From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/28677 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John R. Culleton" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: texexec Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:46:01 -0400 Organization: WexfordPress Message-ID: <200606191746.01838.john@wexfordpress.com> References: <445A7A23.5070302@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1150750369 31522 80.91.229.2 (19 Jun 2006 20:52:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:52:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jun 19 22:52:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FsQjd-00025R-P1 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:52:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E98127E1; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:52:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27301-06; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:52:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C258127DF; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:50:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A34127DF for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:50:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27301-05 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:50:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (mta11.adelphia.net [68.168.78.205]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 7210512778 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:50:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from 69-174-128-193.frdrmd.adelphia.net ([69.174.128.193]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060619205017.HPZZ17849.mta11.adelphia.net@69-174-128-193.frdrmd.adelphia.net> for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:50:17 -0400 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <445A7A23.5070302@wxs.nl> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:28677 Archived-At: On Thursday 04 May 2006 18:03, Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to make the ruby version of texexec the default. Are there any > strong objections to this? > > Also, i'd like the stubs to run texmfstart as launcher. For that purpose > i'll add a /scripts/context/stubs/[mswin|unix] path with the default stubs > that one can copy to some bin path > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > > | www.pragma-pod.nl > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context I am of the school of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Ruby seems to be one of those small-market languages like Lisp etc. and I worry when important software becomes dependent on such things. For example Xindy is dependent on I think Lisp and that has handicapped its development and acceptance majorly. If Slackware decides not to include Ruby any more then I will have a problem. Of course as the developer you need to use the tool that fits your hand best. And I did test out newtexexec (through a clumsy call) and it seemed to work ok. I think the messages are different however. I will have to do a differential to make sure. Are there things that can be done in Ruby that can't be done conveniently in Perl? Conversely, are there things that can be done in Perl that are more elegant than what can be done in Ruby? I am thinking of perl/Tk for a nice gui interface for example. Just worrying out loud. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf