Re: New upload of tetex-bin
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> > I plan to remove the use of update-alternatives because the only other
> > package that installs a xdvi is xdvik-ja and this package can use
> > dpkg-divert the same way as dvipsk-ja does instead
>
> Great! I have gotten so many requests that the command
> name "xdvi" should call the binary of xdvik-ja if one
> installed xdvik-ja. dpkg-divert might solve the problem
> for many users in Japan.
>
> But, if possible, please think of the followings.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I guess update-alternatives for /usr/bin/xdvi might
> have advantages in some points than dpkg-divert.
>
> There would be some users who write and read English documents
> mainly but want to write or read Japanese documents in some cases.
> (someone who speaks English but learns Japanese, for example)
The most interesting question is: Can the patches in xdvik-ja and
dvipsk-ja get integrated upstream? If yes, this would make all these
things obsolete.
> For that kind of user, "xdvi" should be of tetex-bin even if
> he installed xdvik-ja. update-alternatives can provide this
> environment but dpkg-divert can not, IMHO.
>
> Furthermore, if you look into xdvik-ja carefully, you will
> find out two binaries, xdvi-ja and xdvi-ja.small
>
> xdvi-ja.small has a smaller buttons than the normal xdvi
> and this is very convenient where the normal xdvi would not
> display all buttons within a console (for example in laptop PC).
Is this a problem that is specific to the japanese xdvi?
>...
> Best Regards, 2001.7.6
cu
Adrian
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