Hi,
Frank Küster wrote:
> 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...".
I retry:
Package name : latex-compile
Description : easy compiling of complexe (and simple) LaTeX documents
This package provides several tools that aim to simplify the
compilation of LaTeX documents :
.
LaTeX.mk: a make(1) snippets to help compiling LaTeX documents in
DVI, PDF, PS, ... format. Dependencies are automatically tracked : one
should be able to compile documents with a one-line Makefile
containing 'include LaTeX.mk'. Complexe documents (with multiple
bibliographies, indexes, glossaries, ...) should be correctly managed.
.
figlatex.sty: a LaTeX package to easily insert xfig figures (with
\includegraphics{file.fig}). It can interact with LaTeX.mk so that the
latter automatically invokes transfig if needed.
.
And various helper tools for LaTeX.mk
.
Homepage: http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/latex-utils/
>> 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?
Does the new description answer correctly the question ?
>> 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...
Thank for your comments. I am waiting for the next ones (from you or
others) ;-)
> Regards, Frank
Best regards,
Vincent
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