Hi, I'm more inclined to make advi mandatory than allowing users to use xdvi with whizzytex. Why would you want to use xdvi?
At Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:37:20 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Package: whizzytex > Version: 1.3.1-3 > Severity: wishlist > > What the user gets out of the box by installing whizzytex is not > (necessarily) working, because whizzytex default configuration relies > on advi which is not necessarily installed. > > While it is totally reasonable not to require advi as a dependency for > whizzytex (as it is not so), as a user I expect the default whizzytex > configuration to work with what is installed for sure with whizzytex, > namely: xdvi. > > Can you please consider one of the two options: > > - use xdvi by default no matter what > - have a configuration which *prefers* advi if it is installed over > xdvi, but that falls back to it if it is not the case > > FWIW, README.Debian currently says to "consult the manual on how to > change the viewer". Given how messy is the whizzytex configuration (3 > blocks to be configured, 3 configuration files in multiple location, > ...) I think more help is needed in README.Debian. Can you please add > there a line on how to change default viewers? > > Many thanks for maintaining whizzytex!, > Cheers. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages whizzytex depends on: > ii advi 1.6.0-13+b2 an active DVI previewer and > presen > ii emacs-snapshot [emacsen] 1:20090423-1 The GNU Emacs editor > (development > ii emacs-snapshot-nox [emacse 1:20090423-1 The GNU Emacs editor (without X > su > ii gv 1:3.6.7-1 PostScript and PDF viewer for X > ii texlive-latex-base 2007.dfsg.2-3 TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages > > whizzytex recommends no packages. > > whizzytex suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
