On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 02:56:29PM +0200, Frank K??ster wrote: > Here are some more suggestions for the opt-out list, including what > you already provided: > > omega, > aleph, > omfonts, > odvicopy, > odvitype, > otangle, > otp2ocp, > outocp (Omega) > /usr/bin/opl2ofm > /usr/bin/ovf2ovp > /usr/bin/ovp2ovf > /usr/bin/ofm2opl > /usr/bin/mkofm (omega-related) > /usr/bin/pdfxtex (experimental)
Agreed up to here. > /usr/bin/tangle > /usr/bin/tie > /usr/bin/ctangle > /usr/bin/weave > /usr/bin/ctie > /usr/bin/cweave (CWEB stuff) Hmmm. These are small binaries with very little in the way of dependencies. Could probably lose them to tetex-bin-extra or tetex-bin-litprog, though. > /usr/bin/dvicopy (for dvi processors that can't handle virtual fonts) OK. > /usr/bin/dvitype (human "readable" output, for validation and as a reference > implementation) Not sure this is a good idea to lose: it's part of DEK's original TeXware suite, and it is expected by some users. > /usr/bin/gftype (same for gf fonts) Far less critical unless you're making METAFONTs. > /usr/bin/pooltype(same for pool files) > /usr/bin/pktype (same for pk fonts) > /usr/bin/gftodvi (produces one-char-per-page dvi files from a gf font) > /usr/bin/patgen (generate patterns for TeX hyphenation) Yes, these are also uncommonly used, IMHO. > /usr/bin/dvired Keep this one! It's only a tiny shell-script! > /usr/bin/dvilj > /usr/bin/dvilj2p > /usr/bin/dvilj4 > /usr/bin/dvilj4l > /usr/bin/dvilj6 > /usr/bin/dvihp (only needed for actual printing) Not sure about these. > /usr/bin/dvipdft (should go with dvipdfm or stay with it) Don't understand your comment. > /usr/bin/pfb2pfa (convert a type1 pfb file (binary MSDOS) into a pfa (ASCII)) > /usr/bin/pk2bm (create X11 bitmap from pk font) > /usr/bin/fontinst(manual tool) > /usr/bin/ps2frag (obsolete, PSfrag probably not used in automated typesetting) Can't comment on these. > /usr/bin/texlinks(only useful for local customization in Debian) ??? > mpost, > mpto, > makempx > /usr/bin/makempy (MetaPost) > /usr/bin/mptopdf I would suggest that MetaPost is now regarded as a core component of a modern TeX distribution, so I'd suggest keeping it in the core. > texexec > /usr/bin/texutil > /usr/bin/uniqleaf > /usr/bin/fdf2tan > /usr/bin/fdf2tex (ConTeXt) > pltotf, > tftopl, > vftovp, > vptovf (TFM/VF conversion) Sounds reasonable to lose these to -extra. > Plus the links for formats not included in the new tetex-base. Agreed. > Furthermore, I think that the following are probably not necessary Not necessary at all? No, I think they should stay in -extra, but not be lost completely: > /usr/bin/mft (translate mf to tex, for whatever purpose) Knuth would not be happy to lose this if he were using Debian. > /usr/bin/pktogf (convert packed font files to generic font files) > /usr/bin/gftopk (and back) This is used by mktexpk! > /usr/bin/gsftopk (probably no longer needed, since xdvik links against libt1) Ditto, although you may be right in your comment. > /usr/bin/ps2pk (creates a TeX pkfont from a type1 PostScript font) Ditto. > /usr/bin/allcm > /usr/bin/allec > /usr/bin/allneeded (create many CM/EC pk fonts at once) Why throw away these scripts? > /usr/bin/dvi2fax (call gs to produce fax format, may be needed by > depending packages) Quite. > This one is probably useful, but not yet integrated for automatic usage: > > /usr/bin/ttf2afm > > These are only needed if cyrillic fonts are also in tetex-base: > > /usr/bin/rubibtex > /usr/bin/rumakeindex > > These are dependent on X: > > /usr/bin/texfind > /usr/bin/texshow (ConTeXt help) HTH, Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
