Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
À: Vanuxem Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sujet: Re: [Axiom-developer] A Canonical Axiom GUI
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:50:49 +0200
Vanuxem Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> part de Kai Kaminski
> Envoye : vendredi 8 septembre 2006 15:56
> A : C Y
> Cc : axiom-developer@nongnu.org
> Objet : Re: [Axiom-developer] A Canonical Axiom GUI
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> I
"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> ...
> 1. I think a default GUI for Axiom would be a Very Good Thing
>>>
>>>Kai Kaminski wrote:
As I said, I'm not convinced.
>
> I am convinced that trying to build a graphical user interface that
> works only
--- Bill Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do appreciate the sentiment in Kai's remark, which he indicates
> we should take as humour. But I am worried that some people who are
> potential contributors to this discussion might well perceive it
> as fact. If so, I think that is very unfortunate.
C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ...
1. I think a default GUI for Axiom would be a Very Good Thing
>>
>>Kai Kaminski wrote:
>>> As I said, I'm not convinced.
I am convinced that trying to build a graphical user interface that
works only with Axiom would *not* be a good thing.
> >
> > No w
--- Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What we should expose to GUIs and how is probably somewhat
> > separate from how the GUIs use that information. The
> > latter is usually where most of the trouble comes in :-).
>
> It is indeed very different. Of course, the former should be guided
>
Hi Kai!
Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Good to see you here!
> 1) In the Axiom core we create one or more additional Lisp packages
>(in the DEFPACKAGE sense) that provide an API for all the services
>that a GUI needs/wants/whatever.
>
>The most important feature would prob
C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey Kai! We never seem to overlap on IRC, do we? ;-) Sorry about that
> - I need xchat to make a noise when someone sends a message to me.
> Hmm...
:-)
> --- Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> The tool doesn't change, only the GUI. Do you know any ot
Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> | PS: I don't mean to say that there shouldn't be a nice, downloadable
> | package on Axiom's website featuring a specific GUI. What I'm after is
> | independence. Axiom's main branch should conta
Hey Kai! We never seem to overlap on IRC, do we? ;-) Sorry about that
- I need xchat to make a noise when someone sends a message to me.
Hmm...
--- Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The tool doesn't change, only the GUI. Do you know any other
> successful language that has a canonical
Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
| PS: I don't mean to say that there shouldn't be a nice, downloadable
| package on Axiom's website featuring a specific GUI. What I'm after is
| independence. Axiom's main branch should contain no GUI-related code
| other than the implementation of
C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I won't argue with those who will point out that this doesn't mean
> anything about how good the mathematical abilities of the software are
> - indeed, I agree with them. But for those who will evaluate Axiom as
> a tool to use, the metrics they will be using in
C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
| It takes enough time and energy to evaluate a tool such as Axiom in a
| non-trivial way that the motivation to do so must be extreme. (How
| many people here have seen a sub-optimal tool used simply because
| people already knew it and thought it would be
C Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
| It takes enough time and energy to evaluate a tool such as Axiom in a
| non-trivial way that the motivation to do so must be extreme. (How
| many people here have seen a sub-optimal tool used simply because
| people already knew it and thought it would be
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