Re: Bug#311997: ITP: gaim-latex -- gaim plugin wich translate LaTeX code into image in conversation
Richard Lewis <rtf@jabble.com> wrote:
> Martin Braure de Calignon <braurede@free.fr> writes:
>
>> I was wondering wether tex2im could be in tetex-bin or another package.
>> It is just a small wrapper of latex&dvips& imagemagick to generate image
>> from tex file. It is use by gaim-latex.
>> You can see it at http://www.nought.de/tex2im.php
>
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> [I dont have any say in what goes into debian, just an interested user]
But I have an opinion here ;-).
I would say if it is too small for a package on its own, and cannot be
replaced by dvipng, it should rather go into gaim-latex. Both because
the gaim-latex people will be the ones who really care for it, and
because getting into teTeX isn't so easy - it would mean to upload it to
CTAN, convince Thomas Esser to include it into upstream teTeX, and wait
until this is released and reaches Debian. We really must deny any
wishes to include specific things in the Debian teTeX package that
aren't in the upstream tarball - that would open a can of worms.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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