Re: [hlx] new release

[Roland S. <st...@an...>]

Hi,

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 09:30 -0500, tom sgouros wrote:
> > The HTML generated from the new version (still) doesn't pass the HTML 
> > validator:
> > http://validator.w3.org/
> 
> Ok, I've fixed most of those now.  Tables still seem to generate a
> couple of errors, and the validator seems overall uncertain whether to
> give these pages a ringing endorsement, but it seems to work on the
> manual pages.  Look for release 2.8b.

Incorporating the new version into Debian, I encountered the following
patch we have in our archives now for some time and for which I don't
remember why we need it anymore, maybe you have an idea or find them
useful:

--- hyperlatex-2.8b.orig/hlx/hyperlatex.el
+++ hyperlatex-2.8b/hlx/hyperlatex.el
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
   (fset 'string-to-number 'string-to-int)
   (fset 'number-to-string 'int-to-string))
 
+(if (fboundp 'char-to-int)
+    ()
+  (defun char-to-int (arg)
+    arg))
+
 (if (fboundp 'find-file-literally)
     ()
   (fset 'find-file-literally 'find-file)) 
@@ -679,7 +684,7 @@
          ;; These characters are simply quoted
          (let ((ch (following-char)))
            (delete-char 1)
-           (hyperlatex-gensym (concat "#" (number-to-string ch))))
+           (hyperlatex-gensym (concat "#" (number-to-string (char-to-int ch))))
)
        (setq hyperlatex-command-start (point))
        (if (not (looking-at "[a-zA-Z]"))
            ;; a single letter command

Thanks for working on this.

bye,
  Roland