Re: [PATCH] NON-WORKING: new package: sent -- simple presentation tool

[ng0]

Alex Vong <address@hidden> writes:

> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:44:51AM +0300, address@hidden wrote:
>>> From: Dmitry Bogatov <address@hidden>
>>> 
>>> This patch does not work. I did my best during 1.5 hours, but I failed
>>> to actually build this package.
>>> 
>>> Here is information I can provide:
>>> 
>>>   - package builds and runs flawlessly on my main Debian system
>>>   - guix build dies on #include <ft2build.h> on
>>>     X11/Xft/Xft.h:39
>>>   - this file (`ft2build.h`) belongs to `freetype` and should
>>>     be propagated with `libxft'.
>>>   - package `st', which also uses `libxft' build find for me.
>>
>> I also found this "simple" software to not be so simple to package for
>> Guix ;)
>>
>> Here is my working package definition, in my "out-of-tree" repo:
>> https://github.com/lfam/pkgs/blob/master/leo/packages/sent.scm
>>
>> I was waiting for a little while before submitting my package definition
>> to let upstream work out some of the early bugs. But now that 0.2 is
>> out, perhaps it is time. Please feel free to submit your updated package
>> definition!
>>
> It works for me! So the problem boils dpwn to the missing
> `-I/gnu/store/...-freetype/include/freetype2' include path...

This was never finished. Could anyone pick this up and finish it?

Thanks.

>>> 
>>> It would be very kind of anyone to finish my work.
>>> 
>>> ---
>>>  gnu/packages/suckless.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
>>> index c921f8e..ad23798 100644
>>> --- a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
>>> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>>>    #:use-module (gnu packages)
>>>    #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
>>>    #:use-module (gnu packages fonts)
>>> +  #:use-module (gnu packages image)
>>>    #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
>>>    #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils))
>>>  
>>> @@ -144,6 +145,41 @@ numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.")
>>>       "Simple X session lock with trivial feedback on password entry.")
>>>      (license license:x11)))
>>>  
>>> +(define-public sent
>>> +  (package
>>> +    (name "sent")
>>> +    (version "0.2")
>>> +    (source (origin
>>> +              (method url-fetch)
>>> +              (uri (string-append "http://dl.suckless.org/tools/sent-";
>>> +                                  version ".tar.gz"))
>>> +              (sha256
>>> +                (base32
>>> +                 "0xhh752hwaa26k4q6wvrb9jnpbnylss2aw6z11j7l9rav7wn3fak"))))
>>> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>> +    (arguments
>>> +      '(#:tests? #f
>>> +        #:make-flags '("CC=gcc")
>>> +        #:phases
>>> +        (modify-phases %standard-phases
>>> +         (delete 'configure))))
>>> +    (inputs
>>> +      `(("libx11"   ,libx11)
>>> +        ("libxft"   ,libxft)
>>> +        ("libpng"   ,libpng)))
>>> +    (home-page "http://tools.suckless.org/sent/";)
>>> +    (synopsis "Simple plain-text presentation tool")
>>> +    (description
>>> +      "sent does not need latex, libreoffice or any other fancy file 
>>> format,
>>> +it uses plaintext files and png images. Every paragraph represents a slide 
>>> in
>>> +the presentation.
>>> +
>>> +The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window colored black on white
>>> +for maximum contrast. The content of each slide is automatically scaled to 
>>> fit
>>> +the window so you don’t have to worry about alignment. Instead you can 
>>> really
>>> +concentrate on the content.")
>>> +    (license (license:x11-style "file://LICENSE"))))
>>> +
>>>  (define-public st
>>>    (package
>>>      (name "st")
>>> -- 
>>> I may be not subscribed. Please, keep me in carbon copy.
>>> 
>>> 
>

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