Dear Dan,

Thanks for the report.  We fixed a similar issue quite some time ago -
see http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5261 .  However, this
addressed a space in the app name, not the folder.  I don't remember
hearing this before, though.   Maybe there is something weird about
the binary... is this a recent version?

1. Can someone else duplicate this (my current connection is not ideal
for downloading large files like this, unfortunately, so I can't test
it in the next few days)?

2. As a test, can you download the source of Sage, build it, and
report if the same thing happens on your computer?

Thanks,
- kcrisman

On Jul 29, 12:55 pm, DWL <ld...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is an observation about the pre-compiled binaries for Mac OS.
>
> If the (unpacked) sage disk image directory is saved in a folder that has a
> space character in its name, for example:
>
> $HOME/Applications/my folder
>
> Then sage will not load properly when the "sage" executable is clicked. The
> terminal session begins, but the application doesn't load successfully.
>
> Changing the parent directory name to "my_folder" resolved this issue.
>
> While using space characters in directory names probably isn't all that common
> in UNIX or Linux installations, it is more common in Mac OS installations.
> Perhaps the installation instructions could be updated to mention this issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> dan

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