Re: [Axiom-developer] build-improvements and latex

[Waldek Hebisch]

Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> I oppose against special treatment of .sty files.
> 
> The general rule should be
> 
> notangle file.ext.pamphlet > file.ext
> noweave  file.ext.pamphlet > file.ext.pamphlet.tex
> 
> remove ".pamphlet" and add ".tex". That rule seems to be a bit simpler 
> than having to explain why .sty files must be treated separately.
> 

Well, .sty files _are_ special (normal files do not contain "self
references").  And if you think about rule:

notangle file.ext.pamphlet > file.ext

this _is_ alredy broken by many files (in 'src/hyper') when we
have

file.pamphlet -> file.c

or

               /-> file.h
file.pamphlet -|
               \-> file.c

I agree that you proposal is logical, but it is also clumsy: .pamphlet
extension is already pretty long and sticking on it another extension
will give very long files names.

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