Re: pdf-engine pdflatex not known - windows, miktex portable

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

I'm not sure why there'd be a difference btw pandoc 1 and 2.
I've looked at the code and nothing is jumping out at me.

+++ 'K' via pandoc-discuss [Jan 03 18 23:29 ]:
>   Thanks for your response.
>   Because of using it in a batch-file I could temporary change the
>   path-variable without a problem and after that it runs smoothly.
>   Is pandoc 2 searching for ( / needing) supporting-files from miktex /
>   pdflatex? (and version 1.x doesn't do that?)
>   But that workaround is good enough for me.
>   Thanks for your quick help.
>   Am Mittwoch, 3. Januar 2018 19:42:23 UTC+1 schrieb John MacFarlane:
>
>     Generally this would happen if the program is not found
>     when pandoc tries to run the process. I'm not sure why that
>     would be.
>     Try just using --pdf-engine=pdflatex and putting the
>     relevant directory in your path (perhaps temporarily).
>     +++ 'K' via pandoc-discuss [Jan 03 18 04:03 ]:
>     >   Hi,
>     >   I'm using portable Versions of pandoc and miktex on a Windows
>     System.
>     >   With pandoc 1.19.2.1 converting a markdown-File to PDF runs fine
>     - the
>     >   used commandline looks like this:
>     >   D:\pandoc\pandoc_1.19.2.1\pandoc.exe -o docs\file.pdf
>     >   --latex-engine=D:\LaTeX\MiKTeX_2.9\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe --toc
>     >   docs\[1]file.md
>     >   After upgrading pandoc to 2.0.6 I have to change the parameter
>     >   --latex-engine to --pdf-engine. The new commandline that would
>     be used
>     >   was this:
>     >   D:\pandoc\pandoc_2.0.6\pandoc.exe -o docs\file.pdf
>     >   --pdf-engine=D:\LaTeX\MiKTeX_2.9\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe --toc
>     >   docs\[2]file.md
>     >   Following is the response I get:
>     >   pdf-engine D:\LaTeX\MiKTeX_2.9\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe not known
>     >   I have updated Miktex, but the result is the same. With 1.19.2.1
>     the
>     >   PDF will be created.
>     >   Thanks for any helpfull advice.
>     >   Greetings
>     >   Karsten
>     >
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