detex

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 16, 2008, at 19:52, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Mar 16, 2008, at 06:53, David Epstein wrote:
>
>> Is there a macport of detex?
>
> $ port search detex
> No match for detex found
> $
>
>> This is a program that removes TeX control
>> sequences and comments from files. I thought it was part of the teTeX
>> distribution, and there is a port of teTex.
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can get hold of this? Should I do it outside
>> /opt/local?
>
> You could compile it by hand, but so that other Mac users won't  
> have to do this, it would be best to make a port. If you don't know  
> how you can learn at http://guide.macports.org . If you don't have  
> time to make a port, you could file a ticket in the issue tracker  
> requesting that someone make this port. See the guide for how to  
> file tickets.

In fact I took a look and it wasn't too hard to make a port for it,  
so I did. It should appear within 12 hours, at which point you should  
be able to

$ sudo port install detex