Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/26/12:14:38
On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:
> At 12:23 PM 7/26/98 +0300, you wrote:
>
> >> Has anybody ever had to use "--force" to get a good info file?
On my system, `makeinfo' complains loudly about calc.texinfo:
Making info file `calc.info' from `calc.texinfo'.
calc.texinfo:245: warning: @ichapter is obsolete; use @chapter instead.
./calc.texinfo:296: Node `Copying''s Next field not pointed back to.
./calc.texinfo:522: This node (`Getting Started') is the one with the bad `Prev'.
./calc.texinfo:244: `Interactive Tutorial' has an Up field of `Top', but `Top' has no menu item for `Interactive Tutorial'.
./calc.texinfo:1571: warning: unreferenced node `Interactive Tutorial'.
makeinfo.exe: Removing output file `calc.info' due to errors; use --force to preserve.
Your message made it sound as if `makeinfo' hangs when converting
calc.texinfo:
> Trying to convert a particular .tex file to an info file with
> "makeinfo calc.tex" did not work. It went through the long process of
> converting every segment with no error messages, but at the end there
> was the blinking cursor forever--I had to reboot.
I cannot reproduce this behavior; please try to play with your system
configuration and see what makes it hang like that.
Maybe it's the fact that you run `makeinfo' from Bash (I run it from the
command.com prompt).
When `makeinfo' finds errors, it *always* removes the generated Info file
unless you use --force.
Apply the following patch, and it should work without a glitch. But I
still would very much like to know why did it hang on the original file,
so please try to investigate.
*** calc.t~0 Mon Dec 16 06:50:56 1996
--- calc.texinfo Sun Jul 26 18:47:08 1998
***************
*** 241,248 ****
@c [begin]
@ifinfo
! @node Top, Getting Started,, (dir)
! @ichapter The GNU Emacs Calculator
@noindent
@dfn{Calc 2.02} is an advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool
--- 241,248 ----
@c [begin]
@ifinfo
! @node Top, Copying,, (dir)
! @chapter The GNU Emacs Calculator
@noindent
@dfn{Calc 2.02} is an advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool
***************
*** 264,269 ****
--- 264,270 ----
* Getting Started:: General description and overview.
* Tutorial:: A step-by-step introduction for beginners.
+ * Interactive Tutorial::
* Introduction:: Introduction to the Calc reference manual.
* Data Types:: Types of objects manipulated by Calc.
***************
*** 519,525 ****
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
@end enumerate
! @node Getting Started, Tutorial, Top, Top
@chapter Getting Started
@noindent
--- 520,526 ----
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
@end enumerate
! @node Getting Started, Tutorial, Copying, Top
@chapter Getting Started
@noindent
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