Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Bug#231800: axiom: )edit command broken

[root]

yes, SPADEDIT is broken.
The issue is that catdef.spad is expanded into its component parts
during the compile process. 

Thus, during system make:

  catdef.spad.pamphlet -> BASTYPE.spad (and other component categories)
  
The compiler puts the name of the source (BASTYPE.spad) into the 
NRLIB of the file it is compiling.

The database build process collects these NRLIB entries.

The )show command uses these entries for the output line:

  Issue )edit /usr/lib/axiom-0.20040128/../../src/algebra/BASTYPE.spad to 
  see algebra source code for BASTYPE 

The problem is that the name of the originating pamphlet file is not
preserved anywhere. The fix might be to have the pamphlet expansion
process put a line like:

)origin catdef.spad.pamphlet

in the generated BASTYPE.spad file and then have the compiler use
that name in the NRLIB.

I'll put it on the todo list.

Tim