Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Regarding 1.2.7 Installation under MS Windows

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi James,

if you don't know how to compile AUCTeX under Windows you can install
the precompiled package:
http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/download-for-windows.html

Bye,
Mosè


2013/6/16 James Yifan.Xu <address@hidden>
>
> Dear developers,
>
> First of all, thank you very much for all the work you have done. I am very 
> grateful for the free software, packages.and instructions. I see that you put 
> much effort to make it accessible for everyone.
>
> I am a biostatistician. I have been programming in R, and writing Latex for 5 
> years. Recently I started to use Emacs (with ESS & Auctex) on my Mac and I 
> loved it. However when I try to install it on my Windows 7 all kinds of 
> trouble occurred.
>
> I have been reading the installation procedure of Auctex for Emacs.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/Installation-under-MS-Windows.html#Installation-under-MS-Windows
>
> As a windows user who knows less than 5 commands in Linux, I have to say that 
> I find the page very intimidating. For example, I don't understand
>
> "you can do this by typing the following statement at the shell prompt:
>
>
>
> ./configure --prefix='C:/Program Files/Emacs' \
>   --infodir='C:/Program Files/Emacs/info' \
>   --with-texmf-dir='C:/localtexmf'
>
> "
>
> or
>
> " If there were no further error messages, type
>
>
> make
>
> "
>
>
> I am not sure what a "shell prompt" is or where to "type" the word "make". I 
> am more used to giving orders by clicking mouse buttons. I admit I should 
> probably learn more background in order to understand the page, but is there 
> anyway that I can configure it without learning another operating system? I 
> just want to get it to work during the weekend.
>
> Thank you very much for your time!
>
> Best regards,
>
> James
>
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