Re: [AUCTeX-devel] [PATCH v3]: Merge /preview/ into top-level

[Mosè Giordano]

2014-11-19 0:18 GMT+01:00 Matthew Leach <address@hidden>:
> Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi Matthew,
>
> Hi Mosè,
>
>>
>>
>> 2014-11-18 21:50 GMT+01:00 Matthew Leach <address@hidden>:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Here is v3 of the preview-merge patch.  This should have taken care of
>>> the bits that Mosè found (thanks!).
>>
>> I'd like to review this patch, but I'm a bit busy for the time being.
>> If someone anticipates me in doing this is really welcome!
>>
>>> I have tested most release makefile
>>> targets except:
>>>
>>> * windows-package
>>>   - I don't have a windows machine to build and test with.
>>
>> You don't need Windows at all, only an Emacs package for Windows.  The
>> comments about the release-related rules detail the variables you need
>> to set.
>
> Ah, interesting, I will look into this.  I'm guessing I'd still need a
> Windows machine to test the package though?

Yes, of course.

>>
>>
>>> * www-doc
>>>   - I'm not sure what <patch-file> should be.
>>
>> It's a well-kept secret among the AUCTeX developers cabal, but for
>> future reference I'm going to share it with you ;-)   Anyway, this
>> rule shouldn't be related to the structure of the preview stuff.
>
> Indeed, I don't see how these rules should be affected, but it's good to
> be thorough :-).  Thanks for the patch!  Is there a reason it's not kept
> in the repo?

I don't know, perhaps not to clutter the repo with non-essential
stuff, though needed for the online manual.  Ralf shared on the
mailing list the version he had used for a past version of AUCTeX and
I adapted it to the current version of gendoc.sh.

Bye,
Mosè