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problem with help -i
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From: |
John W. Eaton |
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Subject: |
problem with help -i |
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Date: |
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:39:04 -0600 (CST) |
On 18-Mar-1999, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
| As you can see in the appended transcript of my octave session, I'm having
| a problem getting help -i to work. The error message depends on which
| directory I'm in (a path issue, I presume). I'm not sure what's causing
| my problem.
What is the value of Octave's EXEC_PATH variable? Is your copy of
info in a directory that is included in EXEC_PATH?
| Am I using an out-of-date copy of GNU Info? Any suggestions
| welcome.
Yes, You need a newer version of Info that supports the --index-search
option. One that does is GNU Info version 2.18 which is part of the
3.12 version of the GNU texinfo package.
jwe