[Tugindia] Re: Makefile (David Kastrup)

[David Kastrup]

Please read an article how to configure Outlook Express not to let it
mangle quotes.  It takes a lot of work to reconstitute the material
to a state where the quoting becomes comprehensible again.

"Amitava Das Gupta" <amitav at vsnl.net> writes:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Kastrup <dak at gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Tugindia] Makefile
> >
> > "Nikhil Joshi" <nikhil_joshi at gmx.net> writes:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Amitava Das Gupta" <amitav at vsnl.net>
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am new to LaTeX, using it on Windows98SE. In various
> > > > sub-folders under the \texmf\source, I see files named
> > > > "Makefile.am" or "Makefile.in". What are these files, and how
> > > > can they be used.
> > >
> > > these are used by program called make for compiling the source
> > > files. no idea how to use in Windows , but in *nix environment u
> > > just enter make nd the source is compiled.
> >
> > Not quite right.  `make' merely uses a file `Makefile', and that
> > needs to be generated in the first place.  The `configure' program
> > generates `Makefile' from `Makefile.in' (and often other xxx from
> > xxx.in), and the `automake' program generates `Makefile.in' from
> > `Makefile.am'.
> 
> Thanks for the replies. Can I assume that we are still talking about a
> non-Windows environment?

No, you can't.  With development environments like Cygwin and MSYS
being freely available, autoconf-based operation is pretty much the
same under Windows.  If you are working with Makefile.am, the manner
of operation is just the same under Windows.

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