Re: [Axiom-developer] Documentation bug?

[Martin Rubey]

root <address@hidden> writes:

> > Maybe I should have been a bit more precise. I actually already knew 
> > what )abbrev is for. I just forgot the syntax.
> > 
> > As you see the first message tells me:
> > 
> >    Issue )abbrev? for more information.
> > 
> > And if I do that I get a not so helpful message. That was the bug I was 
> > referring to.
> 
> visit src/doc/msgs/s2-us.msgs
> 
> this file contains most (not all, unfortunately) of the messages issued by
> axiom.

The problem is not with the error message issued, but with the routine that
issues it: 

)xx

will give

Your argument list is not valid.

for any nonsensical value of xx. Except if xx is an ambiguous abbrevation, for
example

)c

returns 

   Your command is ambiguous. The following are abbreviated by c :
      cd 
      clear 
      close 
      compiler 
      copyright 
      credits 

or if parameters are missing (:-(

)abb
   If the system command or synonym abbreviations exists, help 
      information is not available for it. Issue )what commands or 
      )what synonyms to determine is abbreviations is a valid name.


Martin