Re: [Axiom-developer] Front page esthetic

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Gaby, | | I am glad to receive your comments about the Axiom Wike site. | Please forgive me if some of my replies sound overly defensive. | I admit I have a biased view - but that is what makes it even | more important that other people comment about this

RE: [Axiom-developer] Front page esthetic

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
Gaby, I am glad to receive your comments about the Axiom Wike site. Please forgive me if some of my replies sound overly defensive. I admit I have a biased view - but that is what makes it even more important that other people comment about this stuff... On July 31, 2006 9:33 PM you wrote: > >

[Axiom-developer] [silver] PATCH to zimmer.input

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Hi, the patchlet below fixes a LaTeX escape issue. Tested on an i686-pc-linux-gnu. Applied. -- Gaby 2006-07-31 Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * zimmer.input.pamphlet: Escape "&". *** zimmer.input.pamphlet (revision 15548) --- zimmer.input.pamphlet (local) **

Re: [Axiom-developer] Front page esthetic

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
"Page, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Antoine, | | Thank you very much for the comment. I have made some | changes and look forward to further suggestions. Hi Bill, I find the front page of Axiom quite "visually heavy" -- and many times I miss there the information I'm looking for. So

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On July 31, 2006 3:22 PM Gaby wrote: | > | > Bill Page writes: | > | > [...] | > | > | > For every new session, the system repeatedly asks me to set | > | > preference before editing. Is there a way I can do that once | > | > for all and be done with i

[Axiom-developer] RE: Editing Wiki pages

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
Ralf, On July 31, 2006 3:46 PM you wrote: > > On 07/31/2006 08:54 PM, Bill Page wrote: > >> I can't change the wiki page, because it keeps asking me for a > >> username/password. > > > In order to cut down on spam, only users with Zope managers user id > > can make changes without explanations

[Axiom-developer] Editing Wiki pages

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
On 07/31/2006 08:54 PM, Bill Page wrote: I can't change the wiki page, because it keeps asking me for a username/password. In order to cut down on spam, only users with Zope managers user id can make changes without explanations. Bill, unless you are telling me that you removed me from the z

RE: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
Ralf, Thanks for the suggestion. On July 31, 2006 10:48 AM you wrote: > ... > Could you make change the Edit page and let appear "Reason for > the Change" in red? > Done. Regards, Bill Page. ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongn

RE: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
On July 31, 2006 3:22 PM Gaby wrote: > > Bill Page writes: > > [...] > > | > For every new session, the system repeatedly asks me to set > | > preference before editing. Is there a way I can do that once > | > for all and be done with it? > | > > | > | Your preferences are saved as cookies.

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] | > For every new session, the system repeatedly asks me to set | > preference before editing. Is there a way I can do that once | > for all and be done with it? | > | | Your preferences are saved as cookies. If your browser allows | it, they will

RE: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
On July 31, 2006 3:05 PM my email program wrote: > ... > you why. This has the advantage of telling robot programs "too > authorized", but it seems to give the wrong impression to users. > ... I was sure I told it to say "not authorized". This HTTP 401 return code is often enough to scare away a r

RE: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
On July 31, 2006 11:20 AM Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... > | Bill, I guess Kai had problems because he did not provide a > | reason for the change. (I fell into the same trap.) > > Me too. > > The system should not make it hard for "good citizens" to c

RE: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Bill Page
On July 31, 2006 10:18 AM Kai Kaminski > > > >> svn diff --diff-cmd /usr/bin/diff -x "-Naur" some.foo.pamphlet > > > > Super. > > > >> PS: If this is what you've been looking for, I'll put it > on the wiki. > > > > Yes, please. > > I can't change the wiki page, because it keeps asking me for a

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] | Bill, I guess Kai had problems because he did not provide a reason for | the change. (I fell into the same trap.) Me too. The system should not make it hard for "good citizens" to contribute modifications. For every new session, the system re

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Kai Kaminski
I can't change the wiki page, because it keeps asking me for a username/password. I probably have those, since I've used the wiki before, but I can't remember them. I attached the modified page source to this mail, so maybe someone else can just put it up. ... Bill, I guess Kai had problems bec

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Alfredo Portes
Kai, You just need to provide a little comment in the text field: "Reason for edit:". This is new feature put in place by Bill to avoid spam in the Wiki. With this we will not get a password prompt. Regards, Alfredo Portes On 7/31/06, Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> svn diff --diff

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
I can't change the wiki page, because it keeps asking me for a username/password. I probably have those, since I've used the wiki before, but I can't remember them. I attached the modified page source to this mail, so maybe someone else can just put it up. Done. Thanks for supplying the change

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Kai Kaminski
svn diff --diff-cmd /usr/bin/diff -x "-Naur" some.foo.pamphlet Super. PS: If this is what you've been looking for, I'll put it on the wiki. Yes, please. I can't change the wiki page, because it keeps asking me for a username/password. I probably have those, since I've used the wiki before,

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hi Gaby, | | I have also come across that bug some time. It is just a missing | backslash in front of the special character #. | | I've included the patch at the end. Thanks, I'll test it commit to Silver. | Why I did not send it was that I find "dif

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread root
Ralf, Before you change a file, copy it. I usually do: cp transolve.spad.pamphlet transolve.spad.pamphlet.org edit transolve.spad.pamphlet rebuild and if it succeeds then I do: diff -Naur transolve.spad.pamphlet.org transolve.spad.pamphlet >patch and post the patch. Tim _

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
svn diff --diff-cmd /usr/bin/diff -x "-Naur" some.foo.pamphlet Super. PS: If this is what you've been looking for, I'll put it on the wiki. Yes, please. Thank you. Ralf ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.no

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Kai Kaminski
I usually have just one working copy. If I come across a problem, I fix it and try to recompile. If it works, fine. But if I should submit a "diff -Naur" patch I need the old an the new file. The old file is gone, of course, so I need a checkout of a second (original) working copy to be able to

Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom build failure on an x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

2006-07-31 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Gaby, | | in src/hyper/Makefile.pamphlet do: | | - ${LIB}/bsdsignal.o ${LDFLAGS} ${XLIB}/libXpm.a -lX11 -lm -L${LIB} ) | + ${LIB}/bsdsignal.o ${LDFLAGS} -l Xpm -lX11 -lm -L${LIB} ) | | in src/graph/view2D/Makefile.pamphlet do: | | -

Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom build failure on an x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

2006-07-31 Thread Frederic Lehobey
Hi, On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 03:12:34AM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > and I've been trying to set up Axiom on it. It is running SuSE 10.1 > So far, I've been unsuccessful to build Axiom. The failure is at > > [...] > 1 linking /home/gdr/build/axiom.2006-07-30/build/mnt/linux/lib/viewman > /u

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
So patches get collected and the Gold copy is built/tested/ported every 2 months or so. No problem. But we should also start to think about freezing the "next-release-gold", call it "GoldAxiomVersion-x.y-ReleaseCandidate", make it available publicly and post to the mailing list that everyone

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
On 07/30/2006 08:10 PM, root wrote: I've tried to get debian running several times without success. I downloaded a 9 CD Debian set, spent half a day trying to install it and it fails. Bad karma, I guess. But you have Fedora running, and I believe that it comes with a Subversion package. ;-)

Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
Hi Gaby, I have also come across that bug some time. It is just a missing backslash in front of the special character #. I've included the patch at the end. Why I did not send it was that I find "diff -Naur" rather inconvenient. And I was not yet fully through with the compilation of Silver,