>>>>> Andreas Hoenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> stuff is hardcoded into the executable. However, it'd be nice if
>> `dblatex' would support overriding the base location of its
>> components, much like, e. g., `lintian' allows it with either the
>> `--root' command line option, or the `LINTIAN_ROOT' environment
>> variable.
>> I'm currently experimenting with Dblatex vs. UTF-8 output (for use
>> with Lambda & Antomega) and I'm forced to create my own `dblatex'
>> script in order to hack the Dblatex' files in my own (mostly
>> lndir(8)) location, and that's somewhat inconvenient.
> Hello,
> we need to discuss this. At the moment I don't exactly understand
> which directory structure you have in mind and what files you are
> trying to replace. Could you give an example?
Surely:
* check (ensure) that the dblatex .deb is installed, e. g.:
$ dpkg -l dblatex
* create my own ``shadow'' for its source:
$ mkdir -v tmp/dblatex-hack-$(date -uI)-i
mkdir: created directory `tmp/dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i'
$ lndir /usr/share/dblatex/ tmp/dblatex-hack-$(date -uI)-i/
...
$
* make my own modifications:
$ emacsclient -n tmp/dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i/...
* test 'em:
$ DBLATEX_ROOT="$PWD"/tmp/dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i dblatex ...
* (repeat the last two steps 'till this day's goal is reached);
* make a diff:
$ diff -drHuN /usr/share/dblatex/ tmp/dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i/ \
> dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i.diff
$ chmod =r dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i.diff
$
* discard the private copy:
$ rm tmp/dblatex-hack-2008-03-17-i/ -rf
$
While it most probably may be done with downloading the source
and experimenting with it (instead of `/usr/share/dblatex'), the
way above is, I believe, the most easy way to start the hacking.
It'd be even better to allow for search paths to be specified
instead of a single base directory, so that one could:
$ cp /usr/share/dblatex/.../file.py . # make a private copy
$ vim file.py # alter it
...
$ dblatex --py-search-path=. ... # test the change
...
$
> Some remarks:
> - The debian packaging tries to integrate dblatex deeply into the
> debian system, its main tasks are relocating directories in a way
> that a debian user finds them at expected places [1] [2]. This
> results in problems with parallel installations of e.g. a debian and
> and a native dblatex: the native dblatex will use the TeX files of
> the debian installation! This repeatedly has led to strange effects.
> Thus I'm very reluctant with dblatex files installed in parallel.
The installation of the native package is certainly not the
thing I wish to experiment with in the near future. (I just
lack enough time to invest into it.)
> - As the simple wrapper script /usr/bin/dblatex is quite stable, you
> could use dpkg-divert to install your own version.
It'd be even easier to me to install it into "$HOME"/bin (as
long as it's the prefix of my "$PATH".) But I guess other users
may benefit from `DBLATEX_ROOT' as well.
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/376388
> [2] http://bugs.debian.org/395207
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