Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Request for wh-sandbox and build-improvements

[Martin Rubey]

Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:

> | Do you mean 
> | 
> |   axiom --tangle foo.pamphlet 
> | 
> | ?
> 
> For example.
> 
> | Would
> | 
> |   axiom foo.pamphlet
> | 
> | then do the same as currently 
> | 
> |   document foo.pamphlet
> | 
> | ?
> 
>  (1) latex the foo.tex
>  (2) extract the root module and compile/interpret it

but currently, document does not compile/interpret, does it?
 
> | I'd rather have
> | 
> |   axiom --document=tangle foo.pamphlet
> | 
> | tangle foo.pamphlet
> | 
> |   axiom --document foo.pamphlet
> | 
> | be equivalent to current
> |   
> |   document foo.pamphlet
> | 
> | and
> | 
> |   axiom foo.pamphlet
> | 
> | show a usage message just as axiom -h. 
> 
> I would also like to be able to dump intermediate representation,
> compile to machine objects or FASLs, create a standalone executable.

I'd go for the 

axiom --document=tangle foo.pamphlet
axiom --document foo.pamphlet

version.  But do as you wish.  In any case, please install ".spad.pamphlet"
instead of ".spad" into src/algebra.  There is quite a bit of documented
algebra source meanwhile.

Martin