Re: texinfo errors

[Rik]

On 01/04/2019 01:55 PM, address@hidden wrote:

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Finding texinfo errors in OF package docs

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PhilipNienhuis <address@hidden>

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01/04/2019 01:42 PM

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Hi,

During trial installations of OF mapping package several texinfo errors are
reported along these lines:

:
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-IEvLoR:126: misplaced {
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-IEvLoR:126: misplaced }
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-HwNhIo:167: @itemx not
meaningful inside address@hidden'
 block
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-zB6z2B:147: @itemx not
meaningful inside address@hidden'
 block
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-zB6z2B:165: @itemx not
meaningful inside address@hidden'
 block
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-bkikP8:141: @bye seen before
@end deftypefn
C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\octave-help-JbGWy4:117: unknown command
`deftypefx'
For information about changes from previous versions of the mapping package,
run 'news mapping'.

Obviously I'd like to fix those errors but there's no clue as to which
function files the error messages belong, and the mentioned (temporary)
files disappear as soon as texinfo is done with the function files, i.e.
faster than I can lock them with e.g., a text editor.
IOW, these error messages are by no means helpful.

Any hints on how I can get more info about what texinfo errors to fix in
which function files?

Thanks,

Philip

Try temporarily modifying your copy of scripts/help/__makeinfo__.m.  Specifically, comment out line 154 where the temporary file is deleted.

  unwind_protect_cleanup
    if (exist (name, "file"))
      #delete (name);
    endif
  end_unwind_protect

Then re-run.

--Rik