To be clear w.r.t. issue #2: It's the /usr/local/share/info/dir file that gets munged.
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:05 AM, David Lamkins <da...@lamkins.net> wrote: > 1) Sometimes a make complains that aclocal-<version> is missing. It is in > fact present, but a different version. It's possible to clear this warning > by doing a make distclean followed by ./configure and make. I'm not sure > what triggers this; I suspect that the `missing` script doesn't get rebuilt > when the tools it's checking get updated. > > 2) Sometimes the info top page (not the APL top, but the system top) gets > corrupted and shows additional copies of the `APL` entry along with some > "random" control and high-bit characters. I have no idea what triggers > this. Here's an example from one of my installations. Note that the > presentation may be a bit different from what I see in Emacs; GMail tries > to make sense of the apparently-Unicode characters. > > BTW, this seems to be an Emacs-only thing; running info in a terminal does > not list an entry for APL in the top page. > > File: dir, Node: Top This is the top of the INFO tree > > This (the Directory node) gives a menu of major topics. > Typing "q" exits, "?" lists all Info commands, "d" returns here, > "h" gives a primer for first-timers, > "mEmacs<Return>" visits the Emacs manual, etc. > > In Emacs, you can click mouse button 2 on a menu item or cross reference > to select it. > > * Menu: > > Programming > * APL: (apl). (Almost) full implementation of the > "Programming Language APL, Extended" > (aka. ISO 13751). > * Libtool: (libtool). Generic shared library support script. > * cvsclient: (cvsclient). The CVS client/server protocol. > * flex: (flex). Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex > replacement). > * gdbm: (gdbm). The GNU Database. > 2Z * APL: (apl). (Almost) full implementation of the > "Programming Language APL, Extended" > (aka. ISO 13751). > p V pp V pBp"`Z ` `r `P2 * APL: (apl). (Almost) full > implementation of the > "Programming Language APL, Extended" > (aka. ISO 13751). > > > -- > "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." > Albert Einstein > > > http://soundcloud.com/davidlamkins > http://reverbnation.com/lamkins > http://reverbnation.com/lcw > http://lamkins-guitar.com/ > http://lamkins.net/ > http://successful-lisp.com/ > -- "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." Albert Einstein http://soundcloud.com/davidlamkins http://reverbnation.com/lamkins http://reverbnation.com/lcw http://lamkins-guitar.com/ http://lamkins.net/ http://successful-lisp.com/
