On Aug 31, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Jason Grout wrote: > On 8/31/10 12:40 PM, kcrisman wrote: >>> I'm uploading a dmg of 4.5.2 made from the current sage -bdist script to >>> sage.math (46% done). I planned on giving that URL to students. Would >>> you suggest giving a link to your dmg instead? >> >> The current dmg is probably better until this is tested more. > > Okay. Harald: can we post up DMGs of the app versions for each OSX version > on the website?
>>> Also, how do I get it to just open up my normal browser (firefox)? I >>> have lots of customizations to my firefox that I'd like to use (for >>> example, tabs on the side, etc.). It would be great if there was a >>> preference item which let me choose between opening up the built-in >>> browser, or opening up the system default browser. >> >> See, Ivan, I wasn't the only one who wanted that! > > Here's one major reason for wanting firefox: often I do the full-screen view > in front of a class, especially when working on a projector with only a > 800x600 screen. I can't do full-screen with the included browser (at least > not as well as firefox). I completely understand wanting to use a real browser—they have all kinds of features I don't envision ever being implemented for Sage.app. I'll go ahead and start coding it up. What you can do at the moment is uncheck Show in Dock in Preferences and it will only show up as a MenuExtra, and will use your default browser. Another way is to forcibly set SAGE_BROWSER in .bashrc since that will override what Sage.app sets it to. That may be a bit much for students though. >> I think his rationale is that it would be nice to Command-Tab between >> Sage and other browser windows; however, most of us are so used to it >> running from a server in a regular window that (imho) this should be >> the default. > > I don't know which should be the default, but having the system browser work > should definitely be an easily-changed option. The one problem I haven't figured out yet is how to tell when the server has finished launching. Right now I key off the fact that it gives me a specifically formatted URL. I could do polling on the log file or something, but I don't really like that. Is there a way to tell sage to run a particular script (passing the port it's on) when it gets done starting the server? > Ivan: Thanks for all of your work on this! No problem. We cougars have to stick together. -Ivan -- 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org
