[sage-devel] Re: ams notices opinion column

2007-08-06 Thread iSAGE
> 2. No real discussion of the costs of the proprietary systems are > given. For me, this is really the primary issue. > If it was possible to buy a full (non-student) copy of matlab or > mathematica for $100 and have freedom to use it on whatever computer I > wanted, however I wanted, I might

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread boothby
I agree completely. I am firmly against this particular use of Java. I'm comfortable with the language, with the use of applets, and I'm very pro-3d java widget. Speaking of: has anybody heard from Peter Clark? On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, William Stein wrote: > > I can't write much from my phone.

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread William Stein
I can't write much from my phone. But I think rejecting some use of java in the notebook out of hand is a very bad idea, especially given the recent open sourcing of java. Also java is our best hope for some notebook related problems, eg 3 d graphics. - William (Sent from my iPhone.) On

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread Chris Chiasson
On Aug 6, 2:37 pm, Martin Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not every computer (e.g. a notebook) does have such a key. I really like > Shift-Enter btw. It would be in addition to the regular shift+enter. I think many people here are of the "you can take my shift+enter when you pry it from my

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread boothby
>> 1) browser-applet interaction is >> * highly restricted >> * buggy >> * different in every browser > > Browser/applet interaction is restricted, but the interaction between > the applet and the servers it was served from is unrestricted. Since > the data that a user is working on i

[sage-devel] Re: ams notices opinion column

2007-08-06 Thread coolmathix
The sentence "...but she knows that she will be required to produce a proof if required." seems a bit redundant? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread Ted Kosan
boothby wrote: > *each* cell is an instance of an applet? That is an utter nightmare for a > number of reasons: > > 1) browser-applet interaction is > * highly restricted > * buggy > * different in every browser Browser/applet interaction is restricted, but the interaction between

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread boothby
*each* cell is an instance of an applet? That is an utter nightmare for a number of reasons: 1) browser-applet interaction is * highly restricted * buggy * different in every browser 2) For an entire quarter, I tried, every week, to install java into my browser so that I might pre

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread Ted Kosan
A Java Applet can be served to the browser from the notebook server and it could implement this behavior. I have also been contemplating the possibility of having Java Applet-based cells in the notebook. These kind of cells could do all sorts of helpful things like syntax highlighting, parenthes

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread Martin Albrecht
On Monday 06 August 2007, Chris Chiasson wrote: > Does anyone else think it's a good idea? Not every computer (e.g. a notebook) does have such a key. I really like Shift-Enter btw. Martin -- name: Martin Albrecht _pgp: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8EF0DC99 _www: http:/

[sage-devel] Re: numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread boothby
Super idea. Sadly, AFAIK, it's impossible to differentiate between the enter keys in a browser. On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Chris Chiasson wrote: > > Does anyone else think it's a good idea? > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-d

[sage-devel] numpad enter for evaluation (like mathematica)

2007-08-06 Thread Chris Chiasson
Does anyone else think it's a good idea? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sag

[sage-devel] Re: real eigenvalues (& documentation)

2007-08-06 Thread Joshua Kantor
sage: import numpy sage: numpy.roots? The values in the rank-1 array p are coefficients of a polynomial. If the length of p is n+1 then the polynomial is p[0] * x**n + p[1] * x**(n-1) + ... + p[n-1]*x + p[n] sage: a=numpy.array([1,0,1],dtype=float) sage: numpy.ro

[sage-devel] Re: ams notices opinion column

2007-08-06 Thread Joshua Kantor
In reading the article some thoughts I had. 1. The example about the paper on the infinite group seems like a very weak example to me. It seems the problem is not that the programs used are proprietary, but that the author of the paper gave no code. If she used SAGE but didn't give code, then the

[sage-devel] Re: sage custom search engine

2007-08-06 Thread David Joyner
This is greta! Thanks. Yes, please announce to the forum. William: What do you think of it? Do you think a link to something like this should be on the SAGE webpage somewhere? ++ On 8/6/07, Chris Chiasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://test.chris.c

[sage-devel] sage custom search engine

2007-08-06 Thread Chris Chiasson
http://test.chris.chiasson.name/sage/sage-search-engine.html Feedback is welcome. Should I cross post this to sage-forum? If you want, I will donate the contents of this directory to the SAGE project: http://test.chris.chiasson.name/sage/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~