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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 20:27, Mathieu L wrote:
> > When I want to suggest an improvement about the configuration of
>
> a spell (for
>
> > example I think it's weird to have xdvi casted by default without
> > ghostscript support), where should I do that?
>
> Ask on irc, file a bug, or post to the mailing in no particular order
> of preference.
>
> xdvi doesnt have a DEPENDS of CONFIGURE file, what do you mean?
> I used xdvi all the time without ghostscript.
>
> -->That's exactly my point: since it's not compiled with PostScript
> support, when you view a .tex with some .eps figures they don't appear in
> xdvi. The only way to see them is to print the .dvi to a .ps. So I just
> recasted it with something like --with-ps-support=/usr/bin/gs and now I
> have a "button" which allow me to activate or deactivate the postscript
> displaying (and thus to see my .eps figures).
> I thought it would be smart to have it by default since .dvi files mainly
> come from .tex and since .eps are the common floating objects in .tex.
> Unless you know an easy way to insert some .jpg it .tex documents?
>
> /Lejatorn.
>

If you have already done this to your local copy then make a patch to apply 
to 
the grimoire version, then file a bug against xdvi and attach the patch.
mail lists and irc are a good place to get help, but feature 
requests/enhancements like this should be formally filed with bugzilla.
Of course if you have permission to contact the maintainer of the section 
privately, and they agree to do it without having a bug for a record keeper, 
then it is not necessary, but that is a lot of "ifs" so standard practice 
should begin with bugzilla.
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