Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> 
> > Looks resonable.
> 
> I volunteer to try to make it really working.
> When do you intend to release the next fricas version?
> 

Soon.  ATM with Martin Rubey we are working on improved version
of guessing package, I plan to include it in new release.
Optimistically in few days we will be ready, then say a week
for stabilization and final release testing.  Of course,
things always take longer than optimistic estimate, but
actually we have a version that works quite well and we
are adding more improvements.  At some moment we have
to decide that new improvements will go into another
release (after this one).

> > I would put lines with 'cd' in a subshell,
> > because AFAIK most make-s execute lines completely separately,
> > but some put the whole rule as a script for shell.  In
> > the second case the line after 'cd' would be broken.
> 
> Maybe, but configure.ac says ...
> 
>          # Other systems tend to spell it `gmake' and such
>          FRICAS_CHECK_PROGS([MAKE], [gmake make],
>                         [Make utility missing.])
>          if ! $MAKE --version | grep 'GNU' 2>/dev/null; then
>              AC_MSG_ERROR([FriCAS build system needs GNU Make.])
>          fi
>
> But, of course, I can put parentheses around the cd-stuff.
>

Most features that we need is present in Berkeley make.  Even
if today we cannot use Berkeley make IMHO it is not wise to
code in way which does not work with it without good reason.

> >> I just haven't yet investigated how to get such a variable ALL_HTFILES, 
> >> since you just access them currently via *.ht (which is somehow not 
> >> perfect). Where are the .ht files generated?
> 
> > ATM .ht files are source files (in src/hyper/pages).
> 
> Oh, that's good news for the ALL_HTFILES that I mentioned earlier.
> 
> > We have scripts to generate them (and .tex files) from .htex files,
>  > but that is not included in current build process.
> 
> Good to know, but maybe not yet too important for me. Could you point me 
> to the scripts, though?


http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~hebisch/fricas/ht.awk
http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~hebisch/fricas/mkht
http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~hebisch/fricas/secmenu.awk

They are taken from NAG cdrom and slightly modified.  I do not
remember how well they work -- NAG version did not work at all
in our current setup, but IIRC after a few little tweaks produced
reasonable output.

BTW, .htex files are at:

http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~hebisch/htex-pages.tar.gz

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                              Waldek Hebisch
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