Re: [Axiom-developer] make patch 50 work with the guessing package

[Martin Rubey]

Waldek Hebisch <address@hidden> writes:

> Martin Rubey wrote:
> > Dear Tim,
> > 
> > could you explain the following diff:
> > 
> > diff -r /local/scratch/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/util.ht 
> > axiom49/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/util.ht
> > 435,439c435,437
> > < % 20030110000 tpd added a leading open paren
> > < \newcommand{\spadsyscom}[1]{){\tt #1}}
> > < % 20030110000 tpd these two commands are never used
> > < %\newcommand{\spadcmd}[1]{\spadsyscom{#1}}
> > < %\newcommand{\spadsys}[1]{\spadsyscom{#1}}
> > ---
> > > \newcommand{\spadsyscom}[1]{{\tt #1}}
> > > \newcommand{\spadcmd}[1]{\spadsyscom{#1}}
> > > \newcommand{\spadsys}[1]{\spadsyscom{#1}}
> > 
> > It breaks my guessing package!
> > 
> 
> Hej Martin, could you explan what problem this patch causes? 

When compiling patch 50, the rootpage cannot be displayed, at least when I add
my guessing package (i.e., building Axiom with it).

I'm not sure whether HyperDoc runs on Patch 50 unmodified, i.e., without my
guessing package, but I think it does not.

I could check tomorrow.



Martin

>  Macros \spadcmd and \spadsys are used on many Hypertex pages, without them
> Hypertex exits when you try to view such a page. Also, pages alredy contain
> closing parentheses in system commans so \spadsyscom sould not add the second
> one.

Exactly. That's why I don't understand at all why Tim commented out \spadcmd
and \spadsys and added the close parenthesis. In any case, using the unmodified
version, i.e.,

> > > \newcommand{\spadsyscom}[1]{{\tt #1}}
> > > \newcommand{\spadcmd}[1]{\spadsyscom{#1}}
> > > \newcommand{\spadsys}[1]{\spadsyscom{#1}}

works just perfect.

Martin