It has been noted here before that the docstring for notebook() is very out of date -- which adds to the pain of a novice trying to set up a server. There is better (and different) documentation somewhere on the wiki, and in another place but I forget where...
John On 27 February 2010 16:03, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >> >> help(notebook) shows as the 2nd and 4th example: >> >> 2) notebook(address='', secure=True) >> >> 4)notebook(address='', server_pool=['sa...@localhost'], ulimit='-v >> 500000', accounts=True) >> >> But when one reads the documentation, it says 'address' is depreciated in >> favor of 'interface'. As such, it would be sensible to change the examples >> from address to interface. >> >> >> >> >> dave >> > > This is now > > http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/8387 > > I personally think the old 'address' was better than 'interface' as > interface would often be associated with a computer which has multiple > Ethernet ports. In which case, one could have servers running on identical > ports on different interfaces. Or perhaps that is the whole idea to be more > general. > > Either way, it would be good if the examples did not use a method which is > documented as depreciated. > > Dave > > -- > 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 > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org
