describe bug, was: Re: [Maxima] First step toward a 5.9.2 release

Robert Dodier writes:
> --- "Vadim V. Zhytnikov"  wrote:
> 
> 
>>Try ? for limit , lim, tlim, tlimit.
>>Describe gives correct list of options but if
>>we select one it shows wrong piece of text -
>>it can't properly locate its beginning and ending.
>>Clearly due to @defun/@defvar -> @deffn/@defvr
>>replacement.
> 
> 
> Selecting an item in the list shown by "? limit",
> I get the text of just that item. Likewise for
> "? lim", "? tlim", "? tlimit". Running gcl on linux,
> rebuilt Maxima from cvs yesterday. Clisp on linux,
> Maxima cvs from a couple of weeks ago is also OK.
> 
> Grepping the info files I see atrig1 and ntrig are
> marked by @defvr. "? trig" gives a list and if I 
> select some item or items I see just those.
> 
> What exactly do you see when you select an item?
> Do you see the same thing for any item on the list?
> What version of Lisp on which OS are you running?
> Do all @defun/@defvar items work OK and all @deffn/@defvr
> items fail?
> 
> All the best,
> Robert Dodier
> 
> 

Wolfgang just committed the fix into Maxima CVS.
The problem was not with new Maxima info layout
but with new texinfo version.  Robert, could you
verify after this fix describe well for you?
The also should not forget to switch to Maxima's
describe for gcl at least temporary.


-- 
      Vadim V. Zhytnikov