From:	asu1 AT cornell DOT edu
Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:13:40 -0500 (EST)
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc:	"A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: setting up dviwin for djgpp tex distribution
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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> So if Kpathsea was not used to build dviwin, I won't recommend this in
> general.  If you have access to the sources and the tools that will let
> you rebuild dviwin, it is much easier to adapt dviwin to Kpathsea (I did 
> that with dvivga, and it took about two nights).  Kpathsea is beautifully 
> and clearly documented, which makes it a snap.
> 
> Of course, it would be nice if a DVU previewer could be built entirely 
> with DJGPP tools. dvivga is just a quick hack, to let people who don't 
> have a laser printer preview their documents; it is not good enough for 
> actually reading the documents, because its graphics interface is 
> minimal.

eli, thanks for your response. i must admit i have absolutely no idea 
what is involved in writing a dvi previewer. i was looking at the dvivga 
source last night but i am having a hard time following the flow. is 
there any document or other source of information outlining what is 
involved? where should i look?

  -- Sinan

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