[tex-live] characters > 127 in .dtx and .sty files

[Elie Roux]

Karl Berry a écrit :
> No (that would have been a pointless change to make).  I changed the
> script (ctan2tds) to build the package differently; specifically, using
> latex -translate-file=empty.tcx to process the dtx.  This was already
> necessary in one other case (extpfeil).
>   

Hello,

Good to know! I'll try to detect other packages like this (if they 
exist), and I'll ask to add them as exceptions too in the script.

> Anyone who merely uses such a "quick explanation" is highly unlikely to
> produce a usable archiv, which will make more work for everyone.  You
> have to be intimately familiar with what is needed to get it right.
> This is a big part of the problem.
>
> So, my wish is that you do not try to promulgate .tds.zip among authors
> at large

Ok! Florent, no need to build .tds.zip finally...

Thank you,
-- 
Elie