From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tlaronde@polynum.com Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:48:30 +0100 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20100325154829.GB168@polynum.com> References: <20100325114948.GA7249@polynum.com> <96117efea006f2e6ebd6f0cfea549260@quintile.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <96117efea006f2e6ebd6f0cfea549260@quintile.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] Man pages for add-ons Topicbox-Message-UUID: f16a241a-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 02:07:46PM +0000, Steve Simon wrote: > As far as packaging stuff up look at fgb's contrib system, > bootstratp your self into the delightful world of 3rd party packages > by typing: > > 9fs sources > /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/contrib/install fgb/contrib > contrib/gui > > man contrib will tell you about the tools and how to create > packages of your own. I will look at this. Since I use my own framework (very simple but for cross-compiling), it will probably end in a script and a map (where to put the stuff, with what name, owner and permissions) "fgb's contrib" compliant. > I have a text contrib package on there but I will remove it when you > have your updated release working. There is no urge ;) Normally, even LaTeX user's will be able to use this stuff, since it's "simply" macros --- TeX uses argv[0] to know what format to load; hence "latex" is not a program, but a hint for what "compiled" version of the macros to put in memory. But we will need to verify first that the new version delivers what it is supposed to... And the hard part is done---understanding what goes on; putting the translation stuff apart; building libraries for duplicated things etc.---, but I'm still cleaning things and going back to Knuth's books to understand what to keep and what to delete in the change files. With one or two hours per day at maximum, this will still take some weeks (I think). -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C