>>>>> "C" == C Y <C> wrote:
C> --- Alberto LUSIANI <Alberto.Lusiani@pi.infn.it> wrote:
>> >> Your rpm does not produce the maxima book, whose sources are >>
>> included in the maxima tar file. Some work has to be done in order
>> >> to produce a PDF file from the provided sources: - the breqn
>> latex >> package has to be included - two .tex files in the
>> distribution >> must be replaced This is how I build maxima.pdf and
>> intromax.pdf:
C> Um. That's weird.
Rex> I assume these aren't built as part of the normal make; make
Rex> install process. ??
>> Right.
Rex> If not, why not?
>> I don't know, probably it is work on progress.
C> Because the TeX structure required to build the maximabook is not
C> an assumption the build process should make. Building Maxima is a
C> separate problem from building the manual. It may be people
C> already have a copy of the manual or don't want to use it. I
C> suppose a --build-documentation toggle could be added and
C> requirements checked for, but I don't know if its needed.
In the RPM the I inherited and sent to the list after modifications
there is a switch "build_book" to enable/disable the production of the
maxima-book rpm.
With respect to versions of the maxima book available in the web I see
that the book that is produced from this Beta sources has at least
the minimal improvement that it matches the new prompt style (%i/%o
rather than %C/%D). I did not notice other substantial improvements,
but I did not read the book thoroughly.
Greetings,
--
Alberto