Hi Vincent, hi d-d, Vincent Danjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Package name : latex-utils > Description : utilities for LaTeX/xfig I think the package name is unfortunate, and the short description doesn't help much. "latex-utils" could just as well be a collection of nifty LaTeX style files, or something that aids in editing/index generation/whatever. The short description doesn't help much here. > This package provides a Makefile to compile LaTeX documents (in ps or pdf), > latex packages to easily include xfig figures in LaTeX documents and various > scripts help the Makefile to correctly and easily handle its job. > . > One great interrest of this package is that it automatically track most of > the > dependencies of the LaTeX document. We should just have to create a Makefile > with the single line 'include LaTeX.mk' > . > Homepage: http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/latex-utils/ >From this long description, it isn't clear to me whether the "integrate xfig more easily" functionality or the LaTeX.mk functionality is the core of the package. Besides, I think the "we should have to" sounds weird in english, I'd rather use "One can...". > Additional notes: > ----------------- > This software differs from latex-mk (that has recently enter the debian > archive) in two points : > 1) it allows to easily manage .fig files from latex documents > (ie \includegrpahics{foo.fig}) I rarely use xfig - now this sounds as if the package would indeed include LaTeX macros, or can I use \includegraphics with *.fig files with standard LaTeX? > I would appreciate any help to improve my description as I am not a > native english speaker. Me neither, but still willing to help - but we should first clear up the content... Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
