At 1:09 PM -0500 10/24/01, Gilles Detillieux wrote: >According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> Thank you for the heads up on the state of htMerge... We may be able to >> help (here at ViWire) correct this if we could get more information about >> the exact nature of the problem holding up the fix of htMerge. > >Well, I think Geoff should comment on this, because I'm not even sure if >the mifluz code merge is tied to the memory problems in htmerge or not.
Unfortunately this is the case. The API to mifluz has changed radically a few times (from 3.2.0b2 to 3.2.0b3 and now in what I'm supposed to be merging). If you're willing to help with the mifluz merge, that would be great--essentially the problem is that someone has to hunt through the htword code in particular and "fix" the calls to the new API. >in mifluz. This was supposed to be a temporary situation, and Loic was >eventually supposed to help us figure out the changes, but it's been >over a year now with no progress. And over a year of e-mailing Loic without getting responses. :-( Granted, I've been getting increasingly busy as well, but even to have some idea of what the differences in the mifluz APIs between htdig-3.2.0b3 and the current mifluz would help *significantly*. I believe htdig-3.2.0b3 is something like mifluz-0.13 and mifluz is around 0.21 or so. >incompatibilities. I think the second approach is preferable, but I >doubt we can count on any help from the mifluz developers for this, so >it may or may not be easier. Either way, it's a big project, and all >the htdig developers are too busy right now to put in the time required. This is indeed a good summary of the problem. Granted, mifluz comes with example code. But since I don't always follow exactly what Loic is doing with the classes in htword/, it's hard for me to rework the htdig code to fit the mifluz example code. Maybe I'm just at the limit of my programming skills or the time to study the mifluz code. >If you guys are willing to help out, it would be much appreciated. I'm >sure Geoff and I could help get you up to speed on things. Indeed, it would be a big enough help, I'd probably try to figure out some sort of gift to anyone who could help with this. (Keep in mind I'm currently a Ph.D. student, so this is unlikely to involve diamonds or somesuch. :-) -- -- -Geoff Hutchison Williams Students Online http://wso.williams.edu/ _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
