Help.doc loading in Binary

[John Mercouris]

Hi Daniel, that worked, thank you!

-John

> On Oct 4, 2017, at 23:29, Daniel Kochmański <daniel at turtleware.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> 
> here is a patch which will probably work for you (not tested):
> 
> -- cut here--
> 
> diff --git a/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp b/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp
> index 09c7cb32..62e6985a 100644
> --- a/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp
> +++ b/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp
> @@ -18,18 +18,18 @@
>  ;;;; Documentation system
>  ;;;;
> 
> -#+ecl-min
> +;#+ecl-min
>  (progn
>    (*make-special '*documentation-pool*)
>    (setq *documentation-pool* nil)
>    (*make-special '*keep-documentation*)
>    (setq *keep-documentation* t))
> -#-ecl-min
> -(progn
> -  (setq *documentation-pool*
> -        (list (make-hash-table :test #'equal :size 128)
> -              "SYS:help.doc"))
> -  (defparameter *keep-documentation* t))
> +;; #-ecl-min
> +;; (progn
> +;;   (setq *documentation-pool*
> +;;         (list (make-hash-table :test #'equal :size 128)
> +;;               "SYS:help.doc"))
> +;;   (defparameter *keep-documentation* t))
> 
>  (defun new-documentation-pool (&optional (size 1024))
>    "Args: (&optional hash-size)
> 
> --cut here--
> 
> regards,
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 05.10.2017 05:29, John Mercouris wrote:
>> Hello everyone, I’m running ECL + EQL 16.1.3, Mac OS High Sierra
>> 
>> I can produce a binary with ECL, but I have an issue, when I try to run it on anybody’s computer: I get the following:
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Condition of type: FILE-ERROR
>> Filesystem error with pathname “SYS:help.doc”.
>> Either
>>   1) the file does not exist, or
>>   2) we are not allowed to access the file, or
>>   3) the pathname points to a broken symbolic link.
>> No restarts available.
>> 
>> Top level in: #<process TOP-LEVEL>.
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> I’ve determined that the cause of this error is a file missing at: /usr/local/lib/ecl-16.1.3/help.doc
>> 
>> I’ve been able to get binary files to work on other people’s machines by copying the help.doc file to the appropriate
>> dir. Unfortunately this is not a practical solution for distribution.
>> 
>> Is there any way to tell ECL to not attempt to load this file? Any patch I can apply to the source? Thanks,
>> 
>> -John
> 
>