[WWcvs] webwork2: cosmetic changes (blank lines, comments, ordering)

[Sam H. v. a. <we...@ma...>]

Log Message:
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cosmetic changes (blank lines, comments, ordering)

Modified Files:
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    webwork2/conf:
        global.conf.dist

Revision Data
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Index: global.conf.dist
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RCS file: /webwork/cvs/system/webwork2/conf/global.conf.dist,v
retrieving revision 1.136
retrieving revision 1.137
diff -Lconf/global.conf.dist -Lconf/global.conf.dist -u -r1.136 -r1.137
--- conf/global.conf.dist
+++ conf/global.conf.dist
@@ -48,22 +48,20 @@
 # Paths to external programs 
 ################################################################################
 
+# system utilties
 $externalPrograms{mkdir}    = "/bin/mkdir";
 $externalPrograms{mv}       = "/bin/mv";
 $externalPrograms{mysql}    = "/usr/bin/mysql";
+$externalPrograms{tar}      = "/usr/bin/tar";
 
+# equation rendering/hardcopy utiltiies
 $externalPrograms{latex}    = "/usr/bin/latex";
-$externalPrograms{pdflatex} = "/usr/bin/pdflatex --shell-escape"; # allows pdflatex to handle .eps files
+$externalPrograms{pdflatex} = "/usr/bin/pdflatex --shell-escape"; # --shell-escape allows pdflatex to handle .eps files
 $externalPrograms{dvipng}   = "/usr/bin/dvipng";
 $externalPrograms{tth}      = "/usr/bin/tth";
 
-$externalPrograms{tar}      = "/usr/bin/tar";
-
-# Basic image manipulation utilities
-
-####################################################
-#  Most sites only need to configure the first line
-####################################################
+# NetPBM - basic image manipulation utilities
+# most sites only need to configure $netpbm_prefix.
 my $netpbm_prefix = "/usr/bin";
 $externalPrograms{giftopnm} = "$netpbm_prefix/giftopnm";
 $externalPrograms{ppmtopgm} = "$netpbm_prefix/ppmtopgm";
@@ -71,22 +69,17 @@
 $externalPrograms{pnmtopng} = "$netpbm_prefix/pnmtopng";
 $externalPrograms{pngtopnm} = "$netpbm_prefix/pngtopnm";
 
-# The following lines are the external scripts gif2eps, etc.
-#   The source file is input with cat, and the output is redirected to
-#   the desired file.
-
-$externalPrograms{gif2eps}  = "$externalPrograms{giftopnm} | $externalPrograms{ppmtopgm}| $externalPrograms{pnmtops} -noturn 2>/dev/null";
+# image conversions utiltiies
+# the source file is given on stdin, and the output expected on stdout.
+# 
+# Note on conversions pipelines:
+#     we used to use `pnmdepth 1' instead of ppmtopgm as it creates a
+#     monochrome image (1 bit) rather than a greyscale image (8 bits).
+#     However, this was causing improper display of some sort in PDFs.
+$externalPrograms{gif2eps}  = "$externalPrograms{giftopnm} | $externalPrograms{ppmtopgm} | $externalPrograms{pnmtops} -noturn 2>/dev/null";
 $externalPrograms{png2eps}  = "$externalPrograms{pngtopnm} | $externalPrograms{ppmtopgm} | $externalPrograms{pnmtops} -noturn 2>/dev/null";
 $externalPrograms{gif2png}  = "$externalPrograms{giftopnm} | $externalPrograms{pnmtopng}";
 
-# Note on these conversions:
-# we used to use `pnmdepth 1' instead of ppmtopgm as it creates a
-# monochrome image (1 bit) rather than a greyscale image (8 bits).
-# However, this was causing improper display of some sort in PDFs.
-
-
-
-
 ################################################################################
 # Mail settings
 ################################################################################