In patch 44 I get the following after starting axiom:

                          AXIOM Computer Algebra System
                       Version: Axiom 3.9 (September 2005)
               Timestamp: Thursday September 1, 2005 at 14:41:01
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Issue )copyright to view copyright notices.
     Issue )summary for a summary of useful system   commands.
     Issue )quit to leave AXIOM and return to shell.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Re-reading compress.daase   Re-reading interp.daase
     Re-reading operation.daase
     Re-reading category.daase
     Re-reading browse.daase
  (1) ->
  syntax error: expected a newcommand
  not a word
  (HyperDoc) While parsing RootPage on line 1
          in the file /home/rubey/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/rootpage.ht
  Trying to print the next ten tokens
  \{ up3d \} \} \par \newcommand \{ \MenuDotBitmap \} \{
  syntax error: expected a newcommand
  not a word
  (HyperDoc) While parsing ErrorPage on line 1
          in the file /home/rubey/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/util.ht
  Trying to print the next ten tokens
  \{ ProtectedQuitPage \} \} \newcommand \{ \UpButton \} \{ \upbutton

The error goes away if you replace /axiom/mnt/linux/doc/hypertex/pages/util.ht by a version preceding patch-44.

odd. there have been no changes to util.ht as far as i'm aware. the last change in the changelog is from december 2004.

i'll look into the history to see if anything changed.

t

Status: fix proposed => closed

I diffed the patch-44 version with patch-5 and there has been no change. I'm unable to reproduce this so I'm closing it.

Tim