gnuplot and tex

[Dr. Volker Zell]

>>>>> Charles Wilson writes:
    > Okay, so what to do?

    >    (a) custom cygwin patch for gnuplot/variable.c, on the lines of
    >    (UNTESTED; but fixup stupid linewrapping before trying to apply):

    > -      { "$`kpsewhich -expand-path=$HOMETEXMF`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > -      { "$`kpsewhich -expand-path=$TEXMFLOCAL`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > -      { "$`kpsewhich -expand-path=$TEXMFMAIN`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > -      { "$`kpsewhich -expand-path=$TEXMFDIST`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > +      { "$`if kpsewhich --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsewhich
    > -expand-path=$HOMETEXMF ; else echo nonexist ; fi`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > +      { "$`if kpsewhich --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsewhich
    > -expand-path=$TEXMFLOCAL ; else echo nonexist ; fi`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > +      { "$`if kpsewhich --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsewhich
    > -expand-path=$TEXMFMAIN ; else echo nonexist ; fi`\\fonts\\type1!" },
    > +      { "$`if kpsewhich --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsewhich
    > -expand-path=$TEXMFDIST ; else echo nonexist ; fi`\\fonts\\type1!" },

    > ...

    > -    { "$`kpsexpand '$HOMETEXMF'`/fonts/type1!" },
    > -    { "$`kpsexpand '$TEXMFLOCAL'`/fonts/type1!" },
    > -    { "$`kpsexpand '$TEXMFMAIN'`/fonts/type1!" },
    > -    { "$`kpsexpand '$TEXMFDIST'`/fonts/type1!" },
    > +    { "$`if kpsexpand dummy >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsexpand
    > '$HOMETEXMF' ; else echo nonexist ; fi`/fonts/type1!" },
    > +    { "$`if kpsexpand dummy >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsexpand
    > '$TEXMFLOCAL' ; else echo nonexist ; fi`/fonts/type1!" },
    > +    { "$`if kpsexpand dummy >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsexpand
    > '$TEXMFMAIN' ; else echo nonexist ; fi`/fonts/type1!" },
    > +    { "$`if kpsexpand dummy >/dev/null 2>&1; then kpsexpand
    > '$TEXMFDIST' ; else echo nonexist ; fi`/fonts/type1!" },


    > This would not be cross-platform, because the "/dev/null" and IO
    > redirection is not supported everywhere.  But I think it would solve
    > this problem, and allow us to remove 'tetex-bin' as a rrequires: of
    > gnuplot.



    > (b) split the kpse* stuff out of tetex-bin into its own (set of?) 
    > packages, and have gnuplot depend on THOSE and not the entire tetex
    > distro.  This might be an easier way to go -- if Jan is willing.

I second this one. Jan ?

    > Chuck

Ciao
  Volker


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