[sage-support] Re: is it possible to show() a variable with "it's name = " in front of it

2008-10-03 Thread Neal Holtz
Or, if you don't like constantly having to repeat the variable name, something like: sage: def vshow(_v): : print '%s = %s\n' % (_v,latex(globals()[_v])) : sage: var('q') q sage: a = 3*q/2 sage: vshow('a') a = \frac{{3 q}}{2} This is far from an ideal solution, as if you call it from

[sage-support] Re: Will Sage run on a 4GB Asus Eee PC?

2008-06-07 Thread Neal Holtz
I've just spent a couple of hours with the sage notebook interface, both browser and server running on my 4GB 701 eee. I installed the stock Kubuntu hardy distrib on the SD card so now I can dual boot Xandros and Hardy (there were a couple of problems to solve -- I can send my notes along to anyo

[sage-support] Re: Possible additions to interact

2008-03-30 Thread Neal Holtz
On Mar 30, 10:22 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Neal Holtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I've been playing a lot with interact recently -- I *really* like it. > > While at

[sage-support] Possible additions to interact

2008-03-30 Thread Neal Holtz
The value of controls could be a dictionary indexed by variable name ... If this has any worth, I could attempt a proof-of-concept in a couple of days. cheers neal -- Neal Holtz http://www.docuweb.ca/~nholtz Dept. of Civil and Environmental Enginee

[sage-support] Re: chroot jail -- unable to mount image file

2008-03-23 Thread Neal Holtz
notebook to start in jail. > > I was keeping a log of my particular install, but I never did get it > working! If you have better luck let me know! I've got a project > (over) due and the prof. wants to run the code on my machine; right > now, it's wide open :{ > &g

[sage-support] Re: Interval Arithmetic Bug? cos()

2007-06-20 Thread Neal Holtz
Just as a followup, in case anyone cares ... The problem is definitely in libmpfi, as I can duplicate the infinite loop problem in computing mpfi_cos([-1.0,1.0]) in C. I have notified the maintainers of libmpfi, and we'll see what happens. neal On Jun 19, 11:16 am, neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro