hi, I've tried to test the current snapshot (under OSX 10.4.8.). I encountered the following problems:
1.) contrary to earlier versions, this one did initially _not_ compile due to a probably simple problem: utilities such as `xpmtoppm' which are used during documentation generation are not present under OSX und not even available via the package systems (fink, port). I did not try to get those otherwise (where could I?), but edited the corresponding makefile, susbtituting the affected lines by using `convert' (from ImageMagick) to achieve the apparently intended conversions. I presume fiddling with the affected two lines does not mess up the further compile/install run? question: could the makefile be modified so that it checks for availability of the conversion tools and maybe even tries whether it can use `convert' instead? 2.) after solving(?) point 1 above compile went through. the first test of the installed snapshot now yields more problems: I get _lots_ of errors: " `\E' is not allowed in an escape name" and the formatting yields buggy output (with -ms) such as the following: .\"INPUT: .\"------ .LP For one, tomographic data are of course, first and foremost, three-dimensional .I image data which provide information concerning the regional variation of .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUTPUT (ascii approximation): ======= For one, tomographic data are of course, first and foremost, three-dimensional imagen[par*prev-font]] data which provide information concerning the regional variation of ================================================================================ here the switch to italic for a single word (image) fails (italic is activated and maintained for the rest of the paragraph) and some register is not expanded or macro not recognized, it seems ([par*prev-font]), maybe related to the error message given above? help! what's going on? joerg
