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[Maxima-bugs] [ maxima-Bugs-1860289 ] XMaxima 5.14.0 Error in startup script
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From: SourceForge.net <no...@so...> - 2008-06-15 01:40:29
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Bugs item #1860289, was opened at 2007-12-28 21:17 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by robert_dodier You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=104933&aid=1860289&group_id=4933 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Installation Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 7 Private: No Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Assigned to: Vadim V. Zhytnikov (vvzhy) Summary: XMaxima 5.14.0 Error in startup script Initial Comment: Upon clicking the shortcut icon or any launch icon of XMaxima an "Error in startup script" message box appears. It states "couldn't open "C:/PROGRA~1/MAXIMA~1.0/share/maxima/514~1.0/xmaxima/intro~1.HTM": no such directory while executing." However, there is a C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.14.0\doc\html\intromax.html\. The O/S that I am using is Vista Home Premium. Yours truly, cm...@sb... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Robert Dodier (robert_dodier) Date: 2008-06-14 19:40 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=501686 Originator: NO Not observed in Maxima 5.14.99rc1 + GCL + Windows Vista. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Robert Dodier (robert_dodier) Date: 2008-01-06 19:09 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=501686 Originator: NO Some permutations I tried. (1) If I paste the path "C:/PROGRA~1/MAXIMA~1.0/..." into an installed, working 5.12.99rc2, I get the same complaint about not being able to open the file. (2) If I point the environment variable MAXIMA_XMAXIMADIR to the 5.12.99rc2 XMaxima directory and then launch 5.14.0, the intro.html file is opened successfully. (3) If I copy the XMaxima folder containing intro.html to, say, C:/temp/foo, and point MAXIMA_XMAXIMADIR at that, and try to launch XMaxima, the intro.html file is opened successfully. (4) If I rename the top-level folder Maxima-5.14.0 to, say, M5140, and then try to launch XMaxima, the intro.html file is opened successfully (although then there is a different error "cannot open socket" or something). After all of this it appears to me that the problem is that Tcl has trouble with the specific name Maxima-5.14.0; for whatever reason, it fails to see that MAXIMA~1.0 is the corresponding short name. I don't know what to do about that, short of waiting for 5.15.0 and hoping the name doesn't cause trouble. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Robert Dodier (robert_dodier) Date: 2007-12-29 19:00 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=501686 Originator: NO After installing Maxima from maxima-5.14.0a.exe, I get the same error for XMaxima. I have verified that the file mentioned "C:/PROGRA~1/MAXIMA~1.0/share/maxima/514~1.0/xmaxima/intro~1.HTM" (which is the MSDOS name of intro.html, not intromax.html) does exist, and it can be accessed by exactly that name by the "type" command. WxMaxima and command-line Maxima work OK, except that plotting with plot_format=openmath triggers two warning messages in pop-up windows about something that cannot be found (but the plot seems to be displayed OK after that). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=104933&aid=1860289&group_id=4933 |