> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:34:02 -0700 > From: Norman Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've been using an older version of emacs for some time now (under > Windows XP), and I have used auctex (MikTeX) without much trouble. > However, I noticed that there is a preview-latex system now available. > So, I downloaded the pre-compiled version of Emacs + AucTeX > > emacs+auctex-w32-2006-05-14.zip > > from the website > http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/download-for-windows.html. > > After unpacking and overwriting my old emacs files, I tried to run it, > but when the emacs window came up, there was an error message > > Error (initialization): User has no home directory
Ask the person who provides the precompiled binary of Emacs on the AUC TeX site to upload a newer version: this bug was fixed a month ago (May 19th, to be exact). > Can someone help me find a way to set this (and possibly other required) > environment variables so I can avoid the error message? As a kludge, I > inserted this line at the top of my .emacs file > > (setenv "HOME" "C:/") > > but of course the error comes up anyway, since it's generated before the > .emacs file is read. Try setting the HOME variable outside Emacs. > Furthermore, the README file for this distribution refers to an INSTALL > file, but there is none. Again, please contact the author of the binary package for Windows on that site.
