@@ 28,7 28,9 @@
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
#:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
#:use-module (guix utils)
+ #:use-module (guix git-download)
#:use-module (gnu packages)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
#:use-module (gnu packages bash)
#:use-module (gnu packages compression)
#:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
@@ 446,3 448,44 @@ PDF documents.")
(description "Texmaker is a program that integrates many tools needed to
develop documents with LaTeX, in a single application.")
(license license:gpl2+)))
+
+
+(define-public teximpatient
+ (package
+ (name "teximpatient")
+ (version "2.4")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/" name "/" name "-"
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0h56w22d99dh4fgld4ssik8ggnmhmrrbnrn1lnxi1zr0miphn1sd"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ `(#:phases
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (delete 'check)
+ ;; Unfortunately some mistakes have been made in packaging.
+ ;; Work around them here ...
+ (replace 'unpack
+ (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (let ((srcdir "teximpatient-2.4"))
+ (system* "tar" "-xzf" (assoc-ref inputs "source")
+ (string-append "--one-top-level=" srcdir))
+ (delete-file (string-append srcdir "/book.pdf"))
+ (install-file (car
+ (find-files
+ (assoc-ref inputs "automake")
+ "^install-sh$"))
+ srcdir)
+ (chdir srcdir)))))))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("texlive" ,texlive)
+ ("automake" ,automake)))
+ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient")
+ (synopsis "Book on TeX, plain TeX and Eplain")
+ (description "@i{TeX for the Impatient} is a ~350 page book on TeX,
+plain TeX, and Eplain, originally written by Paul Abrahams, Kathryn Hargreaves,
+and Karl Berry.")
+ (license license:fdl1.3+)))