On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:23 AM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:58 AM, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> On Oct 11, 6:54 am, Matthias Meulien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
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>> Hi Matthias,
>>
>>> I successfully compiled Sage 3.1.2 from source. But I had troubles
>>> with many commands... I finaly realized that all functions using a GAP
>>> subprocess where buggy, which was related to a corrupted prompt; see:
>>>
>>> sage: gap._eval_line('1+3;')
>>> '4\n\x1b[1m\x1b[34mgap> \x1b[0m'
>>>
>>> Removing $HOME/.gaprc (in my case it turn color prompt on, using the
>>> command "ColorPrompt(true);") doesn't help... To fix the problem I had
>>> to remove $HOME/.gaprc AND compile the GAP component again. Now it
>>> works well, even with $HOME/.gaprc back.
>>>
>>> May be one should change the compilation process so that it ignore
>>> $HOME/.gaprc during build time?
>>
>> Hmm, it sounds like we should ignore the global .gaprc and use one in
>> $SAGE_DOT instead. I am no GAP expert, so if anyone knows how to
>> accomplish this please let us know so we can open a ticket to fix
>> this.
>
>
> According to the reference manual
> http://www.gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/htm/ref/CHAP003.htm#SECT004
> GAP will look for .gaprc in the home directory. I don't know how to change
> this
> (or if it can be changed) but Steve Linton does.
David,
Can you ask on the Gap devel list and get back to us?
We could change gap if necessary.
William
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>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michael
>> >
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--
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org
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