Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-29 Thread Serge A. Salamanka
Fernando Perez: > wrote: > > Has anyone tried and managed to get Spyder to work with Sage? > > Once sage is ported to work with ipython 0.12 (to be released > hopefully within a few weeks, git master is nearly ready), this should > be more or less trivial. You are right Fernando. I'm waiting fo

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Emil Widmann
> Try shift clicking on the blue line that appears > when you put your mouse between code cells. sometimes one has to admit total noobiness to learn something :-) thank you -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to s

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Tuesday, 29 November 2011 03:07:19 UTC+8, David Roe wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 08:56, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > > > On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: > >> > >> On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > >> > It's much more urgent to work on the Sag

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Fernando Perez
I unfortunately don't keep up with sage-dev as much as I'd like to, so forgive me if I'm saying something you all already know... On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Nicolas M. Thiery wrote: > Has anyone tried and managed to get Spyder to work with Sage? Once sage is ported to work with ipython 0.1

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread kcrisman
> >>> Probably true. Anyhow, people will work on whatever project they > >>> like... > > >> People should not work on projects that are a waste of resources. > > > I strongly disagree.  If someone want to work on Sage, then we should > > provide advice but by no means tell them what to do.  It's a

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Jaap Spies
David Roe wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 08:56, Dima Pasechnik wrote: On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet another frontend. IMHO. Probably true.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:36:46 AM UTC+8, William wrote: > > > On Nov 28, 2011 11:07 AM, "David Roe" wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 08:56, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: > > >> > > >> On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dim

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread William Stein
On Nov 28, 2011 11:31 AM, "Emil Widmann" wrote: > > > > What do you have in mind? I have some ideas for more advanced editing, > > but the technology and tools are catching up at this point (i.e., we > > could do it, but outside projects are approaching the right > > capabilities, so I'd rather u

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread William Stein
On Nov 28, 2011 11:07 AM, "David Roe" wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 08:56, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > > > On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: > >> > >> On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > >> > It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than t

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Emil Widmann
> What do you have in mind?  I have some ideas for more advanced editing, > but the technology and tools are catching up at this point (i.e., we > could do it, but outside projects are approaching the right > capabilities, so I'd rather use actively-maintained outside projects). Hi Jason, I was

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread David Roe
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 08:56, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: >> >> On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> > It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet >> > another frontend. >> > IMHO. >> >> Probably

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Jason Grout
On 11/28/11 6:29 AM, Emil Widmann wrote: On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet another frontend. IMHO. Probably true. Anyhow, people will work on whatever project they like... I guess I am ignorant, but it should be

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Monday, 28 November 2011 21:29:32 UTC+8, Emil Widmann wrote: > > > On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet > > another frontend. > > IMHO. > > Probably true. Anyhow, people will work on whatever project they > like.

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Emil Widmann
On Nov 28, 11:33 am, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet > another frontend. > IMHO. Probably true. Anyhow, people will work on whatever project they like... I guess I am ignorant, but it should be possible to give the notebook some adva

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Florent Hivert
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 01:25:33PM +0300, Serge A. Salamanka wrote: > Personaly, I'm more interested in Matlab-like IDE called Spyder > http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ > This could be also a great front end for Sage. +1 Incidentally, Pierre Raybaut, the main developper of Spyder work in the

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Nicolas M. Thiery
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 01:25:33PM +0300, Serge A. Salamanka wrote: > Personaly, I'm more interested in Matlab-like IDE called Spyder > http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ > This could be also a great front end for Sage. I saw a demonstration from it's main developer (Pierre Raybaut), and it inde

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Dima Pasechnik
It's much more urgent to work on the Sage notebook, than to create yet another frontend. IMHO. -- 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 ht

Re: [sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-28 Thread Serge A. Salamanka
Personaly, I'm more interested in Matlab-like IDE called Spyder http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ This could be also a great front end for Sage. [just for information], Serge -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email t

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-27 Thread TNick
By the time we finish the speech input it will be obsolete. :) Can't wait for these EMotiv interfaces to improve. Spoken input is definitely an interesting field. However, I don't know how widely spread it will become, as one may not find itself alone in a room too often. G

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-27 Thread rjf
On Nov 27, 9:32 am, TNick wrote: .. about maxima front ends.. I do not know of others, offhand. However, if you want to do something that, in my opinion, would be of more interest (that is, it would lead you into something that has the prospect of opening up additional research) I suggest you

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-27 Thread TNick
Thank you. I see: - wxMaxima : - Cantor : already discussed - TeXmacs and LyXalso review - imaxima

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-27 Thread rjf
You could look at the many front ends to Maxima, including ones that are inspired by a mathcad-like look and feel, some of which actually work. Especially if you are already wondering if you are going to be happy doing your chosen project, it is possible that your talents might be better directed

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-27 Thread TNick
Thank you for the replay. Indeed, Cantor is another editor that interacts with Sage, but, again, in a manner similar to web-based notepad ("command line" front end, as you said). And the notepad does a great job for this kind of work, so it will be inspirational when it will came to connect to

[sage-devel] Re: MathCad-like front end for Sage

2011-11-27 Thread P Purkayastha
There is a "command line" frontend called Cantor http://www.kde.org/applications/education/cantor/ I am not sure if it has a text editor. Even so, it being a kde project, it could have some integration with the kde editors. -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.co