[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
Great! thank you! On Aug 21, 11:50 am, Mike Hansen wrote: > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Oscar Lazo > wrote: > > implicit_multiplication is very time-saving, and a much more natural way to > > write things. I'd love it to be default. > > In your "~/.sage/init.sage" file, add the line > "imp

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Niles
Hi Oscar, Could you tell us a little more about what fails when you try ask.sagemath.org? Do you get any error message? At least one tag is required for every question, so did you include a tag? thanks, Niles On Aug 21, 12:31 pm, Oscar Lazo wrote: > implicit_multiplication is very time-saving

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
I have posted a new question now. My impression is that the problem was related to my GoogleID authentification, since I was working with two ID's at the time. On Aug 21, 1:21 pm, Niles wrote: > Hi Oscar, > > Could you tell us a little more about what fails when you try > ask.sagemath.org?  Do yo

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
I have now found out about the automatic_names option, that makes variables be automatically declared. Unfortunately this is not available in the command line, so editing ~/.sage/init.sage will not work. Can this too be set as a default? thanks Oscar On Aug 21, 5:56 pm, Oscar Lazo wrote: > I h

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Simon King
Hi Robin, On 23 Aug., 12:58, robin hankin wrote: > But, if I didn't know it existed, how could I possibly have found it? > (give me a pointer to a FAQ!) I just tried to find it in the FAQ, but without success. Anyway. If you know that it is called implicit_multiplication then you can do sage

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Simon King
Hi Robin, On 23 Aug., 13:43, robin hankin wrote: > Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? > > Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. > > Who uses sage without this option? I find automatic_names horrible, to say the least! In my opinion, such thing should *ne

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Simon King
Hi Robert, On 23 Aug., 18:08, Robert Bradshaw wrote: > > ... And on the other hand, I can't see how life with Sage would be > > any easier if automatic_names was the standard. > > Think about someone working through a series of calculus textbook > exercises (mostly one-liners). I didn't deny tha

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-24 Thread Oscar Lazo
On Aug 23, 8:54 am, Simon King wrote: > 1. If you write a little program on the command line and it does > something, but simply it doesn't do the right thing or you get strange > error messages about missing attributes -- it would be very hard to > find out that you forgot to define some objec

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-24 Thread Jason Grout
On 8/24/10 11:45 AM, Oscar Lazo wrote: On Aug 23, 8:54 am, Simon King wrote: 1. If you write a little program on the command line and it does something, but simply it doesn't do the right thing or you get strange error messages about missing attributes -- it would be very hard to find out th

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Mike Hansen
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Oscar Lazo wrote: > Unfortunately this is not available in the command line, so editing > ~/.sage/init.sage will not work. Can this too be set as a default? You can add the following to your init.sage: from sagenb.misc.support import automatic_names automatic_nam

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread robin hankin
Hello everybody >> > implicit_multiplication is very time-saving, and a much more natural way >> > to write things. I'd love it to be default. Wow, implicit_multiplication(True) is *exactly* what I have been looking for. I have tried it just now, and it is brill. OK, my question: Now that I k

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread robin hankin
Hello thanks for this. I liked the preparser manpage that Simon pointed me to. Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. Who uses sage without this option? Or, more precisely, can anyone give me an example of a way of wo

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Simon King wrote: > Hi Robin, > > On 23 Aug., 13:43, robin hankin wrote: >> Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? >> >> Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. >> >> Who uses sage without this option? > > I find automatic_names

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Simon King wrote: >> Hi Robin, >> >> On 23 Aug., 13:43, robin hankin wrote: >>> Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? >>> >>> Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. >>