On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:42:16PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> > I could define two convertors .tex -> dvi_p, .dvi_p ->.dvi, but how
> > would I get this to work properly when the post filter is not found ?
>
> You could define the .dvi_p->.dvi converter as a script that look likes
> if filter exists
> filter <infile> <outfile>
> else
> mv <infile> <outfile>
Or I could detect this in configure, no ? and define the dvip -> dvi as
"mv in out" if not found.
> Also, you need to define the .tex -> dvi_p converter as a script:
> latex <infile>
> Rename <basename>.dvi <basename>.dvi_p
Mmmm, true. Darn.
> Another option, if the filter does not take a lot of processing power, is to
> just change the latex->dvi converter to
> latex <infile>
> if filter existsfilter exists
> filter <outfile> tempfile
> mv tempfile <outfile>
I think that'd be best option
thanks
john
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