On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 05:48:21PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > 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). > > xpmtoppm is part of the netpbm bundle. It's only needed if you build > from CVS. a yes, larry already said so. and there it is in the package system. > > > 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? > > This is not necessary: Joe User doesn't compile from the CVS. by and large I'm joe user myself: I'm simply after the recent MathML facility, otherwise I would contently wait for the next official release :-). but for the next dummy: maybe you could at least capture the `xpmtoppm' not found error and emit a hint that one should install the `netpbm' package (as I did now)?
and while I'm at it: the MathML only concerns me as a potential means of transporting equations to some publisher. so I tried the `eqn -TMathML' option on some equation and got some strange one-line output, probably MathML markup. supposedly some browsers should be able to display such stuff (the gecko family at least) but none reckognizes the file as such. question: what is the correct way to procede: do I need doclifter to transfer this further? how can I test the integrity/quality of the MathML output? are there free editors (apart from installing some hundred Meg OpenOffice first)? if 'RTFMs' is the appropriate answer: don't hesitate. I'll do it, then (but please tell me, which) ... > > > 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" > > Uh, oh, this was me yesterday. Will check it soon. > thanks haven. I thought OSX was going to be ranked as "unsupported weenie platform" ;-) joerg
