Heavy weight deps (was y scaling error)

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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:02:32 +0100, Ethan Merritt  
<merritt@u.washington.edu> wrote:

>
>> > I am convinced that the texinfo system is far more trouble
>> > than it is worth.
>>
>> I'll second that
>>
>> > Perhaps it should be removed from the
>> > default build.  We distribute a copy of gnuplot.texi anyway,
>> > so there's not normally a need for the user to rebuild it.
>> >
>>
>> It's also a huge dep. pkg IRCC it's about an order of magnitude bigger
>> than gnuplot! I had some trouble compiling tetex
> You are still confusing TeX  (tetex) and gnu info.
> Gnu info is only large because of emacs.  I find both info and emacs
> unusable, but I keep emacs installed on one machine so that I can
> regenerate gnuplot.texi from time to time
> But the really huge package is TeX (tetex), which is something else
> altogether.
>

Many thanks Ethan, the touch sorted out my installation problem.

Is there a way to remove these heavy dependancies? It seems you are about  
as keen on emacs as I am and tetex is a monster.

One of the very appealing features of gnuplot is that it's a fully  
featured but lightwieght plotting tool. It seems a bit incongruous to have  
heavy deps for what seem to be accessory features.

I'm using gnuplot on ARM embedded. At the moment it's running on a full  
debian image via nfs but when it goes onboard cruft will not be an option.

BTW I was very favourably surprised how quickly it ran on that arch. A  
credit to both the power/wieght ratio of the ARM and the power/volume  
ratio of gnuplot.

Kudos to all concerned.

;)