bug#19673: 11.88; AUCTEX 11.88.1 view command bug

[Tassilo Horn]

Tassilo Horn <address@hidden> writes:

Ups, I forgot to add Mosè to the Cc.  So here we go again.

>> The latex file compiles just fine, however when the viewer is invoked
>> (from either the menu, C-c C-c or C-c C-v) the following error is
>> produced:
>>
>> Cannot find "start" viewer. Select another one in
>> 'TeX-view-program-selection'.
>>
>> This occurs when I upgrade from 11.88 to 11.88.1. When I remove 11.88.1 
>> and revert back to 11.88, the function is working just fine. 
>
> Thanks for the report.  Mosè, it seems the error comes from the code you
> added in commit 59ccf3416d53064785d3feee8bcbf8074612386a which checks if
> the viewer executable actually exists.
>
> Shawn uses windows where the viewer is "start".  Maybe that's some
> internal command you cannot find with `executable-find'?  E.g.,
> something like a shell builtin command like "alias" in bash/zsh?
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo