[AUCTeX] Newbie Question: TeX-macro-global

[Joel J. Adamson]

Dear List,

I'm a total newcomer to TeX after admiring its output for years.  I 
decided to get AUCTEX so I could combine it with XEmacs (obvious 
choice), another new thing for me that I totally love.

Here's my situation: XEmacs (latest release) with the precompiled AUCTEX 
for XEmacs package; MiKTeX 2.5 on Windows XP.  I installed XEmacs and 
MiKTeX in C:\ (instead of Program Files) to avoid any pathname difficulties.

Here's the problem:
When I hit the LaTeX button, I can format files when they're open/saved 
in the MiKTeX directory (or any subdirectory), but nowhere else;  I did 
it hierarchically saving the input file in C:\Miktex2.5\tex\latex\base\, 
then C:\Miktex2.5\tex\latex\, then C:\Miktex2.5\tex\, then 
C:\Miktex2.5\, then C:\, which is when it stopped working). 

If I open an input file anywhere other than C:\Miktex2.5\, I get 
"Windows API Error 123, path name, volume label or file name are 
incorrect." even though it correctly quotes the style file pathnames in 
the error message; I also get "LaTEX correctly formatted [0] pages."  If 
it's in the MiKTeX directory (or any subdirectory), it works flawlessly 
and produces a beautiful .dvi.

I've tried fiddling with the customize variables open through 
`customize-group' `AUCTEX', but everything seems to be the same.

Let me know what I"m missing or where I need to look in the manual.

Thanks,
Joel

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Joel J. Adamson 
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
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