Re: [Axiom-developer] Building Axiom with unmodified noweb

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Ralf Hemmecke <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

| The 'src/scripts/document' should get the TANGLE and WEAVE variables
| from Makefile.pamphlet or the configure script. Gaby, is the latter
| possible?

yes; and it is planned.  Good to hear the request comes from another
source :-)

| The file src/algebra/Lattice.pamphlet is just 1.7 MB and about 45,000
| lines.

Well, I think a file that gigantic is unworkable for mortables like me.

[...]

| I am quite sure that all the hundreds of targets in Lattice.pamphlet
| follow exactly the same pattern. Shouldn't we have a short program
| that replaces 40,000 Makefile lines???

We should.  

I'm certainly  not going to encourage students to dive into gigantic
monsters. 

-- Gaby