From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Thu Nov 30 04:16:09 2000
Subject: help as texinfo fails
From: JOERG SPECHT <joerg dot specht at ins dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
To: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Cc: btm089 at lbtsun7 dot ins dot uni-stuttgart dot de
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:15:48 +0100 (MET)

Bug report for Octave 2.1.31 configured for %OCTAVE_CANONICAL_HOST_TYPE%

Description:
-----------

When using the help command for builtins with -*-texinfo-*- help messages,
the makeinfo subprocess failed.
E.g. with "help any" makeinfo complained about " at end deftypefn".
I think, it was lost because of the missing newline at the end.

Repeat-By:
---------

This may be system-dependend:

octave:2> help any
any is a built-in function

warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally
warning: help: raw Texinfo source of help text follows...

-*- texinfo -*-
...

Fix:
---

I append a newline to the message before filtering it through makeinfo:

*** help.cc     Thu Nov 30 10:48:19 2000
--- help.cc.ori Thu Nov 30 11:10:58 2000
***************
*** 639,645 ****
                 << "See also: \\args\\.\n"
                   << " at end macro\n";
  
!         filter << msg.substr (pos+1) << endl;
  
          int status = filter.close ();
  
--- 639,645 ----
                 << "See also: \\args\\.\n"
                   << " at end macro\n";
  
!         filter << msg.substr (pos+1);
  
          int status = filter.close ();

Configuration (please do not edit this section):
-----------------------------------------------

uname output:     SunOS lbtsun7 5.5.1 Generic_103640-27 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
configure opts:   --with-g77 --enable-readline --enable-dl
Fortran compiler: g77
FFLAGS:           -O
F2C:              
F2CFLAGS:         
FLIBS:            -lg2c -lm  -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1/2.95.2 -L/usr/ccs/bin -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lm
CPPFLAGS:         
INCFLAGS:         -I. -I. -I./liboctave -I./src -I./libcruft/misc  -I./glob -I./glob
C compiler:       gcc, version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
CFLAGS:           -g -O2 -Wall
CPICFLAG:         -fPIC
C++ compiler:     c++, version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
CXXFLAGS:         -g -O2 -Wall
CXXPICFLAG:       -fPIC
LDFLAGS:          -g
LIBFLAGS:         -L.
RLD_FLAG:         -Xlinker -R -Xlinker /usr/local/lib/octave-2.1.31
TERMLIBS:         -lcurses
LIBS:             
LEXLIB:           
LIBPLPLOT:        
LIBDLFCN:         
LIBGLOB:          ./glob/glob.o ./glob/fnmatch.o
DEFS:

  -DOCTAVE_SOURCE=1 -DSEPCHAR=':' -DSEPCHAR_STR=":" -DUSE_READLINE=1
  -D__NO_MATH_INLINES=1 -DCXX_NEW_FRIEND_TEMPLATE_DECL=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1
  -DHAVE_LIBZ=1 -DF77_APPEND_UNDERSCORE=1 -DHAVE_LIBSOCKET=1
  -DSIZEOF_SHORT=2 -DSIZEOF_INT=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG=4 -DSIZEOF_LONG_LONG=8
  -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DNPOS=std::string::npos
  -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1 -DHAVE_CURSES_H=1
  -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1 -DHAVE_FLOAT_H=1
  -DHAVE_FLOATINGPOINT_H=1 -DHAVE_FNMATCH_H=1 -DHAVE_GLOB_H=1
  -DHAVE_GRP_H=1 -DHAVE_IEEEFP_H=1 -DHAVE_LIMITS_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1
  -DHAVE_NAN_H=1 -DHAVE_POLL_H=1 -DHAVE_PWD_H=1 -DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1
  -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_POLL_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1
  -DHAVE_SYS_TIMES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H=1
  -DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VARARGS_H=1 -DHAVE_ATEXIT=1
  -DHAVE_BCOPY=1 -DHAVE_B



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