+1 Would this be optional at first? What I think you are saying is that this is so lightweight that it should just become standard. I am in favor either way.
-M. Hampton On Dec 18, 5:52 am, Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > The SageTeX package needs two basic pieces to work: a pure Python > module, and a pure LaTeX style file. Since a Sage installation is > necessary for either of those pieces to be useful, it seems like it > would be wise to include SageTeX as a spkg. > > I have a preliminary version ready to go: > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/drake/sagetex-2.0.spkg > > The spkg installs a single Python module, sagetex.py, into > the $SAGE_ROOT/local/lib/python tree. The rest of the files it installs > are documentation and TeX files; all those are installed into > $SAGE_ROOT/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/sagetex. The directory fits > with typical TeX installations, so that anyone who wants to use SageTeX > can do something like > > cp -r $SAGE_ROOT/local/share/texmf/* ~/texmf/ > > and run texhash to make their TeX installation aware of the sagetex.sty > file. > > I think having the sagetex.py module built-in to Sage makes sense, as it > makes it easier to use SageTeX (which in any case doesn't work unless > you have Sage installed) and the Python module is under 5KB. The rest of > the spkg is mostly pre-built documentation. > > So, should we include SageTeX as a spkg? > > Dan > > -- > --- Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> > ----- KAIST Department of Mathematical Sciences > ------- http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/~drake > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
