On Feb 17, 12:07 pm, mark mcclure <mcmcc...@unca.edu> wrote:
Hi Mark,
> I finally got Sage.app working. Still there seems
> something a bit odd about the fix. I had, in my home
> directory, a .maxima directory with a file named
> maxima-init.mac that sets certain maxima preferences.
> Once I deleted this file, everything worked fine. As I
> understand it though, the sage directory is supposed to be
> independent of the rest of the system.
Well, it doesn't *write* to anything outside $SAGE_ROOT and $DOT_SAGE
and it is not supposed to pick up any external config files, but some
times this still happens.
> Evidently, the
> latest version of sage is reading information from my
> home directory. My old sage (v3.0.1) runs fine without
> removing the file, however.
ok. I believe we since upgraded Maxima.
> The two lines in the maxima-init file were exactly the
> following:
> set_plot_option([gnuplot_term, aqua]);
> set_plot_option([gnuplot_pipes_term, aqua]);
>
> Of course, now I can no longer plot from my standalone
> copy of maxima. :)
>
> One final comment: George's patch was unnecessary. I
> hope I didn't send you on a wild goose chase.
Nah, that was a real bug.
> Mark McClure
I made this http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5295
Cheers,
Michael
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