of texdoc in order to inform the user about the outcome
>> of the texdoc call.  AFAICS this is not possible with `call-process'.
>> And `start-process' does not work (yet) with texdoc.
>
> I am not completely sure about start-process.  Would it possibly work
> as long as one refrains from calling delete-process in the process
> sentinel?

I haven't even used a sentinel yet.

Anyway, it works, i.e. an xdvi window is displayed, if
`process-connection-type' is bound to nil when `start-process' is
being called:

(let ((process-connection-type nil))
  (start-process "texdoc-proc" (current-buffer) "texdoc" "float"))

-- 
Ralf