[isabelle-dev] NEWS: session 'document_files'

[Makarius]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2014, Makarius wrote:

> * Session ROOT specifications support explicit 'document_files' for
> robust dependencies on LaTeX sources.  Only these explicitly given
> files are copied to the document output directory, before document
> processing is started.
>
>
> This refers to Isabelle/cd8b6d849b6a.  That changeset also contains some 
> documentation in the "system" manual. Some examples are in 3ff16a7f0b2e for 
> the src/Doc directory, with its traditional complication of matters -- and it 
> got again a bit simpler.  As expected, there were a few mistakes in the 
> informal specification of dependencies on 'files', which was a left-over from 
> the bad old times of "make".
>
> I am putting the 'document_files' reform here on the table for inspection and 
> discussion.  If no further aspects are arising that require change of syntax 
> or semantics of the mechanism, I will update all Isabelle + AFP session ROOT 
> files eventually, lets say 2 weeks from now.

Is there anything left to say about this?

I've used this new form privately for a few sessions, and found the 
defaults quite canonical.

So if nothing happens in between, I will convert all Isabelle + AFP ROOT 
files systematically at the end of this week.  I want to do the conversion 
of hundreds of session entries exactly once!


 	Makarius