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From: Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:38:03 +0000
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On 2013-06-20, Leo Butler <l_butler at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> MAXIMA> (cl-info::load-primary-index)
> WARNING: CL-INFO::LOAD-PRIMARY-INDEX: LOAD: A file with name
> /usr/local/share/info/maxima-index.lisp does not exist
> Skipping...
>
> NIL
> MAXIMA> (let ((maxima::*maxima-infodir* "doc/info/")) (cl-info::load-primary-index))
> WARNING: CL-INFO::LOAD-PRIMARY-INDEX:
> EVAL/APPLY: Too few arguments (0 instead of at least 3) given to
> CL-INFO::LOAD-INFO-HASHTABLES
> Skipping...
It's probably OK like that, but maybe it should say something more
directly intelligible to the user, at least in the case of not being
able to find the index file -- maybe something about failing to
configure the help system.
Robert, how is this?
MAXIMA> (cl-info::load-primary-index)
WARNING: Maxima is unable to set up the help system.
(Details: CL-INFO::LOAD-PRIMARY-INDEX: LOAD: A file with name
/usr/local/share/info/maxima-index.lisp does not exist)
I would like to include some details of the error, because in most
cases I would expect the error to arise from a Maxima built by a more
knowledgeable user or developer (i.e., pre-built Maximas should never
trip this particular error...).
Leo