[texhax] TeXLive 2005 installation
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Tue Jan 10 23:58:30 CET 2006
>>>>> "Karl" == Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> writes:
>> Why doesn't dvips abort with an *error message*?
> If you (or anyone) care(s) to write a patch, that would be most
> welcome. Otherwise, I will look into it when and if I have time.
Unfortunately I don't have much time at the moment as well.
> In general, dvips' error messages are less than wonderful.
>> The DVI file clearly expects an external file to be included
>> and if this cannot be accomplished, this is a fatal error and
>> dvips should abort with an exit code !=0 immediately.
> I'm not so sure that it is always better, in every case, to abort
> completely if an external file cannot be found.
Do you have an example where it makes sense to continue?
Cheers,
Reinhard
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