[Axiom-developer] GUI paper worth reading

2006-01-19 Thread C Y
Anybody know Neil Soiffer? It looks like he did a degree at UC Berkeley, and then went on to work for Wolfram. He is currently (I think) Senior Scientist Design Science, Inc. His thesis looks like it might very well be the perfect starting point for a literate programming GUI pamphlet (needs a f

[Axiom-developer] [FrontPage] what's new

2006-01-19 Thread billpage
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage/diff -- ++added: The new book **Axiom Volume 1: Tutorial** by Tim Daly, (ISBN 141166597X) can now be purchased from your favorite book store or direct from the "publisher":http://www.lulu.com/content/190827. Sign the [Free Aldor] petition! ++ad

RE: [Axiom-developer] Aldor?

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Page
On January 19, 2006 3:23 PM Jay Belanger wrote: > > Bill Page previously wrote: > > The Axiom website is a wiki (user editable), so it would be very > > easy to add a page consisting of the petition to Free Aldor. We > > could freeze the text and then readers could "sign" it by simply > > adding a

[Axiom-developer] [DoyenTest]

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenTest/diff -- --removed: -\documentclass{article} -\usepackage{axiom} -\usepackage{graphics} ??changed: -\title{Doyen Build Instructions} -\author{Tim Daly, Jose Alfredo Perez, Wilken Rivera} -\maketitle -\begin{abstract} - -This document shows the exp

[Axiom-developer] [doyen]

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/Doyen/diff -- ++added: [Doyen Test] -- Test Page for Latex support -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.no

[Axiom-developer] [doyen]

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/Doyen/diff -- --removed: -[Doyen Test] -- Test Page for Latex support ??changed: - [DoyenTest] -- Doyen test page for Latex support -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axi

[Axiom-developer] [DoyenTest]

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenTest/diff -- ??changed: -\documentclass{article} \documentclass{article}% ===> this file was generated automatically by noweave --- better not edit it --removed: - -\begin{axiom} - x:CFLOAT:=1.0 - y:CFLOAT:=3.0 - z:CFLOAT:=x/y -\end{axiom} ??changed:

[Axiom-developer] [DoyenTest]

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenTest/diff -- ++added: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{axiom} \usepackage{graphics} ??changed: -\section{theory} -This is the theory of CachedFloats which will do infinite precision -floating point computation with post-facto expansions. - -\section

[Axiom-developer] [DoyenTest]

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenTest/diff -- ??changed: - -\begin{axiom} - x:CFLOAT:=1.0 - y:CFLOAT:=3.0 - z:CFLOAT:=x/y -\end{axiom} - \documentclass{article} \usepackage{axiom} \usepackage{graphics} \begin{document} \title{Doyen Build Instructions} \author{Tim Daly, Jose Alfredo Per

[Axiom-developer] [DoyenTest] (new)

2006-01-19 Thread doyen
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/DoyenTest/diff -- \begin{axiom} x:CFLOAT:=1.0 y:CFLOAT:=3.0 z:CFLOAT:=x/y \end{axiom} -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongn

Re: [Axiom-developer] Aldor?

2006-01-19 Thread C Y
--- Jay Belanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay; that's done, and there's a FreeAldor page. Added my name (forgot to sign in though - opps). > It wasn't a server error and there wasn't an error message. > My browser simply kept trying without success. (I use > Firefox; the wheel thing in t

[Axiom-developer] [FreeAldor] Seconded - the work involved in re-inventing the Aldor wheel would slow Axiom considerably

2006-01-19 Thread unknown
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FreeAldor/diff -- Cliff Yapp -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer

[Axiom-developer] [FreeAldor] Aldor is important for Axiom!

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Page
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FreeAldor/diff -- Bill Page. -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer

Re: [Axiom-developer] Error in Main Page

2006-01-19 Thread Bob McElrath
Oh yes, I didn't realize that message was old. I had some trouble with my server over the holidays when I was across the country and away from a computer... :( But, all should be fixed now. Bill Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Worked fine for me the next day (Jan 5) and is working fine > now. On

Re: [Axiom-developer] Aldor?

2006-01-19 Thread Jay Belanger
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > I suggest you first create a link such as [Free Aldor] in a > short into paragraph by editing the following page: > > http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomCommunity Okay; that's done, and there's a FreeAldor page. You previously wrote > The Axiom webs

[Axiom-developer] [FreeAldor] (new)

2006-01-19 Thread belanger
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FreeAldor/diff -- Axiom is a sophisticated computer algebra system originally developed as an IBM research project. IBM sold Axiom to the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) who marketed it and continued its development. After NAG discontinued Axiom as a comm

RE: [Axiom-developer] Error in Main Page

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Page
Worked fine for me the next day (Jan 5) and is working fine now. On Jan 4 there was some Zope error which I did not record. I presumed that you were just in the middle of some change to the software. > -Original Message- > From: Bob McElrath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: January 19, 2

[Axiom-developer] RE: FW: [Axiom-math] if-then-else: what is wrong?

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Page
On January 19, 2006 1:30 PM Fabio Stumbo wrote: > > >> So: what is happening? Is the book wrong?!?! > > > Bill Page wrote: > > > > Worse than that: **both** :( > > > > You have found bugs in both the documentation and in the > > implementation! > > WOW! What a luck ;-) Seriously, I think you hav

[Axiom-developer] [AxiomCommunity] To add a paragraph about FreeAldor.

2006-01-19 Thread belanger
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/AxiomCommunity/diff -- ++added: Aldor Licensing Aldor is a language for writing Axiom libraries which was written to be an improvement to SPAD. While the Aldor compiler is generously licensed, it is not free or open source and so it cannot be a standard

Re: [Axiom-developer] Error in Main Page

2006-01-19 Thread Bob McElrath
Bill Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On January 4, 2006 8:28 PM Alfredo Portes wrote: > > > I wanted to let you know that the link to LatexWiki in > > the Related sites section of > > http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage > > is broken. > > Thanks. Actually, I think the link is ok - it's B

[Axiom-developer] RE: [Axiom-math] if-then-else: what is wrong?

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Page
On January 19, 2006 5:53 AM Fabio Stumbo wrote: > > I am having some problem with the if-then-else syntax in the > .input files. > > Problem 1: I refer to the axiom book which ships with the program > (version 2005/09). At page 204 it says that the usual rules > for piling are suspended in con

RE: [Axiom-developer] Aldor?

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Page
On January 19, 2006 8:40 AM Jay Belanger wrote: > > Jay Belanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... > > Tonight I'll either post it (if I can figure it out) or ask > > you for help (if I can't). > I suggest you first create a link such as [Free Aldor] in a short into paragraph by editing the foll

Re: [Axiom-developer] Aldor?

2006-01-19 Thread Jay Belanger
Jay Belanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > Tonight I'll either post it (if I can figure it out) or ask you for > help (if I can't). I couldn't get through to the web site last night; I'll try again later. Jay ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axi