On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Maurizio <maurizio.gran...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > On 29 Ago, 19:21, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Maurizio <maurizio.gran...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > I have a question. > > > Would you please consider adding a feature in the notebook, if you > > > happen to work on this? > > > > > My desire would be to have the chance to choose a slightly different > > > type of worksheet: a "single cell"-like mode, that I intend this way: > > > - one single cell to insert code, possibly with code completion, code > > > coloring, and indentation management (I'm wondering whether having a > > > single cell could make adding more features easier, in the way that it > > > doesn't make everything too slow); > > > - one single output cell, possibly in a console-like mode (so that > > > it's also possible to try single line of code immediately); > > > > Might this look a bit like this: > > > > http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/calc/ > > > > but with tab completion, etc. > > > > Not bad... :) > > > > > > > > - the fastest possible way to switch from one to the other: if you > > > want to do this now, you have to move back and forth in the page, and > > > it's very easy to lose the point you were looking at; there are > > > hundreds of ways to do this. > > > > > Better than hundreds of words, please ask somebody experienced with > > > MatLab to show you the so many ways it's possible to dispose the > > > editor and the command line while working. I have often found useful > > > to switch from one to another while doing different tasks. > > > > Or, do you want something like Matlab has, which as far as I can tell is > > just a very old fashioned command line with a very intense history? > > > > > > > > What I mean is that the chance to access at the same time an history > powered command line, and a powerful editor (with code completion, > tabs, colors, etc.., which looks pretty standard - to not say minimal > - in these modern times) looks pretty comfortable to me, but I'll be > happy to listen to other comments. > > I've already heard talking about BeSpin ( https://bespin.mozilla.com/ > ) in this list, right? Can't we have something similar? :) > > Thanks and regards Now I understand. Thanks. Something like BeSpin in Sage could be very nice. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
