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bug #33704: feature request: --viewer=CMD option to texi2dvi

Submitted by:  Hilmar Preusse <hpreusse>
Submitted on:  Sun 03 Jul 2011 09:54:43 PM UTC  
 
Category: texi2dviRelease: 4.13a
Priority: 3 - LowSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: enhancementPrivacy: Public
Open/Closed: ClosedAssigned to: None
Status: None

Mon 04 Jul 2011 10:05:49 PM UTC, comment #1:

Hi Hilmar,

I predict this is a slippery slope. Although your patch as it stands is clearly simple and noncontroversial, it is a foot in the door. Next people will want to specify arguments. Then they'll want to have a configuration file so the "right" viewer is automatically invoked. Then they'll want to connect to a running browser to see HTML. Then ...

I base this on what I've seen happen with the texdoc program. But its whole purpose is to display documentation, so the complications have to be dealt with. The purpose of texi2dvi is to convert Texinfo to DVI(|PDF), not display the result. It is not a TeX environment.

I think I will pass on this one. Thanks anyway.

Karl Berry <karl>
Project Administrator
Sun 03 Jul 2011 09:54:43 PM UTC, original submission:

down here in the Debian bug Tracking system we got a request to implement a "view" option to automatically start a viewer as soon as a texi2dvi run was successful. A patch to implement this is contained in the request.
Please consider to include the patch.

Hilmar Preusse <hpreusse>

 

Attached Files
file #23618:  texi2dvi.viewer.diff added by hpreusse (1KiB - text/x-patch)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 05 Jul 2011 04:29:47 PM UTCkarlOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sun 03 Jul 2011 09:54:44 PM UTChpreusseAttached File-=>Added texi2dvi.viewer.diff, #23618

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