>>>>> "RW" == Richard Walker <[log in to unmask]> writes: RW> Martin Schroeder writes: >> Better yet, there is this from the FSF: >> --------------- snipp --------------- >> * CLISP (SrcCD) RW> Well, that's what xindy uses! Exactly. RW> But I have had problems with portability across different Sun4 RW> machines. (Unlike TeX, the dumped files are not portable across RW> architectures.) First, that's clearly a problem we will take a look at. The system should run unchanged on all Sparc machines, as I consider them one platform. (I wonder why I hadn't this problem, I run a SS4 and a Ultra1 at home.) But please note, there are no `dumped files' in the sense of TeX. The _executable_ consists of two files, that's all; for each platform one needs a different executable. In the next distribution, we will take care that one can install it on netwide filesystems used from several platforms. RW> That's why I recommended Emacs. Emacs is a basic Lisp system, compared to Common Lisp. In particular, the system relies heavily on CLOS and it's multi-method dispatch. That's actually the reason why we use this language -- we started with C++ and after 4 tedious weeks with slow progress we made some prototypes in Lisp. Within further 4 weeks the whole system was written, a programmer's productivity in such a system is amazing. (And we've written several megabytes of C++ source before, at this time Roger had no Lisp experience at all -- so it's not a matter of aquintanance.) But then -- the implementation language should not really matter, as we try hard to provide more binary distributions RSN, for ease of users. And this list might is not necessarily the right place to discuss specific program matters, you might want to join the xindy mailing list (send `subscribe xindy' to [log in to unmask]). What this list is good for, and where we'll nag you the next time: We have still open cases how some index problems are to be solved. Or, what are good defaults. As these are general questions, independent from a specific program, we think latex-l is a proper place to bring them up. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Joachim Schrod Email: [log in to unmask] Net & Publication Consultance Tel.: +49-6074-861530 Roedermark, Germany Fax: +49-6074-861531