[tex4ht] java modules

[Vincent Belaïche]

Just make me know if you agree with the content, and then I can make the commit.

Le mar. 2 juin 2020 à 22:07, Vincent Belaïche
<vincent.belaiche at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> OK, enclosed is the 1st step, that which generates tex4ht-dir.tex from
> tex4ht-dir.m4.
>   V.
>
> Le lun. 1 juin 2020 à 23:01, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> a écrit :
> >
> >     I attached the whole diff, but I wish to split it into several
> >     elementary steps.
> >
> > Sounds good.
> >
> >     1) the first step is that tex4ht-dir.tex is renamed to tex4ht-dir.m4
> >     and made a script, and the Makefile generates the texh4t-dir.tex from
> >     this m4 file. This way directory information is not duplicated in
> >     serval places, and lies only in the Makefile.
> >
> > Ok, I committed tex4ht-dir.m4 and your changes to the Makefile (r716).
> >
> > With a couple of changes. First, I removed the dependency on xtpipes.jar
> > since the .java files aren't yet created in the right place, so they
> > don't get compiled. Also, the javac option is -sourcepath not
> > --source-path, at least on my (CentOS) system.
> >
> > Also, this change seemed spurious so I left it out:
> >
> > -       $(update) tex4ht.env-unix $(dest_base)/unix/tex4ht.env
> > +       $(update) tex4ht.$env-unix $(dest_base)/unix/tex4ht.env
> >
> >     Because there are several different objectives that should be each
> >     in a different change.
> >
> > Next ... can you please send separate diffs for the following steps?
> > Ideally with ChangeLog entries so I don't have to write them.
> >
> > We may as well skip the evidently-premature optimization of \MakeDir for
> > now.
> >
> > OTOH, please ensure that all cd and push commands are protected
> > against failure, as in:
> >   cd somedir || exit 1
> >   pushd somedir || exit 1
> > Eitan did not bother with this, and as a result things are often
> > executed in the wrong directory ... --thanks, karl.