Hello, What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database? I've just seen, that for example the command "\setupdescriptions" has more options in the perl-database and more descriptions in the web-database... Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/
Peter Münster wrote:
Hello,
What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database?
texshow.pl can't always go to the web to fetch (or even check the filestamp) of its database, that would be dead-slow. So that would mean pre-packaging the database in the distribution, and that in turn means it will need a maintainer ... Best wishes, Taco
On Tue, Mar 11 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database?
texshow.pl can't always go to the web to fetch (or even check the filestamp) of its database, that would be dead-slow. So that would mean pre-packaging the database in the distribution, and that in turn means it will need a maintainer ...
Hello Taco, Do the 2 databases have the same format? If yes, I could be the maintainer, and copy in a regular time interval the web-database to some svn repository or elsewhere for the distribution. Then texshow.pl would see the same database, just not the latest version. And whenever you or other people add new commands and descriptions, they do it on the web only. If no, then we could discuss other options... Best wishes, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/
Peter Münster wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database? texshow.pl can't always go to the web to fetch (or even check the filestamp) of its database, that would be dead-slow. So that would mean pre-packaging the database in the distribution, and that in turn means it will need a maintainer ...
Hello Taco,
Do the 2 databases have the same format?
Probably not, texshow-web is a Rails application so it will probably
use an actual SQL database for the additional information. Patrick will
know for sure.
texshow.pl is uses the cont-XX.xml files from the core distribution,
and, optionally, a second XML file per interface for the explanations
and examples etc. The format for that second file is:
cd:explanations
If yes, I could be the maintainer, and copy in a regular time interval the web-database to some svn repository or elsewhere for the distribution. Then texshow.pl would see the same database, just not the latest version. And whenever you or other people add new commands and descriptions, they do it on the web only.
If no, then we could discuss other options...
Best wishes, Peter
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