xdvi development stopped?
by centguy from LinuxQuestions.org on (#57QRW)
Just tried out with CentOS 8 and
latest Ubuntu 20.04 and start
to see if I can use it for latex/xdvi for my basic use.
I have been using latex (not pdflatex) for years with many
eps files which I do not want to touch.
As a linux user, from the early years when i always wanted to
make sure things are working such ask touch pad, resume
after opening a close lid, which by my current experience is a luxury
too much to ask for. [case in point: they cannot decide to use
update-grub, or grub-mkconfig or grub2-mkconfig on various systems...)
Then I settle for the more basic things, I start to
give up a bit even on Open Office/Libreoffice meaning I just
use it to draw simple diagrams and convert to eps files for my latex.
Now, latex. My recent experience with xdvi is making me to think that I have
to switch to pdflatex (not more fast rendering of xdvi for hyperlink I think?) or
I just cannot use the new Linux OS for the most basic thing I want.
I looked up it seems xdvi development is dead.
I see the same things like xmgrace on CentOS 7 which has a runtime error
due to a font problem. Yes it can be fixed by compile from src, which is easy if
one has done that before.
Hence my confidence about things seem to falter, even though distrowatch
seems to suggest Linux is growing by the day. I think it is.
A lot of time, my solution to this to hang to the older OS, and hope in time things heals by themselves.
[i can start digging but it is usually going to take time, ok,
you get free services so you are expected to pay with your time, fair enough]
As a small programmer, I can fix my program very quickly on any new compiler
but for others, that is a different story.
Enough of long story:
My observation (not problem, since I am ready to switch to the latest OS yet) is
1. On CentOS 8, eps file does not appear in the xdvi window. Look up the
google search, someone report but it seems the problem lies outside xdvik because
of dependency.
2. On Ubuntu, eps files do appear, but when eps file 1 is rendered, and eps file 2 come
along, I see overlapping eps files. It is interesting if one is not really
interested in using xdvi on a new system.
So I shall wait for this problem to go away again, it seems.
latest Ubuntu 20.04 and start
to see if I can use it for latex/xdvi for my basic use.
I have been using latex (not pdflatex) for years with many
eps files which I do not want to touch.
As a linux user, from the early years when i always wanted to
make sure things are working such ask touch pad, resume
after opening a close lid, which by my current experience is a luxury
too much to ask for. [case in point: they cannot decide to use
update-grub, or grub-mkconfig or grub2-mkconfig on various systems...)
Then I settle for the more basic things, I start to
give up a bit even on Open Office/Libreoffice meaning I just
use it to draw simple diagrams and convert to eps files for my latex.
Now, latex. My recent experience with xdvi is making me to think that I have
to switch to pdflatex (not more fast rendering of xdvi for hyperlink I think?) or
I just cannot use the new Linux OS for the most basic thing I want.
I looked up it seems xdvi development is dead.
I see the same things like xmgrace on CentOS 7 which has a runtime error
due to a font problem. Yes it can be fixed by compile from src, which is easy if
one has done that before.
Hence my confidence about things seem to falter, even though distrowatch
seems to suggest Linux is growing by the day. I think it is.
A lot of time, my solution to this to hang to the older OS, and hope in time things heals by themselves.
[i can start digging but it is usually going to take time, ok,
you get free services so you are expected to pay with your time, fair enough]
As a small programmer, I can fix my program very quickly on any new compiler
but for others, that is a different story.
Enough of long story:
My observation (not problem, since I am ready to switch to the latest OS yet) is
1. On CentOS 8, eps file does not appear in the xdvi window. Look up the
google search, someone report but it seems the problem lies outside xdvik because
of dependency.
2. On Ubuntu, eps files do appear, but when eps file 1 is rendered, and eps file 2 come
along, I see overlapping eps files. It is interesting if one is not really
interested in using xdvi on a new system.
So I shall wait for this problem to go away again, it seems.