Re: [PATCH] NON-WORKING: new package: sent -- simple presentation tool

[Leo Famulari]

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:44:51AM +0300, address@hidden wrote:
> From: Dmitry Bogatov <address@hidden>
> 
> This patch does not work. I did my best during 1.5 hours, but I failed
> to actually build this package.
> 
> Here is information I can provide:
> 
>   - package builds and runs flawlessly on my main Debian system
>   - guix build dies on #include <ft2build.h> on
>     X11/Xft/Xft.h:39
>   - this file (`ft2build.h`) belongs to `freetype` and should
>     be propagated with `libxft'.
>   - package `st', which also uses `libxft' build find for me.

I also found this "simple" software to not be so simple to package for
Guix ;)

Here is my working package definition, in my "out-of-tree" repo:
https://github.com/lfam/pkgs/blob/master/leo/packages/sent.scm

I was waiting for a little while before submitting my package definition
to let upstream work out some of the early bugs. But now that 0.2 is
out, perhaps it is time. Please feel free to submit your updated package
definition!
 
> 
> It would be very kind of anyone to finish my work.
> 
> ---
>  gnu/packages/suckless.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
> index c921f8e..ad23798 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>    #:use-module (gnu packages)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages fonts)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages image)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
>    #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils))
>  
> @@ -144,6 +145,41 @@ numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.")
>       "Simple X session lock with trivial feedback on password entry.")
>      (license license:x11)))
>  
> +(define-public sent
> +  (package
> +    (name "sent")
> +    (version "0.2")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "http://dl.suckless.org/tools/sent-";
> +                                  version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +                (base32
> +                 "0xhh752hwaa26k4q6wvrb9jnpbnylss2aw6z11j7l9rav7wn3fak"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +      '(#:tests? #f
> +        #:make-flags '("CC=gcc")
> +        #:phases
> +        (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (delete 'configure))))
> +    (inputs
> +      `(("libx11"   ,libx11)
> +        ("libxft"   ,libxft)
> +        ("libpng"   ,libpng)))
> +    (home-page "http://tools.suckless.org/sent/";)
> +    (synopsis "Simple plain-text presentation tool")
> +    (description
> +      "sent does not need latex, libreoffice or any other fancy file format,
> +it uses plaintext files and png images. Every paragraph represents a slide in
> +the presentation.
> +
> +The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window colored black on white
> +for maximum contrast. The content of each slide is automatically scaled to 
> fit
> +the window so you don’t have to worry about alignment. Instead you can really
> +concentrate on the content.")
> +    (license (license:x11-style "file://LICENSE"))))
> +
>  (define-public st
>    (package
>      (name "st")
> -- 
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> 
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