[Axiom-developer] Papers on Axiom

2005-12-16 Thread C Y
Well, here's some sort of NAG/PDE work with Axiom: http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~wn/Papers/symbInterface2.ps and another Axiom related paper: http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~wn/Papers/monteCarCat3.ps Can't read them since I have no postscript viewer available, so I dunno how good they might be :-/. Is t

RE: [Axiom-developer] Axiom guidance

2005-12-16 Thread michel . lavaud
Hello Bill, On 16 Dec 2005 at 10:16, Bill Page wrote: > web site. What we need most I think is for someone to explicitly > take on the task of helping to maintain and develop the FAQ. > It is easy for anyone who has a browser to do this from anywhere > in the world. Yes, I believe you, but it is

Re: [Axiom-developer] [FrontPage] same font on all pages?

2005-12-16 Thread michel . lavaud
Hello Bill, On 16 Dec 2005 at 13:10, billpage wrote: > Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage/diff > -- > The font style is easily changed. > > I changed the style so that the same font (verdana, arial, > helvetica, sans-serif in order of preference) is used on > all pages? > > D

Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: this is open source

2005-12-16 Thread root
> As simple as possible: Axiom has a kernel in written in C or LISP and > the rest is Aldor. Bill, would you consider that too simple? AARRGGGHHH! C is one of the most non-portable languages I know. an #ifdef here, an #ifdef there, here a #else, there #define, under there 3 #includes with 17 subi

[Axiom-developer] Re: [Gcl-devel] Problems compiling gcl-2.6.7 on ia64

2005-12-16 Thread Camm Maguire
Greetings! Please keep in mind the alternate build instructions for axiom on this platform (no native object relocation in GCL). Take care, Paulo Jabardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks, it worked fine. Now I will try to compile axiom with this version > Paulo Jabardo > Camm Maguire <[EMAI

Re: [Axiom-developer] [AxiomProgramming] (new) This is a stub. Please enhance by providing links etc. Don't make it much longer

2005-12-16 Thread michel . lavaud
Hello, On 16 Dec 2005 at 4:00, kratt6 wrote: > Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomProgramming/diff > -- > Axiom's programming languages > LaTeX > > is the language we use for "documenting":LiterateProgramming > everything. LaTeX is not a language, it is a library of commands.

[Axiom-developer] Re: This sentence is not a Lie

2005-12-16 Thread Jay Belanger
C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... >> Also, I seem to recall seeing a package to do Lie symmetry >> analysis of PDEs in Axiom, but I can't come across it again. >> (Googling "Axiom" and anything mathematical doesn't always >> give results about the CAS.) What, if anything, is out there? > > Maybe

RE: [Axiom-developer] Basic Algebra Hierarchy

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
On December 16, 2005 11:01 AM Martin Rubey wrote: > > Why is there a link from Algebra to CharacteristicNonZero ? > % asq -cc Algebra says: (Join (Ring) (Module t#1) (CATEGORY domain (SIGNATURE coerce ($ t#1 So I think the link to Charac

[Axiom-developer] [MathAction]

2005-12-16 Thread unknown
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/MathAction/diff -- \begin{axiom} 1/2+25/45 \end{axiom} -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailm

Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: noweb "bug" (was: article "standard" header/footer)

2005-12-16 Thread Camm Maguire
Greetings! With current cvs 2.6.8pre, I just took your patch, and changed the GCLVERSION to gcl-system in both Makefile and Makefile.pamphlet. Then I pointed the PATH to ~/gcl-2.6.8pre/bin:$PATH, set the AXIOM env variable as you instructed, and make AWK=awk. I get down to the following: tangli

[Axiom-developer] [FrontPage] same font on all pages?

2005-12-16 Thread billpage
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage/diff -- The font style is easily changed. I changed the style so that the same font (verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif in order of preference) is used on all pages? Does everyone agree that this looks better? Or does anyone have another sugges

[Axiom-developer] [other Computer Algebra systems]

2005-12-16 Thread Jaap Weel
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/OtherComputerAlgebraSystems/diff -- ??changed: -List price for Derive is about $200US and student price is about $100US. List price for Derive is about \$200US and student price is about \$100US. -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PR

[Axiom-developer] [FrontPage] Great page design

2005-12-16 Thread unknown
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage/diff -- The new front page looks much, much better than the old Wiki. I believe these sorts of things actually can help the credibility of your project more than some would like to believe ;-) How hard would it be to make all the other pages look

[Axiom-developer] [AxiomProgramming]

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomProgramming/diff -- ??changed: - At first it might be confusing: So many programming languages to choose from. There is Lisp, Boot, Spad, Aldor and even more. So what do I really need to learn? - - Lisp At first it might be confusing: So many prog

[Axiom-developer] Basic Algebra Hierarchy

2005-12-16 Thread Martin Rubey
Why is there a link from Algebra to CharacteristicNonZero ? Martin ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer

[Axiom-developer] [Boot Programming] (renamed)

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/BootProgramming/diff -- This page was renamed from SandBox Boot Programming to Boot Programming. -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-develope

[Axiom-developer] [Lisp In Axiom] (renamed)

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/LispInAxiom/diff -- This page was renamed from SandBox Lisp in Axiom to Lisp In Axiom. -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.o

[Axiom-developer] RE: Local MathAction

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
On December 16, 2005 6:54 AM Ralf Hemmecke wrote: > > I know it's a stupid question for a living thing like MathAction, > but since I am usually offline when I work on Axiom, I would be > happy to have a local copy of all the information on my computer. > Is there any hope to get something like th

[Axiom-developer] FW: [TeXmacs] Better system for donations

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
Axiom Developers; Obviously this is also of interest to Axiom developers. I think we should encourage the creation of such an association in France and in other countries as well. Regards, Bill Page. -Original Message- From: Joris van der Hoeven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December

[Axiom-developer] Re: noweb "bug"

2005-12-16 Thread root
> Hmmm, I don't know whether it is worth spending many hours on the spad > language. You know, I am a bit against spad. Although quite similar, > SPAD is not the same as Aldor. And I would rather like to see SPAD > replaced by Aldor. Eliminate the SPAD language in favour of Aldor. not to worry,

RE: [Axiom-developer] Axiom guidance

2005-12-16 Thread Bill Page
On December 15, 2005 6:01 PM Ralf Hemmecke wrote: > ... > I somehow have the impression that the FAQ section is a bit > unwritten and does not really invite people to put in their > questions that will perhaps be answered by somebody who can. > Bill, what do you think about making it more explicit

Re: [Axiom-developer] hyperlinked algebra

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
Hi Derek, http://people.csail.mit.edu/drayside/latex/dotla/ In the .pdf you were asking for some code to maintain newlines within \digraph to carry over to the output. I am not sure whether it's the right way, but I guess you might like this little piece of code in the attachment. So "

Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: this is open source

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
They can do that privately in their own source code environments or they can do it more publicly via the Axiom Wiki. All types of Axiom-related programming are now possible through the web including Lisp, Boot, Spad, Aldor and Axiom interpreter scripts. For a beginner these are too many languages

[Axiom-developer] Local MathAction

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
Dear Bill, I know it's a stupid question for a living thing like MathAction, but since I am usually offline when I work on Axiom, I would be happy to have a local copy of all the information on my computer. Is there any hope to get something like this together with a possible daily synchroniz

[Axiom-developer] [FrontPage]

2005-12-16 Thread kratt6
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage/diff -- ++added: "Programming":AxiomProgramming -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org

[Axiom-developer] [AxiomProgramming] (new) This is a stub. Please enhance by providing links etc. Don't make it much longer

2005-12-16 Thread kratt6
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomProgramming/diff -- Axiom's programming languages At first it might be confusing: So many programming languages to choose from. There is Lisp, Boot, Spad, Aldor and even more. So what do I really need to learn? Lisp to learn programming itse

Re: [Axiom-developer] hyperlinked algebra

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
Bill Page wrote: On December 15, 2005 10:35 AM Tim Daly (root) wrote: in tex if you want a 2 character command (say \n) but no space you write: foo\n{}bar ==> foo\nbar the {} tells tex that \n has ended Right. and has no argument. I tend to say that is wrong. The definition of \n says w

[Axiom-developer] Re: noweb "bug"

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
i've started in on volume 2, the programmers guide which will require a complete rewrite. i've outlined it and am writing a programming example that will be carried throughout the book (a cohen algebra which i mentioned in a previous posting) Hmmm, I don't know whether it is worth spending many

[Axiom-developer] Axiom guidance

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
Matthias Heiler wrote: "Page, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: They can do that privately in their own source code environments or they can do it more publicly via the Axiom Wiki. All types of Axiom-related programming are now possible through the web including Lisp, Boot, Spad, Aldor and Axio

[Axiom-developer] Re: noweb "bug"

2005-12-16 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
most of the steps would be: (1) PUSH THE CHANGE check out a fresh system build a pre-change copy of the system (call it old) build a second copy of the system (call it new) in new: add the awk script to etc/scripts update CHANGELOG update the etc/scripts/Makefile.pamphl