Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-22 Thread Waldek Hebisch
Martin Rubey wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I started adding your algebra to the system. I ran into a problem. > > It appears that mantepse.spad.pamphlet will not format correctly. > > When I looked into the problem you define a chunk: > > > > <>= > > yes, all of these are typos, no ide

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-08 Thread Bill Page
On 8/8/07, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Bill Page wrote: > ... > | What do expect the meaning of #2 and #3 to be? > | > | As I understand Spad syntax, if I write > | > |( #1 + #2 + #3 ) > | > | this is a shorthand for the following anonymous function > | > | (x,y,z) +-> x + y

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-08 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Bill Page wrote: | On 08 Aug 2007 06:56:46 +0200, Martin Rubey wrote: | > Gabriel Dos Reis writes: | > ... | > > More specifically: | > > | > > * short hand for unnamed functions do not work properly, so one has | > >to use the syntax x +-> f(x) | > | > Could you tell me i

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-08 Thread Bill Page
On 08 Aug 2007 06:56:46 +0200, Martin Rubey wrote: > Gabriel Dos Reis writes: > ... > > More specifically: > > > > * short hand for unnamed functions do not work properly, so one has > >to use the syntax x +-> f(x) > > Could you tell me in what places that happens, and what "do not work proper

Re: adding new algebra, was: Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Bill Page wrote: | On 08 Aug 2007 01:50:45 +0200, Martin Rubey wrote: | > ... | > I recall describing on the list how to work around it by making the build | > process semi-automatic, i.e., adding only the files in the first layer (i.e., | > RECOP, FAMR2, GOPT, etc.) to src/a

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Tue, 8 Aug 2007, Martin Rubey wrote: | Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > On Tue, 8 Aug 2007, Martin Rubey wrote: | > | > | Do you recall what went wrong at ISSAC? | > | > Many things :-) | > | > More specifically: | > | > * short hand for unnamed functions do not work pro

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Martin Rubey
Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 8 Aug 2007, Martin Rubey wrote: > > | Do you recall what went wrong at ISSAC? > > Many things :-) > > More specifically: > > * short hand for unnamed functions do not work properly, so one has >to use the syntax x +-> f(x) Could you

Re: adding new algebra, was: Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Bill Page
On 08 Aug 2007 01:50:45 +0200, Martin Rubey wrote: > ... > I recall describing on the list how to work around it by making the build > process semi-automatic, i.e., adding only the files in the first layer (i.e., > RECOP, FAMR2, GOPT, etc.) to src/algebra/Makefile.pamphlet, finishing the > build,

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Bill Page wrote: [...] | During the build there are unexpected errors during the compile of | some modules, even when they are compiled in the required order. Tim | demonstrated to me that if he stopped the build at that point and | started Axiom normally, the )compile command

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Tue, 8 Aug 2007, Martin Rubey wrote: | Do you recall what went wrong at ISSAC? Many things :-) More specifically: * short hand for unnamed functions do not work properly, so one has to use the syntax x +-> f(x) * the most recalcitrant was a package call to generalInterpolation() fro

Re: adding new algebra, was: Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Martin Rubey
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is a similar problem but Franz' problem is even more difficult > because it attempts to make a basic change to some existing algebra > code deep down in the algebra hierachy. In this case the initial > databases that are in the share directory of the bu

Re: adding new algebra, was: Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Bill Page
On 08 Aug 2007 01:50:45 +0200, Martin Rubey wrote: > Bill Page writes: > ... > > This is the same problem that was originally reported by Alfredo > > Portes about this time last year. > > Yes. I recall describing on the list how to work around it by making the > build > process semi-automatic, i.

adding new algebra, was: Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Martin Rubey
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This works just as you describe - even with Gold. great! > But the problem occurred when Tim tried to add the necessary commands to the > algebra/Makefile.pamphlet file to include the GUESS package in the standard > build. This is the same problem that

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Bill Page
On 08 Aug 2007 01:09:38 +0200, Martin Rubey wrote: > Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > At ISSAC'07, Tim, Bill, Stephen W., Barry and I (and probably others) tried > > to get your algebra compile. > > Oops. Well, from a running axiom system, you should compile things for > example

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Martin Rubey
Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Rubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | > Please post a working pamphlet file (English is preferred), > | > | I definitively do not have time to do that now. > > Martin -- > >I hope you had good time. Partially, thanks... >I beli

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Bill Page
On 07 Aug 2007 17:34:36 -0500, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > Martin Rubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | > Please post a working pamphlet file (English is preferred), > | > | I definitively do not have time to do that now. > > Martin -- > >I hope you had good time. > >I believe an English ex

Re: [Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Martin Rubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > Please post a working pamphlet file (English is preferred), | | I definitively do not have time to do that now. Martin -- I hope you had good time. I believe an English explanation of what you're doing will be helpful. At ISSAC'07, Tim, Bill,

[Axiom-developer] typo in the guessing package pamphlet, was: Re: Algebra and literate documentation

2007-08-07 Thread Martin Rubey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Martin, > > Normally I wouldn't mention this as an on-list post but ??? WHY ??? > I spent the last two weeks rearranging Axiom so people can add > algebra code to the system. Great. > I started adding your algebra to the system. I ran into a problem. > It appea