[tex-live] TL 2010 : Does XeLaTeX search for Emacs, and if so, why ?!

[Taco Hoekwater]

On 09/05/2010 10:44 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
> I just sent this to the XeLaTeX list, but it may
> also be relevant here :
>
>>> (e:/TeX/Live/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.cfg))
>>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>>> <recently read> \newfontinstance
>>>
>>> l.3 \newfontinstance
>>> \dhivehifontA{Mv Elaaf Normal}
>  >> ? edit
>  >> No pages of output.
>  >> Transcript written on mb-3.log.
>  >> I cannot find emacs in the PATH.
>  >>
>  >> E:\TeX\Projects\Tests>
>  >
>  > Why on earth is something searching for Emacs ??? !

Because $EDITOR is set to emacs. If you don't want to start
an editor, don't answer TeX's error prompt with 'E'.

Best wishes,
Taco