On 30/05/2012 8:46 AM, Edwin Woollett wrote:
> gcl lisp describe starts out ok but
> what happens at the end??
> ---------------------------------------
> MAXIMA> (describe t)
>
> T - external symbol in LISP package
> value:
> T
> property SYSCONST:
> T
> property DATA:
> (((KIND T $CONSTANT) CON $GLOBAL))
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> T [Constant]
> (not found "dir")
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
>
> Error in PCL::PCL-DESCRIBE [or a callee]: Cannot open the file NIL.
>
> Automatically continuing.
> To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
>
> MAXIMA>
> --------------------------------
>
> Ted Woollett
>
I assume this is on windows. We (I) don't include the gcl docs in the
maxima installer for windows. There is no particular reason. I will
investigate, but promise nothing ;-)
In my windows build tree, which has gcl installed, I see a related but
different error
MAXIMA> (describe t)
T - external symbol in LISP package
value:
T
property SYSCONST:
T
property DATA:
(((KIND T $CONSTANT) CON $GLOBAL))
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
T
[Constant]
Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
Error in PCL::PCL-DESCRIBE [or a callee]: Cant find node Top?
Automatically continuing.
To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.