Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] Tex2RTF build

[Pete S. <pst...@gm...>]

PS =Pete Stieber
PS>> We only use the console or non-GUI version of
PS>> tex2rtf in our builds so I copy
PS>> BuildTex2rtf/src/tex2rtf to a bin directory
PS>> under my wxWidgets installation.

DM = D.B. Moore
DM> ....where exactly did you copy the file to?
DM>
DM> Here? (relative to linux) /usr/local/wx287/bin

Wherever you have wx-config installed.

$ which wx-config
/usr/local/wx287/bin/wx-config

On one machine I'm using...
$ which wx-config
/home/pstieber/wxBuilds/wx287/bin/wx-config

On another.  The which command uses you PATH environment variable like 
bash would.

PS>> To be "normal" we should have the user type
PS>> "make install" as root, or use "sudo make install"
PS>> for distributions that prefer sudo.

DM> If it's going to go system-wide, yes, they'll need
DM> root_priv or sudo
DM>
DM> If it's only going to be used at compile time
DM> of Jazz++ buld process, it of course doesn't
DM> need to go system-wide...
DM>
DM> In buildingwx, we use su for install
DM> in buildingjazz we avoid root_priv

Correct, but the user would need to specify --prefix=... just like in 
the Jazz++ build.  I guess we could have them use TestInstall, but all 
of our (actually your ;-)) current instructions assume a 
jazzplusplus/trunk/jazz checkout instead of a jazzplusplus check out 
that would be required to obtain tex2rtf.  We would always require two 
separate checkouts to achieve this.

DM> Going by your outlay here, the process should
DM> be wx->tex2rtf->jazz++

Correct.  wx is required for tex2rtf.  Both wx and tex2rtf are required 
for Jazz++.

DM> Is the plan to have a *release* tarball with all
DM> this automated?

The release tarball for Jazz++ will not include any tex2rtf stuff other 
than the help files it generates.  We may want to generate a separate 
tarball for tex2rtf.  Tex2RTF really should be a separate project, but 
I'm having a difficult time working on Jazz++ not alone Tex2RTF...

DM> I'll guess yes...do we offer users a switch in release
DM> form? I'm thinking --enable-tex2rtf builds and installs
DM> tex2rtf system wide.

I think the last section of reply helps explain what I'm thinking.

DM> I'm in the state of Queensland or +10 (but take that
DM> with a grain of salt, as I tend to keep rather peculiar
DM> hours)

Understood.  Now I can pull up something like

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

and figure out how "fresh" you are ;-)

It's about 9:00 PM here now.

BTW, I can't thank you enough for all of the help!!!!!

Pete