Windows XP, Maxima 5.9.2, "failed to find info directory" error
Subject: Windows XP, Maxima 5.9.2, "failed to find info directory" error
From: Andrej Vodopivec
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:10:56 +0200 (CEST)
> I'm running Windows XP Home Edition V2002, SP2, on an AMD Athlon
> XP 2600+, 1.91GHz, 512 Mb RAM.
>
> I've done a binary install of Maxima 5.9.2 on my E drive (thus
> Maxima is under E:\Maxima-5.9.2\).
>
> When I use the describe() function I get a 'failed to find info
> directory' Lisp error message and Maxima continues.
>
> How do I tell Maxima where the info directory is?
Maxima fails to find help files if the working directory is not on the
same disk as the info files. Try modifying the xmaxima shortcut so that it
starts on the E: disk.
Andrej