[tex-k] Unable to access documentation files using TeXdoc-GUI

[DJBafia_(dB)]

Hello.

I am new to using TeX and TeXLive.

I installed TeXLive on my computer. The operating system is Windows XP,
32-bit. The path for the TeXLive installation is D:\Program
Files\texlive\2011.

When I run TeXdoc-GUI and go to look at /any/ documents in /any/ of the
documentation browser lists, a pop-up Windows/DOS command window appears
with the following error:

/Cannot access file D:\Program/


and underneath this error appears the path to the document file. So for
example, if I was trying to view "The unofficial LaTeX-2e reference
manual", the path displayed in the command window after the error message is

/d:\Program
Files\texlive\2011\texmf-dist\doc\latex\latex2e-help-texinfo>/

It seems that TeXdoc-GUI does not like the space in the folder name
"Program Files", sees only the word "Program" and thinks it is a file
name, and ignores everything else after the word "Program".

This happens for every document I have so far, tried to view.

Can I have spaces in the folder names in the path that points to the
documents?



Regards,


David Bafia
Edmonton, AB
Canada






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[Norbert Preining]

Hi David,

first of all, this is not the right list to ask these questions, it
os for the *development* of TeX and related programs, not for questions
concerning installations. You will be much better of asking at
comp.text.tex, where many people regularly answer.

Or asking at the tex-live mailing list at tug.org, which is responsible
for the TeX Live development.

Post by DJBafia_(dB)
When I run TeXdoc-GUI and go to look at /any/ documents in /any/ of the
documentation browser lists, a pop-up Windows/DOS command window appears
/Cannot access file D:\Program/

Yeah, texdoctk does not support spaces in paths, AFAIR.
You should have used the default installation path we offer, namley
c:\texlive\2011 or changed it to d:\texlive\2011.

Post by DJBafia_(dB)
Can I have spaces in the folder names in the path that points to the
documents?

Yes you can, but texdoctk does not support it.

YOu can use the command line (cmd shell) and
texdoc
to search and view documents, that *should* work, but I cannot guarantee.

Best wishes

Norbert
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