Index missing in maxima info files in latest Ubuntu package.
Subject: Index missing in maxima info files in latest Ubuntu package.
From: Volker van Nek
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:41:53 +0200
Hi Bernard,
please type in
sudo cp /usr/share/doc/maxima-doc/info/maxima-index.lisp /usr/share/info/
and let me know if this solves the problem.
Volker van Nek
2011/8/12 Bernard Hurley <bernard at marcade.biz>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to report this but here goes.
> The info files from the Ubuntu package maxima-doc ver:
> 5.25.0-1~ppa1~natty from repository LP-PPA-blahota-wxmaxima-natty are
> faulty. Inside emacs, clicking on "Function and Variable Index" yields
> the message:
>
> no such node or anchor: Function and Variable Index
>
> This suggests that either the index is not there or it is incorrectly
> referenced. Doing Alt+F12 within a maxima file in emacs to get help
> yields the same message.
>
> Incidentally, help still works correctly in wxMaxima, but I guess it
> uses a different system to find things.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bernard.
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