On Aug 21, 8:17 am, Craig Citro <craigci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Perhaps a function "get_help()" (or "help()") could print a link to > > sage-support, could print the needed technical data, *and* could print > > a brief introduction on how to post a good request (i.e., odds are > > that we understand what the user means): > > I much prefer something along these lines to any extra information in > the banner. Maybe even just call it something like "system_summary" > and suggest people include that info in any requests to sage-support.
Two things: right now, "help()" starts up the Python help system, which might be a little disconcerting to unsuspecting users. So it might be a good idea for "help()" to do something else. Is there a way to access the Sage documentation (other than introspection) from the command line? Second, maybe we could change the banner to say something like Type notebook() for the GUI, system_info() for ..., and license() for licensing information. We want to keep it short, but I wouldn't object to listing one more command. How important is it to include the "license" command in the banner, as long as it's prominently available elsewhere? It might be more helpful to include "notebook" and a help command of some sort, if one existed. John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
