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\note{
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%% configure just looks for a texi2dvi command and does not check its
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%% configure just looks for a texi2dvi command and does not check its
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%% version. Howvever, it is normally distributed with texinfo, and
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%% version. Howvever, it is normally distributed with texinfo, and
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%% that is checked to be >= 5.1.
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%% that is checked to be >= 5.1.
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%% The OS X distribution by default installs /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi,
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%% The macOS distribution by default installs /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi,
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%% but that is optional and OS X has /usr/bin/texi2dvi stuck at 4.8.
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%% but that is optional and macOS has /usr/bin/texi2dvi stuck at 4.8.
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There are various versions of the \command{texi2dvi} script on
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There are various versions of the \command{texi2dvi} script on
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Unix-alikes and quite a number of bugs have been seen, some of which
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Unix-alikes and quite a number of bugs have been seen, some of which
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this \R wrapper works around.
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this \R wrapper works around.
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One that was present with \command{texi2dvi} version \code{4.8} (as
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One that was present with \command{texi2dvi} version \code{4.8} (as
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supplied by OS X) is that it will not work correctly for paths which
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supplied by macOS) is that it will not work correctly for paths which
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contain spaces, nor if the absolute path to a file would contain
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contain spaces, nor if the absolute path to a file would contain
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spaces.
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spaces.
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The three possible approaches all have their quirks. For example the
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The three possible approaches all have their quirks. For example the
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Unix-alike \code{texi2dvi} script removes ancillary files that already
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Unix-alike \code{texi2dvi} script removes ancillary files that already
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