Re: [Groff] Re: grohtml utility programs in DESC?

[MARSHALL Keith]

Hi Werner, Gaius,

I can't comment on the OS2 implementation, since I have absolutely no 
experience of that environment.

In the case of Win32, the binary which grohtml requires is gswin32c.exe; 
(gswin32.exe is a Win32 GUI
front end for the gs engine, and is not intended for command line use).

When gs is installed on a Win32 platform, (either the GNU or the AFPL 
version), all the components are
installed into a GhostScript directory, with registry entries to locate 
them.  There is no guarantee that
gswin32c.exe will be installed in a path where grohtml would know to look 
for it -- it would be necessary
for the end user to add the GhostScript binary directory to his regular 
PATH definition.  The alternative,
which I suggest in README.MinGW, is to simply copy the required 
gswin32c.exe to a directory which is
already in the PATH, (e.g. /usr/local/bin under MSYS); in this case, it 
will work equally well if the copy
of gswin32c.exe is renamed as gs.exe, or if grohtml is configured to 
search for gswin32c.exe on the
Win32 platform -- I have no strong preference for either choice.

Best regards,
Keith.





Gaius Mulley <address@hidden>
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13-11-2003 08:47 PM

 
        To:     Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>
        cc:     address@hidden, address@hidden
        Subject:        [Groff] Re: grohtml utility programs in DESC?


Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

> Gaius, Keith,
> 
> 
> what do you think about adding keywords to the grohtml DESC file to
> control the name of gs?  As you know, the binary name of gs depends on
> the platform; there are at least four possibilities according to the
> gs man page: gs, gswin32c, gswin32, and gsos2.  The configure script
> could then contain some code to automatically adjust that.
> 
> I think that the changes are rather trivial.  Volunteers?
> 
> 
>     Werner


Hi Werner,

I'll have a go at undertaking this task..

Gaius
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