Hi Robert,
On Dec 25, 2006, at 12:56 AM, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Greg, thanks for the bug report.
>
>> [657] [658] [659]) Chapter 68 [660] (./stats.texi [661] [662] [663]
>> ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in math mode.
>> <argument> H_1: mean##
>> 50
>> \finishmath #1->#1
>> \implicitmath \Etex
>> l.329 ...two sided alternative @math{H_1: mean#50}
>
> The problem here is the appearance of # (not equal in Maxima)
> inside @math. I've replaced # with not equal (spelled out) and
> now make pdf seems to work OK for English.
> (Still fails for Spanish and Portuguese due to appearance of
> accented letters in @math. If this is an issue for you we'll
> need to do some more work here.)
>
Right now we only build the printable documentation for English,
so Spanish and Portuguese are not an issue yet.
> I've committed that change to cvs head and also the 5.11 branch.
> Let me know where you want to go with this -- if you want I am
> willing to tag 5.11.1 in cvs so you can work off a fixed tag,
> or you can just get the stuff on the end of the 5.11 release branch
> which is tagged as RELEASE-5_11_0-BRANCH.
>
I can just do a diff of the release and the head to make a patch
for this bug. I'll have macports apply the patch locally.
Thanks for the quick response!
Best Wishes,
Greg
> I'm glad to hear from you -- it's good to know the Mac port is
> actively maintained.
>
> best,
> Robert Dodier
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