Re: Axiom help browser fails with parse error

>I just upgraded Axiom, from a version from autumn 2005, to the January
>2008 version.  After doing this, running Axiom led to a help browser
>window that immediately disappeared, accompanied by an error message
>
>syntax error: expected a newcommand
>not a word
>(HyperDoc) While parsing RootPage on line 1
>         in the file
> 	/usr/local/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/rootpage.ht
>Trying to print the next ten tokens
>item on rootpage \. \par \newcommand \{ \localinfo \} \{
>
>Thereafter, I had an Axiom prompt at which I could enter commands, but
>no help browser window.
>
>I was able to fix this by commenting out the line
>
>\localinfo
>
>(line 80) of
>/usr/local/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/rootpage.ht.
>
>Is this likely to cause any unwanted side effects?

This is a known problem that occurs if you rebuild the system, say
after the make fails in midstream, or you add new algebra.

I don't think it will cause a problem. It was intended to allow
user information to be added, I believe, but no user ever added
information. I'll look into it.

Tim