On Dec 17, 2007 6:55 AM, bill purvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Professor Joyner, > I've just discovered sage and am greatly impressed. As an enthusiastic > elderly amateur, I can't claim any great knowledge in the field, but I > have noticed a couple of typos in the tutorial. For example near the > beginning of node12.html:
Many thanks for your tut.tex typos. I'll try to get to them next week (along with others people have sent in). > > This creates a polynomial ring and tells <I CLASS="sans">SAGE</I> to use (the > string) ``x'' and > the interdeterminant when printing to the screen. The symbol <SPAN > CLASS="MATH"><IMG > > should read (I think) > > This creates a polynomial ring and tells <I CLASS="sans">SAGE</I> to use (the > string) ``x'' as > the indeterminate when printing to the screen. The symbol <SPAN > CLASS="MATH"><IMG > > I noticed another earlier, but have forgotten where it was. > I discovered that you are listed on the sage website as coordinator > of documentation including the tutorial. (It took me some time to locate I didn't know that:-) Really, it's a group effort and we all help out as best as we can. > your email address - the list of contributors shows you as D Joyner, but > I couldn't find a matching folder under 'D' or 'J'. I finally spotted > 'wdj' at the bottom of the list and guessed that must be it.) > > Are you interested in recruiting a proof-reader? If you are I am willing to Yes!! > email amendments as and when I encouter them. On the other hand I have no > wish to bother you with trivia if you'd prefer to get on with more pressing > matters. That would be greatly appreciated. Please join sage-support (and whatever lists you like at http://www.sagemath.org/lists.html) and post there. If your subject line has "typos" or "documentation" or something like that I'll definitely read it. Even if I don't, someone will do something about it. Thanks again! r > > Best Wishes > Bill > -- > +---------------------------------------+ > | Bill Purvis, Amateur Mathematician | > | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://bil.members.beeb.net | > +---------------------------------------+ > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
