Re: LaTeX in A-A-P through rubber?

Magnus Therning wrote:

> I saw some questions in the archive of this list relating to compiling
> LaTeX sources using A-A-P. I know that LaTeX is a bit of a beast when it
> comes to writing build rules since the contents of the source will
> influence what files are created.
> 
> A possible solution, for the interested, might be to add LaTeX support
> to A-A-P by using rubber[1]. I have given up on the LaTeX support
> built-in into SCons[2] and have written a builder (SCons lingo) that I
> am using exclusively ever since I found rubber.

This sounds like how LaTeX should have worked.  I never liked the
trial-and-error kind of processing that was involved.

It would be very nice if you can make rubber work with Aap.  I can add
it to the distribution when it's working reasonably well.

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